Incidents of racism around the world

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June 2026

• Rioters attack migrant residents in Belfast

  Rioters in Belfast went on a violent rampage against residents with a migration background, kicking in doors, throwing stones through windows and setting fires, after footage circulated of a knife attack by a Sudanese man.

  Jun 9 · Belfast, United Kingdom1 source

• Roma family's home burned in east Belfast rioting

  During anti-immigrant rioting in Northern Ireland, a house on McMaster Street in east Belfast where a Romanian Roma family lived was burned to the ground.

  Jun 9 · Belfast, United KingdomXenophobia2 sources

• Masked men burn families out of homes in Belfast anti-immigrant violence

  Masked men attacked police, burned vehicles and set fire to homes in Belfast, forcing families to flee, in violence targeting Black residents and immigrants.

  Jun 9 · Belfast, United KingdomReligious DiscriminationXenophobia31 sources

• Actor reports racist abuse and insults to his wife at Rio restaurant

  A man shouted racist slurs at actor Michel Gomes and his family and repeatedly insulted Gomes's wife with obscenities and obscene gestures in a restaurant parking lot in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.

  Jun 7 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

• Bangladeshi delivery worker attacked by teenagers in Cyprus

  A Bangladeshi delivery worker was assaulted by a group of Cypriot teenagers while working for a delivery platform, reportedly because he is from a foreign country.

  Jun 7 · Cyprus1 source

• Students hang 'Italy to the Italians' banner at Cesena high school

  Two students at a high school in Cesena hung a banner reading 'L'Italia agli italiani' from a school window during a pre-graduation gathering of twelve final-year classes.

  Jun 6 · Cesena, Italy1 source

• Indian entrepreneur's Belfast business gutted in racially motivated arson

  A former gospel hall on the Shankill Road in Belfast, due to be turned into an Indian supermarket, was set ablaze in a deliberate arson attack.

  Jun 6 · Belfast, United Kingdom2 sources

• Demonstrator tears Indian flag at Frisco City Hall protest

  A demonstrator outside Frisco City Hall in Frisco, Texas, tore an Indian flag amid anti-India chants during an immigration-related protest.

  Jun 5 · Frisco, United StatesXenophobia2 sources

• Indian delivery worker lured by fake order and shot dead in Philadelphia

  A 28-year-old Indian IT employee working as a weekend pizza delivery driver was lured to a vacant apartment in North Philadelphia by a fake pizza order and shot in the back of the head.

  Jun 5 · Philadelphia, United States1 source

• Afro-Mexican activist and lawyer killed in armed attack in Guerrero

  Sael Silva Cisneros, an Afro-Mexican lawyer, activist and human rights defender, was killed in an armed attack on the Acapulco-Pinotepa Nacional federal highway in Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, hours after speaking at a seminar on Afro-Mexican rights.

  Jun 5 · Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico1 source

• Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water in Jordan Valley

  Israeli settlers in Petza'el, in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank, diverted water from springs and infrastructure used by Palestinian communities and destroyed a pipeline to build a tourist attraction in ancient Roman ruins.

  Jun 4 · Petza'el, Palestine1 source

• Comedian posts skit mocking Aboriginal Australians

  A comedian posted a video skit mocking Aboriginal Australians, using white face paint and racist stereotypes, drawing public criticism.

  Jun 2 · Australia1 source

• Supreme Court approves Alabama map eliminating majority-Black district

  The U.S. Supreme Court approved Alabama's redistricted congressional map in a 6-3 decision, eliminating one of the state's majority-Black districts.

  Jun 2 · Alabama, United States1 source

• Israeli settlers burn vehicles and scrawl racist slogans in Umm Safa

  A group of Israeli settlers infiltrated the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, before dawn, setting fire to two vehicles and writing racist slogans on the walls and doors of homes.

  Jun 2 · Umm Safa, Palestine4 sources

May 2026

• Racist graffiti and posters threaten NIHE staff and landlords in Rathcoole

  Racist and anti-immigrant graffiti and posters appeared at multiple locations in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey, threatening Housing Executive staff and landlords over the settlement of Muslims and foreign nationals.

  May 31 · Newtownabbey, United Kingdom1 source

• Finnish MEP posts video mocking immigrant trans protester with slurs

  A Finnish Member of the European Parliament posted an Instagram video of a demonstrator at a Helsinki protest along with a caption using derogatory terms for immigrants and transgender people, calling the person a 'mamutransu' and a 'harmful immigrant' who should be removed from Finland.

  May 30 · Helsinki, Finland1 source

• Brazilian girl in Netherlands school targeted with racist, xenophobic messages

  A Brazilian mother reported that her daughter, a schoolgirl in the Netherlands, received xenophobic and racist messages from classmates, including slurs about immigrants and anti-Black insults, with the most recent episodes occurring in late May.

  May 30 · Limburg, NetherlandsXenophobia1 source

• Israeli colonists torch Palestinian home and vehicle near Jenin

  Israeli colonists attacked homes in Khirbet Masoud near Zabda, south of Jenin, setting fire to part of a resident's home and a vehicle and spray-painting racist slogans on several homes.

  May 27 · Khirbet Masoud, Palestine1 source

• Neo-Nazi graffiti and 'remigration' slogans daubed in Rome district

  In the night between, far-right militants covered Rome's Trieste-Salario/Africano district with neo-Nazi symbols, Celtic crosses and slogans calling for the expulsion of foreigners and their descendants.

  May 26 · Rome, ItalyXenophobia1 source

• Council substitute disrupts school Afro-Brazilian religion storytelling, calls police

  A city council substitute entered a Fortaleza early-childhood school during a storytelling activity on Afro-Brazilian and African-matrix religions, filmed videos alleging religious indoctrination, and called military police after being barred from entering.

  May 25 · Fortaleza, Brazil1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 882
• Xenophobia 141