Incidents of racism around the world

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October 2026

• Netanyahu's Likud vehicles blast Islamic call to prayer in Jerusalem, urging vote against Arabs

  On election day, vehicles carrying Likud party flags drove through Jerusalem broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer and urging supporters to vote because 'the Arabs are voting'.

  Oct 27 · Jerusalem, Israel1 source

• Indigenous village in Tacuru threatened with poisoned water, racist slurs

  Residents of the Aldeia Sassoró Indigenous community in Tacuru reported racist and discriminatory statements, including audio messages suggesting toxic substances be placed in the water they drink, attributed to people linked to the municipal government.

  Oct 26 · Tacuru, Brazil4 sources

• US health secretary at Michigan rally says Arabs produce no science or Nobel laureates

  At a Republican campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Said that the world's 500 million Arabs produce no science, literature, or Nobel laureates, drawing accusations of racism.

  Oct 26 · Grand Rapids, United StatesReligious Discrimination16 sources

• Roma activist insulted while helping crash victim in Lugo

  A Roma activist helping a young pedestrian struck by a car was insulted as a 'gitana de mierda' by another driver who ran a red light and nearly hit her, on Avenida de Madrid in Lugo.

  Oct 26 · Lugo, Spain1 source

• Trump uses Islamophobic slurs against Muslim Senate candidate at Michigan rally

  At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, President Donald Trump called Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a 'jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member' and claimed he would bring 'hordes of jihadis' to the United States.

  Oct 25 · Port Huron, United StatesReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Festival artwork vandalized, artists and visitors verbally attacked

  A group of four to five youths vandalized an artwork at the Pame Kaimakli festival and verbally attacked artists, organizers and visitors with racist and sexist insults, voicing hostility toward Turkish words and ethnic diversity in Cyprus.

  Oct 25 · Kaimakli, Cyprus1 source

• Neighbor hurls racial and anti-northeastern slurs at family in Federal District

  A woman shouted slurs at her Black, northeastern-Brazilian neighbors celebrating the election runoff, calling them "burros" and "nordestinos," and the next day called a 40-year-old saleswoman "macaca" and told her to "subir em uma árvore."

  Oct 25 · Taguatinga Sul, BrazilXenophobia1 source

• Party leader called 'Nigerian scammer' in social media posts

  A former adviser to Nigel Farage posted a series of social media messages calling the Conservative Party leader a 'Nigerian scammer' and highlighting her Nigerian background.

  Oct 24 · United Kingdom7 sources

• Black man led on a chain at pro-Bolsonaro rally in Rio

  At a demonstration in Barra da Tijuca, a white man dressed in green and yellow held a Black man dressed in red by a chain, in reference to the Workers' Party.

  Oct 24 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

• Group in KKK robes and hoods reportedly shouted racial slurs in El Paso

  A group of roughly six young people wearing pointed white hoods and robes with KKK insignia were filmed outdoors at night in El Paso, with reports they shouted racial slurs.

  Oct 24 · El Paso, United States1 source

• Gunman kills one, wounds four in Trappes shooting targeting people of African origin

  A man opened fire from a vehicle in Trappes, west of Paris, killing a 26-year-old man and wounding four people, including a 12-year-old girl.

  Oct 23 · Trappes, FranceReligious Discrimination54 sources

• Muslim female police officer abused online after award photo

  A hijab-wearing Muslim police officer was targeted with a tirade of racist and misogynistic abuse online after a photograph of her with a weapon was shared, following her receipt of an award for women in policing.

  Oct 21 · United KingdomReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Students at Le Mans University report racist slurs, Nazi salutes and sexist remarks

  During blockades at Le Mans University, students reported racist remarks and Nazi salutes from other students during a debate, and sexist remarks from a professor and from two bystanders about women in the movement.

  Oct 21 · Le Mans, France1 source

• Nazi symbols and white-supremacist code spray-painted on Blackpool synagogue

  Unidentified individuals spray-painted Nazi symbols, SS-style lightning bolts and the neo-Nazi code 1488 on an outside wall of a synagogue on Raikes Parade in Blackpool.

  Oct 20 · Blackpool, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Indian scholars in Taiwan labelled 'migrant workers' in racist social media post

  A photograph of seven Indian research scholars in Taipei was circulated on social media with a caption calling them 'Indian migrant workers' and 'habitual sex offenders' in racist and offensive content.

  Oct 19 · Taipei, Taiwan1 source

• Poitiers councillor targeted with racist insults and death threats online

  A female city councillor in Poitiers was subjected to a wave of racist comments and death threats under a Facebook video showing her confronting a demonstrator at a rally.

  Oct 19 · Poitiers, France1 source

• Arab medical students wearing hijab assaulted at Jerusalem train station

  Four Arab medical students wearing the hijab were doused with drinks and insulted as 'terrorists' by a young man and others at a train station in Jerusalem while returning home.

  Oct 18 · Jerusalem, Israel1 source

• French regulator reports broadcaster's remarks on Maghrebis and Africans to prosecutors

  On LCI, BFMTV and CNews, a commentator described "hordes of barbarian Maghrebis and Africans" entering cities and "Arab-Muslim thugs," and called for "remigration" of looters.

  Oct 18 · France1 source

• TV presenter calls former army chief a 'Moroccan monkey' on air

  A presenter on an Israeli television program described former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot as a 'Moroccan monkey' steered by Ashkenazi elites, a slur aimed at his Mizrahi origin.

  Oct 17 · Israel1 source

• Israeli broadcaster calls Eisenkot a 'monkey', tying slur to Mizrahi origins

  During a Saturday evening broadcast on Channel 14, a broadcaster described Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar!

  Oct 17 · Israel2 sources

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 92
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 874
• Xenophobia 141