Bias-motivated incidents in Europe

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October 2026

• Elderly man detained after report he attacked his wife at home

  Police in Veles detained an 82-year-old man following a prior report that he physically attacked his 72-year-old wife in the family home, using a wooden object and threatening her.

  Oct 30 · Veles, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Mosque in Lodève targeted with racist, Islamophobic graffiti and threats

  A mosque in Lodève was defaced with an 'Islam dehors' tag and received an envelope containing a dead bird and the inscription 'La valise ou le cercueil', prompting a citizen rally in support of the local Muslim community.

  Oct 27 · Lodève, FranceRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• Colombian woman insulted on a bus in Spain over her accent and origin

  A man on a bus in Spain verbally insulted a Colombian woman, mocking her accent and her origin in Pereira and extending his remarks to foreigners living in Spain.

  Oct 27 · SpainXenophobia1 source

• 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, SpainRacism1 source

• 19-year-old student reports sexual assault at Milan's Cadorna station

  A 19-year-old female student reported being sexually assaulted in the bathrooms of the mezzanine at Cadorna station in Milan.

  Oct 26 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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 KingdomRacism7 sources

• Jewish man assaulted in Berlin park after being asked if he was Jewish

  A suspect asked a 60-year-old Jewish man in a Berlin park whether he was Jewish, then cursed him, threw and poured beer on him and punched him to the ground, causing minor facial injuries, before fleeing.

  Oct 24 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Swastikas and slogans scrawled in gender-neutral toilet at Berlin university institute

  Swastikas and slogans such as 'Love Nazis' and 'FCK Linke' were found scrawled in a gender-neutral toilet at the Institute for Theatre Studies in Berlin-Steglitz, an act the student committee described as queer-hostile and right-wing extremist.

  Oct 23 · Berlin, GermanyQueer Discrimination1 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, FranceRacismReligious Discrimination46 sources

• Man shoots ex-wife and her sister-in-law, then flees in Granada

  A man shot his ex-wife and her sister-in-law, both aged 36 and 39, in the Norte district of Granada, wounding them in the chest and abdomen, then fled by car.

  Oct 22 · Granada, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Reform UK motion in Senedd calls burqa 'anti-British'

  Reform UK's deputy leader in Wales put forward a motion in the Welsh parliament in Cardiff calling the burqa 'anti-British' and an 'alien culture', targeting Muslim women who wear face coverings.

  Oct 21 · Cardiff, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• 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 KingdomRacismReligious 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, FranceRacism1 source

• Woman, 52, stabbed to death in Madrid; investigated as gender violence

  A 52-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds on calle Ontanilla in Madrid's Carabanchel district and died after being taken to hospital.

  Oct 20 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• 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 KingdomRacismReligious Discrimination1 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, FranceRacism1 source

• Hajduk fans chant antisemitic slogans in Split

  A group of Hajduk supporters marching through Split chanted antisemitic slogans including 'Gazi, gazi Židove' and 'Auschwitz, Auschwitz' before a match.

  Oct 16 · Split, CroatiaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Dublin hotel cancels Jewish conference booking after learning its purpose

  The Herbert Park Hotel in Dublin revoked a confirmed booking of 70 guest rooms after the organizer explained the guests were attending a conference on combating antisemitism, according to the chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland.

  Oct 16 · Dublin, IrelandReligious Discrimination1 source

• Rape list naming girls and swastika found in Rome high school bathroom

  A list naming young women alongside possible sexual violence, together with a swastika, was found in the bathrooms of the Liceo Righi in Rome.

  Oct 16 · Rome, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• German exchange student sexually assaulted by two strangers in Milan

  A 21-year-old German exchange student was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted by two unknown men near Parco Trotter in Milan.

  Oct 15 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Helsinki councillor posts student name list seen as racist

  A Helsinki city councillor published on social media a list of students admitted to a vocational school, which was described as full of immigrants and widely condemned as racist.

  Oct 15 · Helsinki, FinlandRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death by husband in Barbacena, Elvas

  A woman was killed with a knife by her husband at their home in Barbacena, in the municipality of Elvas, while the couple was in divorce proceedings; the man then took his own life.

  Oct 13 · Barbacena, PortugalSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Egyptian student stabbed in group attack outside Athens school

  A group of about 15 youths attacked an 18-year-old Egyptian student and another Egyptian student outside an evening high school in Metaxourgeio, Athens, punching and kicking them; the 18-year-old was stabbed in the lung and hospitalized in serious condition.

  Oct 12 · Athens, GreeceRacism1 source

• Woman beaten and killed by her husband in Galați county

  A 44-year-old mother from Galați county was killed by her husband, although her family, neighbours and local authorities knew she was being beaten.

  Oct 10 · Galați County, RomaniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman killed by former partner in Valverde del Júcar

  A 37-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her former partner in Valverde del Júcar, Cuenca.

  Oct 8 · Cuenca, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Woman spokesperson verbally attacked and intimidated by party secretary on TV show

  During the TV programme 'Choris Chroma' on ART TV, a party secretary verbally attacked and intimidated the deputy press spokesperson of another party, calling her 'trash' and moving threateningly toward her twice, causing her fear for her physical safety.

  Oct 8 · GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Teacher allegedly racially abuses 13-year-old student at Athens-area school

  A teacher at the 6th Gymnasium of Heraklion, Attica, allegedly told a 13-year-old student that she is black and not from here and should go to her country, and threw her snack packet on the ground.

  Oct 8 · Heraklion, GreeceRacism1 source

• Swastikas painted on roads in Dutch village in distortion of Israeli flag

  Swastikas were painted on roads at multiple locations in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands, in a distortion of the Israeli flag, including in front of homes whose residents fly the Israeli flag.

  Oct 7 · Nieuw-Lekkerland, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination1 source

• Italian politician Vannacci uses homophobic slur against gay people

  Roberto Vannacci, leader of Futuro Nazionale, publicly said that those who declare an erotic preference for men have 'inverted tastes', a slur targeting gay people, during a dispute with journalist Tommaso Cerno.

  Oct 6 · ItalyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Student says police insulted and struck her and classmates over foreign origins

  A minor student says she and about ten classmates were surrounded by police in Liège city centre and called 'dirty Arabs', hit with batons, and told to go back to their country after officers noted their foreign origins.

  Oct 5 · Liège, BelgiumRacism2 sources

• Jewish marchers excluded from Cable Street anniversary march in London

  Jewish community members who sought to join the official Battle of Cable Street 90th-anniversary march in London were dismissed as provocateurs and told they were unwelcome and that their safety could not be guaranteed, leading them to form a separate 'Cable Street Jews' contingent.

  Oct 4 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Police officer at Perpignan school protest accused of racist, sexist remarks

  A national police officer near Lycée Maillol in Perpignan wore far-right insignia and made racist and sexist remarks to a group of schoolgirls during a student protest.

  Oct 2 · Perpignan, FranceRacism2 sources

• Man stabs ex-partner and her new partner in Lavrio home invasion

  A 32-year-old man broke into his former partner's home in Lavrio, Greece, and stabbed her and her 33-year-old partner.

  Oct 2 · Lavrio, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man allegedly held ex-partner captive, threatened her with knife

  A man allegedly entered his ex-partner's home and held her captive for hours, threatening to kill her with a knife.

  Oct 2 · La Seu d'Urgell, AndorraSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Bus passenger xenophobically insulted, followed and kicked by two men

  Two men insulted and threatened a 39-year-old passenger with xenophobic slurs on bus line 367 from Backnang toward Aspach, then followed him off at the Sonnenhof stop in Kleinaspach and attacked and kicked him on the way toward Schillerstraße.

  Oct 2 · Kleinaspach, GermanyXenophobia1 source

September 2026

• Belgrade mayor accused of assaulting female opposition councillor

  Belgrade mayor Aleksandar Šapić physically attacked opposition councillor Tanja Micić in Novi Beograd, breaking her nose, according to her party. Šapić denied hitting her, saying he pushed her away to defend himself from her husband.

