Incidents of racism around the world

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March 2026

• Three Palestinians killed by settlers in Abu Falah, north of Ramallah

  Three Palestinian men were killed and seven others injured when settlers attacked the town of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah.

  Mar 8 · Abu Falah, Palestine1 source

• Northeast student beaten with belt in Delhi after resisting slurs

  A girl from India's Northeast and her friend were assaulted with belts near Saket District Court in Delhi after she objected to lewd and derogatory remarks by a group of men.

  Mar 8 · Delhi, India2 sources

• Racist slurs aimed at a candidate's running mate while canvassing in Marseille

  Hanifa Taguelmint, a running mate of Benoît Payan for the Marseille municipal election, was verbally attacked with racist slurs by activists she identified as members of the Rassemblement national while canvassing in the 13th arrondissement.

  Mar 7 · Marseille, France2 sources

• Vandalism at Monash University Religious Centre

  Vandals targeted the Monash University Religious Centre on the Clayton campus with Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian graffiti.

  Mar 7 · Clayton, AustraliaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Young Republicans group chat in Florida features antisemitic and racist remarks

  A Young Republicans WhatsApp group chat in Florida included antisemitic slurs against Jewish women and babies and a racist epithet about killing Black people.

  Mar 7 · Florida, United StatesReligious Discrimination1 source

• French election candidate called Algerians 'people of cockroaches' in posts

  A municipal election candidate in Saint-Raphaël posted tweets and comments calling Algerians a 'people of cockroaches' and other racist messages targeting Algerians and North Africans, later deleting them.

  Mar 6 · Saint-Raphaël, France1 source

• Black student, 12, has nose fractured in racist attack at school

  A 12-year-old Black student at Colégio João D'Abreu in Dianópolis, Tocantins, had his nose fractured after a series of racist attacks by another student.

  Mar 4 · Dianópolis, Brazil1 source

• Afro-Colombian police officer subdued at Quibdó station after reprimand over appearance

  At the Quibdó police station in Chocó, a superior reprimanded a female Afro-Colombian patrol officer over her personal appearance and phone use during a routine inspection; the dispute escalated into a struggle and other officers subdued and handcuffed her.

  Mar 4 · Quibdó, Colombia1 source

• Black candidates receive racist text messages in Indiana

  Black political candidates in Boone County, Indiana received text messages containing racial slurs in response to campaign texts.

  Mar 4 · Indiana, United States1 source

• Israeli settlers kill two Palestinian brothers in Al-Burj, West Bank

  Israeli settlers invaded the village of Al-Burj, west of Hebron, waving Israeli flags and chanting racist slogans against Palestinians, killing two Palestinian brothers and injuring several others.

  Mar 2 · Al-Burj, Palestine1 source

• Radio host calls NYC Mayor Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach'

  A conservative radio host posted a tweet calling New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach' and a 'Jew hating' 'antisemite,' prompting condemnation from Senator Chuck Schumer.

  Mar 2 · New York, United StatesReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Spokane theater cast list excludes performers of color from Romani roles

  Spokane Civic Theatre announced a largely white cast for its production of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' excluding performers of color from Romani roles, prompting actors and community members to describe it as systemic bias.

  Mar 2 · Spokane, United States1 source

February 2026

• Black student attacked by teens on e-bikes at UC Irvine

  A Black student at UC Irvine was chased by a group of white teens on e-bikes who shouted racial slurs and struck him with a bike, injuring his leg.

  Feb 27 · Irvine, United States1 source

• Trump demands deportation of two Muslim congresswomen in social media post

  President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social demanding that two Muslim congresswomen be sent back to where they came from, calling them mentally ill and unfit to serve.

  Feb 25 · United StatesXenophobia9 sources

• Indigenous Pataxó teenager tortured and 12 detained by police in Bahia

  A joint police operation detained twelve Pataxó Indigenous people, including a 14-year-old, at the Barra do Cahy retomada in the Comexatibá Indigenous Land, Prado, Bahia.

  Feb 24 · Prado, Brazil1 source

• Settlers set fire to Palestinian mosque near Nablus

  Israeli settlers set fire to the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the village of Tell, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and sprayed racist slogans on its walls.

  Feb 23 · Tell, Palestine15 sources

• Kenyan MP targeted with racist remarks by former deputy president

  Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua made derogatory remarks calling MP Zaheer Jhanda 'the Indian' and telling Kisii residents they should not be governed by him during an opposition rally in Kisii.

  Feb 23 · Kisii, Kenya1 source

• Teen girl attacked outside Be'er Sheva school over her origin

  A high-school girl in Be'er Sheva was cursed and physically assaulted by other students outside her school, who shouted slurs about her Russian origin and called her 'Japanese' and 'Filipina'.

  Feb 23 · Be'er Sheva, Israel1 source

• Swastika drawn on stumbling stone memorial in Rome neighborhood

  A swastika was drawn on the informational panel of a stumbling stone commemorating Giovanni Tagliavini, a resident deported and killed at Mauthausen, in the Tor Marancia neighborhood of Rome.

  Feb 22 · Rome, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Racial slur uttered at BAFTA ceremony aimed at Black actors

  During the BAFTA awards ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall, an activist with Tourette syndrome uttered a racial slur while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage presenting an award.

  Feb 22 · London, United Kingdom6 sources

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 896
• Xenophobia 141