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February 2026

• Israeli forces order halt to construction of 10 Palestinian homes in al-Maniya

  Israeli occupation forces handed military notices ordering an immediate halt to construction of 10 Palestinian-owned houses in al-Maniya village, southeast of Bethlehem, according to the village council head.

  Feb 9 · al-Maniya, Palestine1 source

• Student punched and racially insulted at Novi Ligure high school

  During the school break, a third-year high-school girl was punched in the back and racially insulted by a boy at the Amaldi high school in Novi Ligure.

  Feb 9 · Novi Ligure, Italy1 source

• Vox leaders post racist video in Manacor attacking 'Islamization'

  The president of Vox in the Balearic Islands and a local party leader recorded and published a video in Manacor in which they walked through the town describing shops as belonging to 'Moors' and warning that 'Islamization is advancing'.

  Feb 9 · Manacor, Spain1 source

• Restaurant in Tangalle refuses to serve Sri Lankan locals

  A beachside restaurant in Tangalle refused service to a group of Sri Lankan locals, who said they were turned away because they are 'brown' and local.

  Feb 9 · Tangalle, Sri Lanka1 source

• Far-right group places racist 'multicultural zone' warning signs in Tenerife

  Far-right Falangist youth placed warning signs in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, claiming a 'multicultural zone' danger and depicting an attack on an elderly woman.

  Feb 8 · Puerto de la Cruz, Spain1 source

• Far-right group holds anti-migrant demo in Warwick

  A far-right group called Patriotic Alternative gathered outside Shire Hall in Warwick, where speakers called for the forced deportation of non-whites and some attendees gave Nazi salutes, as a larger counter-protest gathered nearby.

  Feb 7 · Warwick, United Kingdom1 source

• FAMU student told to remove 'Black' from Black History Month flyer

  A faculty member at Florida A&M University told a law student to remove the word 'Black' from a flyer promoting Black History Month events, saying it would violate state law; the university later called it a staff-level error.

  Feb 5 · Tallahassee, United States1 source

• White House post depicts Obamas as apes in racist video

  A video shared by the White House depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, invoking a racist trope.

  Feb 5 · Washington, United States80 sources

• Death threat letter sent to Lakemba Mosque imam

  A letter threatening to kill Muslims and urging violence on Australia Day was delivered by post to the Imam of Lakemba Mosque in Sydney's southwest.

  Feb 4 · Lakemba, AustraliaReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Israeli army raids Palestinian school in West Bank, damaging facilities

  Israeli army forces raided al-Tahaddi School in Ibziq, in the Tubas governorate of the northern West Bank, damaging its campus, seizing educational equipment and blocking the road to the school, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry.

  Feb 4 · Ibziq, Palestine1 source

• Israeli colonists cut down Palestinian olive trees, spray racist graffiti

  Armed Israeli colonists broke into the Ighzaiwa area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, cut down over 70 olive trees and dozens of forest trees, destroyed a fence around a farmer's plot, and spray-painted racist graffiti on an agricultural shed.

  Feb 4 · Masafer Yatta, Palestine1 source

• Reality show contestant expelled after racist remark to fellow housemate

  During a live gala of 'La Casa de los Famosos Colombia', a participant told fellow contestant Franck Stiward Luna Valencia that his soul and mind were as dark as his skin color.

  Feb 3 · Colombia1 source

• Tourist accused of racist slurs against bar staff in Ipanema

  An Argentine tourist at a bar on Rua Vinícius de Moraes in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, called four bar employees 'negro' and 'mono' and made monkey gestures and sounds at them after disputing the bill.

  Feb 2 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

• CNews columnist says convicted foreigners should be thrown into the Mediterranean

  During a live debate programme on CNews about the judicial treatment of convicted foreign nationals, a columnist said they should be thrown into the Mediterranean because Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco do not want them.

  Feb 2 · France1 source

January 2026

• University of Illinois Republicans club posts anti-immigrant image

  The Illini Republicans student club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign posted an Instagram illustration of a masked gunman holding a weapon to a kneeling man's head, captioned 'Only traitors help invaders,' and text calling immigrants 'enemies of the American people.'

  Jan 30 · Urbana-Champaign, United States1 source

• Three 19-year-olds beaten in Patras over Greek flag shirt

  Three 19-year-olds were attacked by eight masked assailants outside a shop in Patras; one victim was targeted because he wore a shirt bearing the Greek flag.

  Jan 29 · Patras, Greece1 source

• Councilor's post labels flight-school students Chinese military agents

  An Anderson city councilor posted a graphic with red arrows pointing at individual students at a Redding flight school, falsely claiming they were Chinese military members, drawing on their Asian appearance.

  Jan 29 · Redding, United States1 source

• Mob attacks homes of Romanian and Roma families in Cardeñadijo

  A group of about fifty residents of Cardeñadijo attacked three houses occupied by Romanian and Roma families with bricks, stones and sticks, shouting xenophobic insults and racist slurs and telling them to leave the town.

  Jan 28 · Cardeñadijo, SpainXenophobia1 source

• Home of two Indian men attacked in racially motivated hate crime

  Two windows and the door of a home in Broughshane, Co Antrim, were smashed in an attack police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime.

  Jan 28 · Broughshane, United Kingdom1 source

• Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with substance during Minneapolis speech

  A man sprayed an unknown substance from a syringe at Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar while she spoke at Minneapolis City Hall criticizing immigration raids.

  Jan 27 · Minneapolis, United StatesReligious DiscriminationXenophobia9 sources

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 94
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 899
• Xenophobia 141