  Sep 28 · Novi Beograd, SerbiaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Jewish family denied restaurant service in Austrian town

  A restaurant owner in Bad Hofgastein, Austria refused to serve an Israeli family after learning they were Jewish, telling them they could not buy anything from him.

  Sep 27 · Bad Hofgastein, AustriaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Bus driver refuses to let 14-year-old girl of Moroccan origin board in Fossano

  A bus driver in Fossano refused to let a 14-year-old girl of Moroccan origin board a substitute bus, telling her he only lets Italians on, not foreigners.

  Sep 27 · Fossano, ItalyRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death in La Campana; partner arrested after standoff

  A 47-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the street in La Campana, Seville, allegedly by her 56-year-old partner, who barricaded himself in his home for nearly twelve hours before surrendering to the Guardia Civil.

  Sep 26 · La Campana, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Pupil assaulted at Oulu school after taunting with racist elements

  At Kaukovainio school in Oulu, several pupils directed aggression at one pupil after days of taunting between children of native Finnish and immigrant backgrounds.

  Sep 25 · Oulu, FinlandRacism1 source

• German town bans new Holocaust memorial stones

  The council of Heidenau, Germany voted to ban the installation of new Stolpersteine memorial stones commemorating Holocaust victims, offering instead to honor victims at a cemetery.

  Sep 24 · Heidenau, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man beaten in homophobic attack near Cartagena festival camp

  A 28-year-old man was assaulted by a group of youths who shouted slurs at him and beat him near the Carthagineses y Romanos festival camp in Cartagena, leaving him with a facial gash and bruises.

  Sep 24 · Cartagena, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• Woman beaten and threatened by husband in front of children in Milan

  A woman was beaten, insulted and threatened with death by her husband in their apartment in the Olmi district of Milan while their two young children were present.

  Sep 24 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Far-right leader slashes migrant dinghy in English Channel

  A far-right extremist leader boarded a dinghy carrying migrants and a French rescuer in the English Channel and slashed its hull with a knife.

  Sep 22 · United KingdomXenophobia1 source

• Cruz Roja headquarters in Ferrol vandalized with xenophobic graffiti

  The facade of the Cruz Roja (Red Cross) headquarters in Ferrol was found spray-painted with hostile slogans such as 'Traidores', 'ONG antiespañoles' and 'Mafia de la invasión', linked to the Ceuta migration crisis.

  Sep 22 · Ferrol, SpainXenophobia1 source

• Jewish man wearing kippa beaten in Düsseldorf antisemitic attack

  A Jewish man was insulted with anti-Israel slurs and then punched and kicked by two men and two women while walking with his girlfriend on the Rheinuferpromenade in Düsseldorf.

  Sep 22 · Düsseldorf, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman found stabbed to death on bike path; ex-partner confesses

  A 25-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds on a bike path in Igoumenitsa.

  Sep 20 · Igoumenitsa, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Deputy's car stoned in Ceuta over migrant-protection rumor

  A group of residents in Ceuta stoned and damaged the car of a local assemblywoman after mistakenly believing it belonged to Basque activists who had announced they would travel to the city to protect immigrants.

  Sep 20 · Ceuta, SpainRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman killed by partner in Albacete, Spain

  A 34-year-old woman was killed by her partner or ex-partner in Albacete, Spain; her body was found.

  Sep 19 · Albacete, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Moroccan man beaten by group shouting 'go back to Morocco' in Spain

  A young Moroccan man was chased and beaten by a group of youths during celebrations in Tavernes de la Valldigna, near Valencia, while attackers shouted 'go back to Morocco'.

  Sep 19 · Tavernes de la Valldigna, SpainRacism1 source

• Woman found dead in Leganés home; partner arrested in Alicante

  A woman of about 34 was found dead in her home in Leganés with signs of violence and stab wounds.

  Sep 19 · Leganés, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman killed by partner in Madrid

  A 34-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her partner in Madrid, and her body was found on Saturday.

  Sep 19 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Islamic centre near Truro rammed and vandalised

  A vehicle was deliberately driven into the gates of the Cornwall Islamic Community Centre in Carnon Downs and an unknown substance, possibly oil, was poured on the grounds and exterior wall.

  Sep 17 · Carnon Downs, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Student barred from TU/e campus after Nazi salute in lecture

  A student gave a Nazi salute during a lecture at Eindhoven University of Technology, prompting shouting and a fight in the lecture hall; police also investigated racist videos he had shared in a student group chat.

  Sep 16 · Eindhoven, NetherlandsRacism1 source

• Rabbi beaten and spat on at Milan bus stop

  A 60-year-old rabbi was insulted, kicked, punched, had his hat taken and trampled, and was spat on by three men while waiting for a bus in the Bande Nere area of Milan.

  Sep 16 · Milan, ItalyReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Bangladeshi man assaulted outside Glasgow supermarket in racist attack

  A 27-year-old Bangladeshi man was punched in the nose and head by a stranger outside a Sainsbury's supermarket in Glasgow after he refused to give the man a cigarette.

  Sep 16 · Glasgow, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Woman hospitalized after partner tried to strangle her in Málaga

  A man attempted to strangle his partner in a home in the Pinares de San Antón area of Málaga; she was resuscitated and remains in the ICU.

  Sep 16 · Málaga, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Swastika scrawled on mosque wall in Laeken, Brussels

  A swastika and another scrawl were found on the exterior wall of a mosque in Laeken, Brussels, discovered overnight between Saturday and Sunday around 1 a.m. Officials condemned the act and police opened an investigation.

  Sep 13 · Laeken, BelgiumRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• 17-year-old German tourist reports rape after Rimini nightclub

  A 17-year-old German tourist on holiday in Rimini reported being raped after leaving a nightclub; police searched the hotel room of a 27-year-old man involved in the case.

  Sep 12 · Rimini, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• 88-year-old woman allegedly killed by her spouse in San Sebastián de los Reyes

  An 88-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her spouse in the Madrid municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes.

  Sep 11 · San Sebastián de los Reyes, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Reform UK backer Arron Banks complains of 'no white faces' at Heathrow

  Arron Banks, a key Reform UK backer and ally of Nigel Farage, posted on X that there was not 'one white face in security or airport services' at Heathrow, drawing condemnation as racist.

  Sep 11 · London, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Motorcyclists disrupt Friday prayers at Kaunas mosque with pig's head

  About 100 motorcyclists gathered near the Kaunas Mosque during Friday prayers, revving engines and playing music to disrupt worship, and displayed a severed pig's head while shouting racist slogans.

  Sep 11 · Kaunas, LithuaniaRacism1 source

• Jewish woman wearing Star of David stabbed in Berlin

  Two men accosted a 43-year-old woman wearing a Star of David on Torstrasse in Berlin's Mitte district, hurling antisemitic insults before one attacked her with a broken bottle, cutting her hand.

  Sep 11 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Two men assaulted in Oviedo after confronting vandals who tore down rainbow flag and anti-racist sign

  A group of about eight young people vandalized a festival stall in Oviedo, tearing down a rainbow flag and an anti-racist sign.

  Sep 11 · Oviedo, SpainQueer DiscriminationRacism6 sources

• Three Jewish teens assaulted on north London bus

  A man allegedly assaulted three 14-year-old Jewish boys on a bus near Sanders Lane in Mill Hill, north London, and directed hate speech at them.

  Sep 10 · Mill Hill, United KingdomReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Minor girl reported harassed and touched by man in Skopje

  A woman reported to police in Skopje that her minor daughter was harassed and touched on the body by a 63-year-old man, a friend of her husband.

  Sep 9 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Madrid district bans Moroccan crafts fair while allowing Spanish one

  Madrid's Centro district refused to license a Moroccan cultural association's traditional crafts fair in Plaza Juan Goytisolo, citing new rules barring markets in public spaces, while permitting a similar Spanish craftsmen's fair near the same site.

  Sep 8 · Madrid, SpainRacism1 source

• Man beat and tried to strangle his mother; shot dead by police in Kyiv

  In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, police responded to a domestic-violence call where a man had beaten and tried to strangle his mother.

