<P> Comedian Otto Jespersen burned a US flag during a satirical TV show in 2003 . During the Jyllands - Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Norwegian flags were burned in demonstrations in various Muslim countries . </P> <P> Pakistan's flag comes under the strict protection of various constitutional clauses . However, the statutes governing the topic consist only of Pakistan Flag Protocols and are unclear as with regards to legal status of the offender and the punishment under the Pakistan Penal Code . </P> <P> Except for a few occasions during 1971 Liberation War between then East and West Pakistan . The Bengali Separatists (Muktibahini) and their associated groups burned several flags as well as the flags of the armed forces of Pakistan . No incident of National Flag burning has been witnessed . </P> <P> On 9 January 1964, a dispute broke out between Panamanian students and Americans living in the Panama Canal Zone over the right of the flag of Panama to be raised next to the flag of the United States, as the Canal Zone was then a disputed territory between the two nations . During the scuffle a Panamanian flag carried by Panamanian students was torn . This sparked four days of riots that ended with 22 Panamanians and four Americans dead and with Panama breaking diplomatic relations with the United States . This event is considered very important in the decision to negotiate and sign the Torrijos - Carter Treaties, by whose terms the Panama Canal administration was handed over to the Panamanian Government on 31 December 1999 . 9 January is known as Martyrs' Day and is commemorated in Panama as a day of mourning . </P>

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