# Ban by country does not work

**URL:** <https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/ban-by-country-does-not-work/1178>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/ban-by-country-does-not-work/1178 "2023-02-23T13:33:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![daria4dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@daria4dev](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/daria4dev)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/ban-by-country-does-not-work/1178/1 "2023-02-23T13:33:21Z")

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I am using  
`cscli decisions add --scope country --value SG --duration 720h`  
But in the decisions list there are banned IPs from country SG. Did I something wrong?

 ![sg-bots](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/crowdsec/original/1X/20804474c18d2de3b63aad0b82bd0d1846dc9f02.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![daria4dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@daria4dev](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/daria4dev)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/ban-by-country-does-not-work/1178/2 "2023-02-27T12:11:19Z")

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