  Sep 7 · Kyiv, UkraineSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Migrant boy shot by masked armed men in Ceuta settlement

  Masked armed individuals shot an eight-year-old migrant boy who had arrived from Morocco at the El Príncipe settlement in Ceuta.

  Sep 7 · Ceuta, SpainXenophobia2 sources

• Girl harassed as 'invader' at protest in Ceuta

  A 13-year-old girl of Moroccan descent was insulted and accused of being an 'invasora' and having tuberculosis by participants in a protest in Ceuta, who demanded she show her ID.

  Sep 6 · Ceuta, SpainRacism2 sources

• Anti-immigrant protesters block migrant arrivals at Portsmouth port

  Hundreds of masked anti-immigrant demonstrators faced off with police in Portsmouth and tried to block lifeboats bringing migrants ashore and buses carrying asylum seekers to a processing facility.

  Sep 6 · Portsmouth, United KingdomXenophobia6 sources

• RNLI volunteers harassed after rescuing migrants in the Channel

  After RNLI crews rescued migrants from a small boat that crossed the English Channel from France and landed in Portsmouth, around 200 masked protesters appeared to protest the migrants' arrival, and volunteers were labelled traitors and subjected to online and physical abuse.

  Sep 6 · Portsmouth, United KingdomXenophobia1 source

• Erasmus student reports being raped in Milan apartment

  A 25-year-old Scottish Erasmus student was taken to a specialized clinic in Milan after reporting she had been raped in an apartment near Piazzale Loreto by a 25-year-old fellow student.

  Sep 6 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Masked anti-immigrant demonstrators blockade roads at Dover port

  Hundreds of masked, black-clad demonstrators blocked roads and roundabouts near the Port of Dover, chanting 'stop the boats' and 'England 'til I die', halting traffic and intimidating local residents.

  Sep 5 · Dover, United KingdomXenophobia2 sources

• Man gives racist sticker to 4-year-old girl on train

  A man boarded a Z train near Mäntsälä and handed a four-year-old girl of immigrant background a sticker from the openly racist Blue-and-Black Movement reading 'extinction or repatriation'.

  Sep 5 · Mäntsälä, FinlandRacism1 source

• Female cadet at Oradea border police school harassed by male colleague

  A male student at the Border Police Training School in Oradea entered a female student's dormitory room after she refused his visit and behaved inappropriately toward her, scratching her neck.

  Sep 5 · Oradea, RomaniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Female Eiffel Tower staff excluded during Hindu delegation visit

  Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were removed, replaced and made invisible during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation, prompting staff anger and the monument's closure.

  Sep 5 · Paris, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Mosque in Schelle, Belgium vandalized with swastikas and hate messages

  Unidentified people drew hate messages and swastikas on the doors and windows of the Tawfieq Mosque in Schelle and dumped dog feces at its entrance before Friday prayers.

  Sep 4 · Schelle, BelgiumReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Woman activist assaulted at Reform UK conference

  A 25-year-old climate activist was pulled down by her hair, hoisted up, and had her shirt ripped by audience members and security at Reform UK's conference, leaving her with bruises and a headache.

  Sep 4 · London, United KingdomSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Italo-Dominican cook beaten by group of youths in Francavilla al Mare

  A 26-year-old Italo-Dominican cook was surrounded and beaten by a group of young restaurant customers after his shift in Francavilla al Mare, suffering injuries with a 40-day prognosis.

  Sep 4 · Francavilla al Mare, ItalyRacism1 source

• Two sisters stabbed to death by their father in Isperih

  Two sisters, aged 10 and 17, were stabbed to death while sleeping by their own father in a house in central Isperih; the father then hanged himself.

  Sep 4 · Isperih, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• 15-year-old girl raped behind nightlife venue in Milano Marittima

  A 15-year-old girl was lured behind a nightlife venue in Milano Marittima by a man she knew only by sight and raped.

  Sep 3 · Milano Marittima, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• TV host Andi Peters called 'high yella' by actress Miriam Margolyes on air

  During an interview on This Morning, actress Miriam Margolyes used the dated racial slur 'high yella' while questioning host Andi Peters about his skin color and racial background, asking whether he had 'a Black daddy and a white mummy.'

  Sep 3 · London, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Woman abducted and thrown off motorway bridge near Florence

  A 45-year-old woman was abducted in the Rifredi area of Florence, forced into the boot of a car and thrown off a bridge on the A1 motorway by her ex-boyfriend.

  Sep 3 · Florence, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Man detained after wife reports assault and death threats at home

  A 36-year-old man from the Gostivar area was detained after his 35-year-old wife reported that he physically assaulted and mistreated her in their home and threatened her life.

  Sep 3 · North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Trump's GB News interview: racist rant against Sadiq Khan and immigrants

  In an interview with GB News' Bev Turner, US President Donald Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming 'a different culture' had entered London and that Khan remained in power through immigrant votes, and alleged 'no-go areas' and 'Sharia courts' in the city.

  Sep 3 · London, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Ceuta solidarity rally in Madrid ends in clashes and racist chanting

  A demonstration in support of Ceuta outside the Congress in Madrid ended in clashes with police, and dozens of participants chanted racist slogans including 'Whoever doesn't jump is a Muslim' and 'Spain is Christian, not Muslim'.

  Sep 3 · Madrid, SpainRacism1 source

• Footballer racially abused on social media after Hull City transfer

  A 19-year-old striker was targeted with racist comments on social media shortly after his transfer to Hull City was announced.

  Sep 3 · Hull, United KingdomRacism1 source

August 2026

• Woman raped while walking alone in Naples business district

  A woman walking alone at night in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples was attacked and raped by a man; private security guards intervened and police arrested the attacker on charges of aggravated sexual violence.

  Aug 31 · Naples, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Jewish politician insulted and attacked at Berlin campaign stand

  A Jewish politician was subjected to antisemitic insults and physically attacked by a 68-year-old man at a campaign stand outside a supermarket in Berlin-Südende.

  Aug 31 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Teen arrested in Ceuta over sexual assaults on children at migrant centre

  A 17-year-old unaccompanied foreign minor was arrested in Ceuta on suspicion of sexually assaulting four children, two boys and two girls aged 10 to 11, inside a migrant reception centre in the El Príncipe neighbourhood.

  Aug 31 · Ceuta, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man arrested for sexually assaulting a young woman on Malvarrosa beach

  A 27-year-old man was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman on the Malvarrosa beach in Valencia, near the Akuarela nightclub.

  Aug 30 · Valencia, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Turkish man shot dead by police in Belgian park after fight

  A Turkish worker living in Belgium was shot and killed by police in a park in Eupen after a confrontation with a group described as Ukrainian.

  Aug 30 · Eupen, BelgiumRacism1 source

• Reform UK's Zia Yusuf criticised over tweet about Somali-born Labour candidate

  Reform UK's Zia Yusuf posted a tweet questioning the loyalties of Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee born in Somalia tipped to stand for Labour in Holborn and St Pancras.

  Aug 30 · United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Woman found stabbed to death in Isla Cristina; partner detained

  A 47-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds on a public street in Isla Cristina, Huelva.

  Aug 28 · Isla Cristina, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Bangladeshi delivery rider beaten with baton in Larnaka

  Two men on motorcycles struck a Bangladeshi food-delivery rider with a baton while he was delivering an order, causing him to lose control and crash.

  Aug 27 · Larnaka, CyprusRacism1 source

• Two Pakistani migrant brothers beaten in racist attack in Patisia

  An unknown assailant punched and kicked two Pakistani migrant worker brothers in Patisia, Athens, shouting a slur about Pakistan, breaking one brother's nose and injuring the other's face.

  Aug 27 · Athens, GreeceRacism1 source

• Crowd attacks migrant settlement on Ceuta beach, burning shacks

  A crowd stormed a migrant settlement on the beach in Ceuta, harassing the migrants, destroying their camp and setting fire to some of their shacks.

  Aug 27 · Ceuta, SpainRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Young man of Moroccan origin beaten in Ceuta by group shouting racist slurs

  A 34-year-old man raised in Ceuta was assaulted by a group of people carrying Spanish flags who first shouted racist insults at him, then beat him with a stick and kicked him until he fell, near a gas station on Avenida González Tablas.

  Aug 26 · Ceuta, SpainRacism1 source

• Pride caravan in Loznica violently disrupted by extremists

  A Pride caravan event in Loznica was interrupted minutes after it began when a firecracker was thrown at activists and a person charged at them intending to attack, forcing them to leave.

  Aug 25 · Loznica, SerbiaQueer Discrimination1 source

• Woman reports rape and domestic violence by estranged husband

  A 35-year-old woman in Thessaloniki reported that her 44-year-old estranged husband forced her into sexual acts, hit her in the face, and prevented her from leaving the apartment.

  Aug 23 · Thessaloniki, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Spanish tourist, 19, reports being raped twice in hours in Salento

  A 19-year-old Spanish tourist reported being raped twice within hours while on holiday in the Salento area, first by a taxi driver and then by a man she met at a bar.

  Aug 22 · Lecce, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Jewish man attacked with box cutter at Berlin subway station

  A 37-year-old Jewish man was attacked and injured with a box cutter at Kottbusser Tor subway station in Berlin after expressing pro-Israel views during a conversation with a stranger.

  Aug 22 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Antisemitic swastika graffiti found on municipal buildings in Fécamp

  Swastikas and insulting anti-police inscriptions were discovered on municipal buildings in Fécamp, near a memorial to deported Jewish resistance fighters.

  Aug 22 · Fécamp, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man pushed into canal in homophobic attack in Vigevano

  A 24-year-old man from El Salvador was insulted and pushed into the Naviglio canal in Vigevano by two people in a homophobic attack.

  Aug 21 · Vigevano, ItalyQueer Discrimination1 source

• US brothers denied entry to Lisbon nightclub over skin colour

  Two American brothers were refused entry to the K-Urban Beach nightclub in Lisbon, where a bouncer told them he did not like Black people and called one of them a slur.

  Aug 21 · Lisbon, PortugalRacism2 sources

• Brazilian tourist in Italy receives racist attacks after restaurant complaint

  A Brazilian tourist dining at a restaurant in Riccione, Italy, found an offensive note on her bill after complaining about undercooked eggs.

  Aug 19 · Riccione, ItalyRacism1 source

• Woman beaten and threatened by husband in Kavalerovo

  A woman in the settlement of Kavalerovo has endured about a year of beatings and death threats from her husband, who attacks her when he comes to visit their children.

  Aug 19 · Kavalerovo, RussiaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Portugal enacts law banning face coverings in public spaces

  Portugal's president signed into law a ban on face coverings in public spaces, a measure criticised as targeting Muslim women who wear full-face veils.

  Aug 18 · PortugalReligious Discrimination1 source

• Police shoot 14-year-old of Kurdish descent in Munich

  A police officer in Munich's Schwabing district shot and seriously wounded a 14-year-old boy of Turkish nationality and Kurdish descent who was carrying a realistic-looking softair pistol.

  Aug 17 · Munich, GermanyRacism1 source

• Young trans woman attacked and insulted during Vilagarcía festival

  A young trans woman was thrown to the ground, kicked in the head, and called a derogatory term for trans people by another girl and her companions during celebrations in Vilagarcía de Arousa.

  Aug 17 · Vilagarcía de Arousa, SpainQueer DiscriminationSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman injured in head during street confrontation in Portomaggiore

  A woman walking her dog in via Somalia was injured on the head, requiring four stitches, during a confrontation with a member of a Moroccan family; a child was also hurt and both sides filed complaints.

  Aug 16 · Portomaggiore, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Racist graffiti daubed on north Belfast house

  Racist graffiti reading 'n*****s out...locals only' was sprayed on the front of a terraced house in the Forthriver Road area of north Belfast, and the property's windows were also smashed.

  Aug 16 · Belfast, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Man detained after assaulting female partner in Dabovo

  A 53-year-old man struck a 55-year-old woman with whom he lives as a couple, in the village of Dabovo, Muglizh municipality.

  Aug 16 · Dabovo, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Indian woman says restaurant host yelled at her in Rostock, Germany

  An Indian content creator and her friend were allegedly yelled at, taunted and accused of lying by a host at a Peter Pane Burger Grill outlet at Warnemünde Beach in Rostock, Germany.

  Aug 16 · Rostock, GermanyRacism1 source

• Israeli TV crew assaulted in Belfast while filming antisemitism documentary

  A correspondent and cameraman for Israeli channel i24NEWS were harassed and attacked in a Belfast bar district while filming a documentary on rising antisemitism.

  Aug 16 · Belfast, United KingdomReligious Discrimination3 sources

• 19-year-old woman reports rape in Corso Como, Milan

  A 19-year-old woman was rescued at dawn in Corso Como, Milan, and reported being sexually assaulted by a man she had met earlier at a nightclub.

  Aug 16 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Memorial portrait of Guinean resistance fighter Addi Bâ shot at again

  A memorial panel honouring Addi Bâ, a Guinean who fought in the French resistance, was shot at in La Vacheresse-et-la-Rouillie, with a bullet striking his portrait in the head area.

  Aug 16 · La Vacheresse-et-la-Rouillie, FranceRacism2 sources

• Antisemitic graffiti and swastikas deface Florence deportation memorial

  Antisemitic writings and swastikas were found at the entrance of the Memoriale delle Deportazioni in Florence, a memorial dedicated to victims of deportation and extermination.

  Aug 15 · Florence, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Ukrainian siblings attacked in Polish park over speaking Ukrainian

  An adult man and woman verbally abused, threatened and physically assaulted two Ukrainian siblings, a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, in a park near the railway station in Bydgoszcz, Poland, because they were speaking Ukrainian.

  Aug 14 · Bydgoszcz, PolandXenophobia4 sources

• Ukrainian café in Poland attacked over Ukrainian language

  Two local women verbally abused and then attacked patrons and smashed property at a Ukrainian café after hearing Ukrainian and Russian spoken.

  Aug 13 · Poznan, PolandXenophobia1 source

• Pregnant Muslim woman wearing headscarf assaulted in Toulouse

  A pregnant woman who had just dropped her children at school was beaten in Toulouse by an attacker who shouted 'pas de ça chez nous' and tried to tear off her headscarf.

  Aug 11 · Toulouse, FranceRacism1 source

• Delivery driver beaten, robbed and pelted with eggs in racist attack

  A 42-year-old delivery driver was assaulted by a gang of more than ten youths while delivering food in Rutherglen, Glasgow; they punched him, threw eggs, shouted at him to 'go home' and 'leave the country', and stole his delivery bag.

  Aug 11 · Rutherglen, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Finnish MP posts Facebook poll on 'Afghan-Muslim' minister

  A Finnish MP posted on Facebook asking followers whether they wanted an 'Afghan-Muslim' as interior or foreign minister, and referred to a 'quota Muslim' minister, in remarks widely understood to target the only MP of Afghan background.

  Aug 10 · FinlandRacism4 sources

• Trans woman fatally stabbed by her partner in Marbella

  A 59-year-old man was detained after fatally stabbing his 36-year-old partner, a trans woman, at a home in San Pedro Alcántara, Marbella.

  Aug 10 · Marbella, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Dancer reports sexual assault by a client at a Milan night club

  A young dancer at a night club in Milan reported that a client forced her to have sex in the club's private room.

  Aug 10 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Teenage girls attacked with homophobic slurs at Benialí festivities

  Three youths aged 16 to 17 insulted five 14-year-old girls with homophobic slurs during the festivities in Benialí, in la Vall de Gallinera, and one of the girls was left with a black eye and knee injuries.

  Aug 9 · Benialí, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• Refugee assaulted by masked men at Strathclyde Country Park

  A 39-year-old Syrian refugee living in Glasgow was attacked by two masked men at Strathclyde Country Park, who struck him with stones and a motorbike and asked when he had arrived in the country.

  Aug 8 · Strathclyde Country Park, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Four foreign nationals shot and wounded in drive-by attacks in eastern Rome

  Four foreign-origin men were shot and wounded by occupants of a car in several locations in eastern Rome, in what investigators describe as a possible hunt targeting foreigners.

  Aug 8 · Rome, ItalyRacism2 sources

• Jewish tourist attacked in central Rome for wearing a kippah

  A French Jewish tourist was pepper-sprayed in central Rome and then beaten the following day by the same attacker and three others because he was wearing a kippah.

  Aug 7 · Rome, ItalyReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Woman flees to Estepona café with children after partner's knife attack

  A woman took refuge in a café in Estepona with her baby and 10-year-old child after allegedly escaping her partner, who had put a knife to her neck and threatened to kill her and her children.

  Aug 7 · Estepona, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Doctor tells Moroccan patient her illness 'exists in Morocco, where the invaders are'

  During a medical consultation at a private hospital in Ceuta, a doctor told a Moroccan patient that a disease he mentioned 'doesn't exist here' but 'exists there, in Morocco, where those who are invading us are,' and dismissed her objection that the remark was racist.

  Aug 6 · Ceuta, SpainRacism1 source

• Man kills his wife in a Murcia shoe shop, hides body and flees

  A man slit the throat of his 44-year-old wife in a shoe shop in the city of Murcia, hid her body in the back room and fled; he was later arrested in Puerto Lumbreras, 85 kilometres away.

  Aug 5 · Murcia, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Homophobic graffiti targeting young man found at railway underpass

  A 20-year-old man in Tronzano Vercellese has been repeatedly targeted with homophobic graffiti and insults.

  Aug 5 · Tronzano Vercellese, ItalyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Man attacks two Ukrainians and strikes a woman in Krakow

  A man verbally abused and threatened two Ukrainian citizens on a street in Krakow and struck a woman during the attack.

  Aug 5 · Krakow, PolandXenophobia1 source

• Guardia Civil officer fatally shoots ex-partner at Llanes barracks

  A Guardia Civil officer shot and killed his ex-partner, also a Guardia Civil officer, inside the Llanes barracks in Asturias while she was on duty.

  Aug 5 · Llanes, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence10 sources

• Woman assaulted at Smukfest festival in Skanderborg

  A 24-year-old woman was pulled by the hair, spat in the face and bitten on the thumb at the Smukfest festival in Skanderborg; a 23-year-old man was also put in a chokehold by the same perpetrator.

  Aug 5 · Skanderborg, DenmarkSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Crowd attacks houses of asylum seekers in Thetford

  During a third night of anti-immigration protests in Thetford, England, around 200 people threw eggs and stones at houses believed to house asylum seekers, shouting 'We want you out.'

  Aug 5 · Thetford, United KingdomXenophobia1 source

• Woman killed by her spouse in Asturias

  A 50-year-old woman was killed by her spouse in the province of Asturias, one of the gender-violence killings confirmed by Spanish authorities.

  Aug 5 · Oviedo, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Jewish children attacked at summer camp in Bansko

  Italian children of Jewish origin were attacked during a summer camp in Bansko, an incident described as antisemitic in character.

  Aug 4 · Bansko, BulgariaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man killed in suspected homophobic attack in Plovdiv

  A 31-year-old man was found severely injured near Youth Hill in Plovdiv and later died of his injuries.

  Aug 4 · Plovdiv, BulgariaQueer Discrimination1 source

• Antisemitic graffiti found at multiple sites in French town La Flèche

  Swastikas and Celtic crosses were painted at several locations in La Flèche, including near a war memorial.

  Aug 4 · La Flèche, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Pro-Palestinian mural in Costa Teguise vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti

  A mural in support of the Palestinian people at the entrance to Costa Teguise was covered in white paint and defaced with graffiti reading 'Fuera Islam' and insults against the prime minister.

  Aug 2 · Costa Teguise, SpainRacismReligious DiscriminationXenophobia1 source

• Two people pepper-sprayed after homophobic and transphobic slurs in Munich

  Two young people sitting on a park bench at Stephansplatz in Munich were verbally insulted with homophobic and transphobic terms and then sprayed with pepper spray by a group of men.

  Aug 2 · Munich, GermanyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Neo-Nazi group attempts to storm hotel housing Jewish scouts in Bansko

  About ten neo-Nazi ultras tried to force their way into a hotel in Bansko, Bulgaria, where around 300 Jewish teenagers were staying, chanting Nazi slogans and shouting threats at the youths before police arrived.

  Aug 2 · Bansko, BulgariaReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Neo-Nazis block Sofia hotel hosting Italian Jewish teens, shout 'Sieg Heil'

  A group of neo-Nazi extremists gathered outside a hotel in Sofia where Italian Jewish teenagers and their educators were staying, tried to force the entrance, blocked the doors and shouted 'Sieg Heil' while giving the Nazi salute, returning to block the entrances again after police intervened.

  Aug 2 · Sofia, BulgariaRacismReligious Discrimination6 sources

• Swastika painted on Maimonides statue in Cordoba's Jewish quarter

  A swastika was painted on the base of the bronze statue of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides) in the Tiberiades plaza in Cordoba's Jewish quarter.

  Aug 1 · Cordoba, SpainReligious Discrimination5 sources

• Hamburg mall security blocks people carrying Pride flags during CSD parade

  Security guards at the Europa Passage shopping centre in Hamburg turned away or asked at least six people carrying Pride rainbow symbols to roll up their flags during the city's Christopher Street Day parade.

  Aug 1 · Hamburg, GermanyQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Indian student attacked in Nitra, hospitalized after assault

  An Indian student was attacked by an unknown person in Nitra and was so seriously injured that he was hospitalized and required surgery.

  Aug 1 · Nitra, SlovakiaRacismXenophobia1 source

July 2026

• Female politician harassed and pelted with objects by far-right protesters in Ceuta

  Julia Ferreras, a local deputy, was insulted and had objects thrown at her by far-right protesters as she left the assembly building in Ceuta.

  Jul 31 · Ceuta, SpainRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death in Santander; partner arrested

  A 27-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a flat in Santander.

  Jul 31 · Santander, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Crowd shouts homophobic chants at interior minister at Ceuta heliport

  A group of about forty people gathered near the Ceuta heliport shouted homophobic chants at Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived to address the migration crisis.

  Jul 31 · Ceuta, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• Dutch broadcaster airs segment echoing antisemitic tropes about Jews

  Broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland aired a discussion program examining a Hitler speech in which an audience member shouted 'Jews!' and panelists agreed that a 'cosmopolitan elite' is hostile to ordinary people.

  Jul 31 · NetherlandsReligious Discrimination1 source

• Ukrainian woman beaten with cane in Gdynia street attack

  A 40-year-old Ukrainian woman was struck twice on the head with a wooden cane by an unidentified man on Zelazna Street in Gdynia.

  Jul 30 · Gdynia, PolandXenophobia1 source

• Woman insults two men with racist slurs over their foreign accent in Palma

  A woman in Palma confronted two men with serious insults and racist expressions after hearing their foreign accent, then assaulted several police officers who intervened.

  Jul 30 · Palma, SpainRacism1 source

• Ukrainian teenager harassed with xenophobic slurs on Polish train

  Two men harassed and shouted xenophobic slogans at a 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen aboard a Warsaw–Tłuszcz train at Kobylka-Osów station.

  Jul 29 · Kobyłka, PolandXenophobia2 sources

• Moroccan youths beaten in Ceuta streets by suspected far-right attackers

  Videos circulating since Wednesday evening show men in civilian clothes chasing, beating and kicking Moroccan youths who had entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta during a mass crossing.

  Jul 29 · Ceuta, SpainRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death by partner in Barcelona

  A 34-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her partner in front of her two minor children at a home in Barcelona's Sant Martí district.

  Jul 28 · Barcelona, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Ukrainian couple beaten in Wrocław in suspected hate attack

  A 20-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, both Ukrainian citizens, were attacked by several men on Okulickiego Street near a bus terminus in Wrocław after an argument in a shop queue; both were hospitalized with suspected concussion.

  Jul 26 · Wroclaw, PolandXenophobia5 sources

• Israeli tourists attacked by mob at hotel in Malia, Crete

  A group of young Israeli tourists returning from a party in Malia, Crete, were chased by a mob shouting antisemitic slogans and armed with sharp objects and air rifles; one Israeli was injured in the head by an air-gun shot.

  Jul 26 · Malia, GreeceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Serbian cultural association premises vandalized in Kumanovo

  The premises of the Serbian cultural-artistic association 'Srpski vez' in Kumanovo were damaged overnight and 'UÇK' graffiti were written on the walls.

  Jul 26 · Kumanovo, North MacedoniaXenophobia1 source

• Terrorist attack on Berlin Christopher Street Day targets queer community

  A terrorist attack struck Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Berlin on Saturday evening, targeting the queer community.

  Jul 25 · Berlin, GermanyQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Vehicle attack on Berlin Gay Pride kills one, injures 29

  A vehicle-ramming attack targeted Berlin's Gay Pride, killing one person and injuring 29 others.

  Jul 25 · Berlin, GermanyQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Parents killed, daughter abducted in domestic-violence shooting in Albania

  A man opened fire at his former fiancée's family home in Vidhisht, Roskovec, killing her parents and forcing her into a vehicle before fleeing.

  Jul 24 · Vidhisht, AlbaniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Mosque prayer-times sign in Penzberg sprayed with black paint

  A sign showing the mosque and Friday prayer times of the Islamic Community of Penzberg was defaced with black spray paint.

  Jul 24 · Penzberg, GermanyReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Shopkeeper killed after intervening in racist, Islamophobic tram attack

  A man shouted racist and Islamophobic insults at a female passenger on tram line 55 in Brussels.

  Jul 23 · Brussels, BelgiumRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• Oradea authorities ban Pride march for fourth year, fining participants

  The Oradea city council denied permission for the LGTBIQ+ Pride march for the fourth consecutive year, and police fined participants who gathered in defiance of the ban.

  Jul 22 · Oradea, RomaniaQueer Discrimination1 source

• Spanish councillor reports homophobic insults and threats over family photo

  A PSOE councillor in La Rinconada, Spain, reported receiving homophobic insults and threats on social media after posting a photo with his husband and their two children.

  Jul 22 · La Rinconada, SpainQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Woman found dead in Benahavís home after assault alert

  The Guardia Civil found the body of a 45-year-old woman inside a home in the Los Arqueros area of Benahavís after neighbours reported an assault.

  Jul 21 · Benahavís, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Woman killed by her husband at their home in Alameda de la Sagra

  A man attacked his 45-year-old wife with a bladed weapon at the home they shared in Alameda de la Sagra, killing her in front of their children.

  Jul 21 · Alameda de la Sagra, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Woman found dead in Almoradí; partner arrested in suspected gender violence case

  A 56-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Almoradí, Alicante, and her 61-year-old partner was arrested.

  Jul 20 · Almoradí, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman found stabbed to death in her home in Antequera

  A 30-year-old woman was found dead with stab wounds in her home in Antequera, Spain.

  Jul 20 · Antequera, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence6 sources

• Antisemitic online form urged reporting of Jewish and Israeli tourists in Italy

  An online questionnaire circulated in Italy asked users to report the presence of Israeli tourists and Jewish community members in hotels, homes and tourist destinations, claiming to map 'Zionist tourism'.

  Jul 20 · ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman beaten by partner in front of their child in Crete

  A 37-year-old man is accused of assaulting his 36-year-old partner at their home in Anissaras, Chersonisos Municipality, Crete, in front of their young child.

  Jul 19 · Anissaras, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Moroccan man dies pinned down by police in Bologna

  A 42-year-old Moroccan man died in Bologna while being held on the ground by two police officers as he pleaded for help.

  Jul 19 · Bologna, ItalyRacism1 source

• LGBT bar in Funchal vandalised for third time in a week

  The Lust Vintage bar in the Zona Velha of Funchal was vandalised again, the third such attack in a week, which the owners described as homophobia.

  Jul 18 · Funchal, PortugalQueer Discrimination1 source

• Jewish DJ's Grenoble concert halted by protesters throwing bottles

  A concert by Jewish DJ Barbara Butch at a Grenoble festival was interrupted by pro-Palestinian and insoumis activists who distributed a tract depicting her as a 'supporter of genocidaires' and threw glass bottles at the stage, prompting the city to suspend the event.

  Jul 18 · Grenoble, FranceReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Woman attacks two Ukrainian 13-year-olds at Legnica pool over language

  A woman approached two 13-year-old Ukrainian girls at a pool in Legnica, told them off for speaking Ukrainian, and punched one of them, another girl, and a boy who intervened, saying she did it because they are from Ukraine.

  Jul 18 · Legnica, PolandXenophobia1 source

• Polish president vetoes bills granting rights to same-sex couples

  Poland's president vetoed two bills that would have introduced cohabitation agreements for couples, including same-sex couples, blocking rights on joint property, medical information and burial matters.

  Jul 17 · PolandQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Man arrested after beating girlfriend and throwing her out of their home

  A man was detained after beating his 39-year-old girlfriend and throwing her out of the home they shared in Mezdra.

  Jul 17 · Mezdra, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman killed by her spouse in Sevilla la Nueva

  A 31-year-old woman was killed by her spouse in Sevilla la Nueva, Madrid.

  Jul 17 · Sevilla la Nueva, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Plaque honoring Righteous Among the Nations vandalized in Paris

  A commemorative plaque at 15 rue Louis Braille in Paris's 12th arrondissement, honoring Arsène and Angèle Richard and their daughter Marcelle for saving a Jewish child during the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv roundup, was found degraded.

  Jul 17 · Paris, FranceReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Holocaust memorial mural in Milan defaced with antisemitic graffiti

  A mural in Milan depicting Anne Frank and Primo Levi was vandalized with the words 'Coloni Sionisti Nazisti' (Zionist Settler Nazis).

  Jul 16 · Milan, ItalyReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Graffiti inciting violence against women appears at Ercolano motorway exit

  Offensive graffiti inciting violence against women appeared at the motorway exit in Ercolano, prompting the mayor to order its removal.

  Jul 14 · Ercolano, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• LGBT+ Pride activists threatened with violence and murder in Serbia

  After announcing the Pride caravan, activists and organizers received numerous threats of violence and murder on social media, leading the association 'Da se zna!' to file a criminal complaint against nine people.

  Jul 13 · Vranje, SerbiaQueer Discrimination1 source

• LFI activists allegedly insulted and assaulted at Lyon firefighters' ball

  During the firefighters' ball at the Corneille barracks in Lyon's 3rd arrondissement, activists of La France insoumise were allegedly subjected to racist and xenophobic insults and spitting, and one was struck on the head.

  Jul 13 · Lyon, FranceRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman beaten to death by partner in Karlovo

  A 52-year-old man is accused of beating his 53-year-old partner to death during a quarrel at a house in Karlovo, where they had been living together.

  Jul 12 · Karlovo, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Far-right businessman assaults migrant, posts video online

  An Italian businessman and member of the far-right party 'National Future' knocked a migrant to the ground and punched him repeatedly in the face in San Benedetto del Tronto, then posted the video on social media.

  Jul 12 · San Benedetto del Tronto, ItalyRacism2 sources

• Man verbally attacks two 12-year-old Ukrainian girls on bus

  A man verbally attacked two 12-year-old Ukrainian girls on bus line 8 in Bielsko-Biała, shouting vulgar slurs and threats and telling them to leave Poland.

  Jul 11 · Bielsko-Biała, PolandRacismXenophobia5 sources

• Woman attacked on London Underground Bakerloo line train

  A man exposed himself to a woman travelling alone on a Bakerloo line train and dragged her to the floor, attempting to rape her, before she fought him off and fled at Lambeth North station.

  Jul 11 · London, United KingdomSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman beaten by ex-partner in Crete hotel room

  A 27-year-old man traveled from Germany to Crete and attacked his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend in her hotel room in Ammoudara, Heraklion, repeatedly punching and kicking her.

  Jul 11 · Ammoudara, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Czech MP removed from home over suspected domestic abuse of wife

  Police removed a Czech MP from the family home for two weeks and barred him from contacting his wife, seizing several firearms, amid suspicion of long-term abuse of his wife and at least two children.

  Jul 10 · Děčín, Czech RepublicSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Mosque replica and anti-immigrant signs placed on loyalist bonfire in Moygashel

  A replica of a mosque labelled 'Islamic fascism' and signs reading 'Secure our borders' and 'End the threat of radical Islam' were placed on a loyalist Eleventh Night bonfire in Moygashel, County Tyrone.

  Jul 9 · Moygashel, United KingdomRacismReligious DiscriminationXenophobia8 sources

• Vox leader moves to block Seville mosque and Islamic centre

  The Andalusian Vox leader announced legal, political and administrative steps to halt construction of a private Islamic cultural centre and mosque beside the Polígono Sur in Seville, saying he opposes the 'Islamization of our neighbourhoods' and a 'Muslim priority', and comparing mosques to centres for unaccompanied foreign minors.

  Jul 8 · Seville, SpainXenophobia1 source

• Pig's head hung at site of planned Islamic cultural centre

  Unknown persons hung a pig's head on the door handle of the entrance building in via Camozzi where an Islamic cultural centre is to be built.

  Jul 8 · Brescia, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man arrested for groping a minor girl near Cagliari marina

  A man was arrested after groping a minor girl near the small harbor of Marina Piccola in Cagliari.

  Jul 8 · Cagliari, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• American woman found dead in her Killarney home; police treat as murder

  A 43-year-old American woman was found dead in her home in Killarney, Ireland, with severe head injuries; police are investigating the death as a murder and a suspect left the country before her body was found.

  Jul 7 · Killarney, IrelandSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman and daughter found stabbed to death in burned flat in Mijas

  A 61-year-old woman and her 30-year-old daughter were found dead with stab wounds in a burning flat in Las Lagunas de Mijas, Málaga.

  Jul 7 · Mijas, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Doctored video falsely shows Leo Varadkar making anti-Indian remarks

  A video posted on Facebook used real footage of former taoiseach Leo Varadkar but replaced the audio and subtitles to make him appear to complain about immigrants and Indians.

  Jul 7 · IrelandXenophobia1 source

• Brazilian woman in Portuguese shelter told to 'go back to her own land'

  A Brazilian woman living in a shelter for domestic violence victims in Aveiro, Portugal, said a participant in a meeting with gender equality officials told her human rights were only for Portuguese people and that she should pack her bags and return to her own country.

  Jul 6 · Aveiro, PortugalRacismXenophobia1 source

• Man gropes woman in Bologna park under guise of survey

  A man approached a 27-year-old woman in Villa Angeletti park in Bologna, pretended to conduct a survey on Chinese medicine, and tried to touch her foot.

  Jul 5 · Bologna, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• German tourist reports sexual assault on Rimini beach

  An 18-year-old German tourist reported being sexually assaulted on the beach in Rimini after leaving a nightclub with a group of friends.

  Jul 5 · Rimini, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• GB News guest links Pride and LGBTQ+ people to paedophilia on air

  On the GB News show Alex Armstrong Tonight, guest Caroline Farrow said Pride had become about celebrating 'bizarre and unhealthy kinks' and 'minor attracted people.

  Jul 5 · United KingdomQueer Discrimination1 source

• Right-wing accounts attack UK Home Secretary over refugee plan

  Right-wing and nationalist accounts on X attacked Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud over a new refugee route plan, targeting her Muslim faith and Pakistani origin and portraying refugees as a security threat.

  Jul 5 · United KingdomRacism1 source

• Jewish marchers abused with antisemitic slurs at London Pride parade

  Jewish participants at the Pride in London parade were confronted by individuals shouting antisemitic abuse, including 'F*** you, Jew' and 'Go back to your Zionist homeland,' while carrying rainbow flags incorporating the Star of David.

  Jul 4 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Woman reports being raped in Avellino city centre

  A 34-year-old woman was found in a confused state near the tunnel in Piazza Garibaldi in Avellino and reported being attacked and raped.

  Jul 3 · Avellino, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man arrested for chasing ex-partner with machete in Palma

  A man threatened, insulted, struck with a branch, threw a knife at, and chased his ex-partner with a half-meter machete in the Son Gotleu neighborhood of Palma.

  Jul 3 · Palma, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man kills wife and daughter, wounds second daughter in Alicante home

  A man killed his 51-year-old wife and 20-year-old daughter with a knife and seriously wounded his other 26-year-old daughter at the family home in a rural area of Alicante.

  Jul 2 · Alicante, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Woman's body found in well in Rincón de la Victoria in gender-violence killing

  The body of a young woman reported missing since March was found in a well near the motorway in Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga.

  Jul 1 · Rincón de la Victoria, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• LGBTI mural in Valladolid defaced with racist, anti-migrant graffiti

  An LGBTI-themed mural by artist Sara Macho in Valladolid was vandalized with the slogan 'Remigración Tradición' and Falangist symbols.

  Jul 1 · Valladolid, SpainRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman stabbed and seriously injured in Ibros, investigated as gender violence

  A woman was stabbed and seriously injured by a man in the municipality of Ibros, in the province of Jaén.

  Jul 1 · Ibros, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• School staff in Bordeaux accused of sexual violence against pupils

  An Atsem and an after-school activity leader at the Frida-Kahlo school in Bordeaux were removed after several complaints of rape and sexual assault against pupils.

  Jul 1 · Bordeaux, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

June 2026

• Police officer shoots wife in domestic violence incident

  A police officer shot his wife with his service weapon during a domestic violence incident and then took his own life.

  Jun 30 · Limassol, CyprusSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Loyalist social media post threatens immigrants in Glengormley

  A loyalist social media account posted a message warning immigrants in an estate in Glengormley, Co Antrim, that homes would be freed up for 'local people' and that immigrants would not be made to feel welcome, including a racist slur.

  Jun 29 · Glengormley, United KingdomRacism1 source

• 11-year-old girl abducted in Bulgaria; sister warns of prior abuse

  An 11-year-old girl was abducted from the village of Konstantinovo by a 40-year-old man who had previously abused her and her mother, according to her sister.

  Jun 29 · Konstantinovo, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Phone shop windows smashed in racially motivated attack on opening day

  The windows of a newly opened phone shop on Main Street in Coalisland were smashed hours after its first day of trading.

  Jun 29 · Coalisland, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Woman allegedly attacked by ex-husband in Aetolia-Acarnania

  A woman in Aetolia-Acarnania reported that her former husband verbally attacked her and grabbed her by the throat, after which she was taken to Agrinio hospital and filed a complaint with police.

  Jun 28 · Agrinio, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Anti-Zionist patrols harass Jews and Israelis in Thessaloniki

  A left-wing anarchist group organized 'anti-Zionist patrols' through Thessaloniki, Greece, wearing black T-shirts with Palestinian flags, which harassed and intimidated Jews and Israelis on the streets.

  Jun 28 · Thessaloniki, GreeceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Deputy mayor of Monserrato targeted online for not being Sardinian

  The deputy mayor of Monserrato was attacked in social media posts that targeted him for not being Sardinian by birth, drawing solidarity from the mayor and residents.

  Jun 27 · Monserrato, ItalyRacism1 source

• Three men attacked in Dublin park after Sanctuary Runners event

  Three men who had just taken part in a Sanctuary Runners community run were confronted and assaulted in Poppintree Park in Ballymun, Dublin.

  Jun 27 · Dublin, IrelandRacism1 source

• Woman found stabbed to death at home in Mairena del Aljarafe

  A 44-year-old woman was found dead from stab wounds at her home in Mairena del Aljarafe, Seville, after neighbours alerted the Guardia Civil.

  Jun 27 · Mairena del Aljarafe, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Man stabs wife and mother-in-law in Nicosia domestic attack

  A man attacked his wife and mother-in-law with a knife in Nicosia, injuring both women, who were taken to hospital.

  Jun 27 · Nicosia, CyprusSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Mayor bans woman in burkini from swimming at Tyrol pool

  At the Badino natural pool in Vorderhornbach, the mayor, who also serves as the pool's hygiene officer, told a woman of Turkish origin that body-covering swimwear was not allowed and barred her from swimming; she left with her children and said she would file a complaint for racism.

  Jun 27 · Vorderhornbach, AustriaRacism1 source

• Man attacks 17-year-old partner and their baby in Strumica

  A man physically attacked his 17-year-old partner at their home in Strumica, threatened her with a sharp object, and then struck their 11-month-old baby.

  Jun 27 · Strumica, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Swimming area in Halle bans people who do not understand German

  The operator of a natural swimming area at Heidesee in Halle introduced a rule barring entry to people who cannot sufficiently understand German, saying staff at the entrance will decide who may enter.

  Jun 26 · Halle, GermanyRacismXenophobia4 sources

• Father kills his trans son and the son's mother in Camaiore

  A man killed his son, a young trans person, and the son's mother in Camaiore.

  Jun 24 · Camaiore, ItalyQueer DiscriminationSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Racist chants against Arabs filmed in Rodez nightclub

  A video circulating on social media shows young men in a nightclub in Rodez chanting a racist slogan calling for Arabs to be sent 'to the slaughterhouse'.

  Jun 24 · Rodez, FranceRacism1 source

• Two men beaten in homophobic attack after San Juan bonfire in Burgos

  Two young men leaving the San Juan bonfire celebration in Burgos were followed by a group of four youths who shouted slurs at them and beat them in the face and neck, leaving one unconscious.

  Jun 23 · Burgos, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• 21-year-old man spat on and pelted with stones in anti-LGBTQ+ attack

  A 21-year-old man was subjected to anti-LGBTQ+ insults, spat on, struck by a teenager on an electric scooter, and had stones thrown at him by a group of youths in Wiesbaden-Biebrich.

  Jun 22 · Wiesbaden-Biebrich, GermanyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Anti-Muslim banner placed at Co Tyrone children's playpark

  A banner depicting bearded men in headscarves with the message 'not welcome, not wanted, not here' was placed at a children's playpark in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, and removed by police as a hate crime.

  Jun 21 · Moygashel, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Racist and misogynistic insults against MP Ouidad Bakkali on social media

  A city councillor for Fratelli d'Italia posted racist and classist insults on social media against Democratic Party MP Ouidad Bakkali, including a slur calling her a 'gypsy' and telling her to go home, and mocking her humble origins.

  Jun 20 · Ravenna, ItalyRacism1 source

• Masked woman tears down Israeli flag at embassy in Tirana

  A masked woman climbed over the wall of the Israeli Embassy in Tirana, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart while onlookers cheered.

  Jun 20 · Tirana, AlbaniaReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Ukrainian woman attacked by staff at Prague petrol station

  At an ORLEN petrol station on Argentinská street in Prague, staff insulted a young Ukrainian woman and her friends as 'Ukrainians', and a second employee knocked her to the ground and choked her while security beat and pushed her friends.

  Jun 19 · Prague, Czech RepublicRacismXenophobia1 source

• Bologna official targeted with racist and xenophobic insults online

  Erika Capasso, a Bologna city official, was hit with hundreds of insulting and threatening comments, including racist and xenophobic slurs, after posting a video criticizing the EU returns regulation.

  Jun 19 · Bologna, ItalyRacismXenophobia1 source

• Five men injured in series of attacks in Edinburgh

  A man attacked several men in Edinburgh, injuring five, three of whom required hospital treatment.

  Jun 19 · Edinburgh, United KingdomRacismReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Rabbi assaulted in Hesse by attackers blaming Israeli government

  A rabbi in the German state of Hesse was struck in front of his children and had his mobile phone stolen by attackers who held him responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.

  Jun 17 · Hesse, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Belfast phone shop looted during racist rioting

  A phone repair shop on the Shankill Road in Belfast was broken into and looted during race rioting, with the owner saying the business was almost wiped out.

  Jun 16 · Belfast, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Court fines woman for selling Jehovah's Witness Bible, orders confiscation

  A district court in Nizhny Novgorod fined a woman 1,000 rubles for distributing a Jehovah's Witness Bible translation deemed extremist material and ordered the book confiscated.

  Jun 16 · Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Senedd member mocked Welsh students and said Indian nurses take Welsh jobs

  A Reform member of the Senedd gave speeches in the chamber mocking Welsh students as unable to read and saying Indian nurses were taking Welsh jobs, prompting walkouts by members of other parties.

  Jun 16 · Cardiff, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Woman police officer stabbed by husband at home in Drama

  A female police officer was attacked with a knife by her husband inside their home in Drama, Greece, and was hospitalized in critical condition.

  Jun 15 · Drama, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Mayor tells female opposition councillor to 'take a broom' during council session

  During the inaugural session of the municipal council in Montorio al Vomano, the mayor repeatedly interrupted and personally attacked opposition councillor Alessia Nori, telling her to 'take a broom to learn to do something'.

  Jun 14 · Montorio al Vomano, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Nazi flag displayed for sale at New Forest car boot sale

  A Nazi flag was photographed attached to the side of a van at a stall at the New Forest car boot sale at Strawberry Fields near Lymington.

  Jun 14 · Lymington, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Mosque in The Hague vandalized with swastikas and racist slogans

  The Noeroel Islam mosque in The Hague was daubed with swastikas and racist slogans, an act targeting the Muslim community.

  Jun 14 · The Hague, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination1 source

• Jewish and Israeli marchers forced out of Bologna Pride parade

  At the Bologna Pride march, participants carrying rainbow flags bearing the Star of David and the historic Iranian flag were intimidated, pushed and forced to leave the parade while others shouted 'Fuori i sionisti dal corteo'.

  Jun 13 · Bologna, ItalyReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Far-right banner at Saint-Denis basilica calls for mass deportation

  A banner calling for the mass deportation of people of foreign origin was hung on the facade of the Saint-Denis basilica by a far-right group.

  Jun 11 · Saint-Denis, FranceRacism1 source

• Black director says she was threatened at Guimarães theatre rehearsal

  At a rehearsal at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor in Guimarães, the technical director of A Oficina aggressively threatened the Guinean-origin Portuguese director Isabél Zuaa, who said she was treated this way because she is Black.

  Jun 11 · Guimarães, PortugalRacism1 source

• Imam's home firebombed in arson attack in Bolton

  A man wearing a helmet and dark clothing ran onto the driveway of an imam's home, lit an object and smashed a window in an arson attack.

  Jun 10 · Bolton, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man arrested after physically attacking his wife at home

  A 44-year-old man was arrested after he physically attacked his 30-year-old wife in the family home in Strumica.

  Jun 10 · Strumica, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Mob attacks non-white men with racist abuse in Glasgow city centre

  During violent disorder in Glasgow city centre, gangs of men attacked non-white men and shouted racist abuse in St Enoch Square.

  Jun 9 · Glasgow, United KingdomRacism1 source

• 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 KingdomRacism1 source

• LGBTQ+ group barred from Caserta festival over 'veiled' demand

  A board member of the Fondazione Casa Fratelli Tutti told the Arcigay Caserta association that to take part in the From Festival it would have to be 'more veiled', so the LGBTQIA+ organization withdrew from the event at the ex Macrico in Caserta.

  Jun 9 · Caserta, ItalyQueer Discrimination1 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 KingdomRacismXenophobia2 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 KingdomRacismReligious DiscriminationXenophobia31 sources

• Woman arrested in Tudela for beating and dragging her 17-year-old daughter

  A 44-year-old woman was arrested in Tudela after police viewed video of her beating and dragging her 17-year-old daughter, who was found barefoot and sobbing in the street.

  Jun 8 · Tudela, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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 · CyprusRacism1 source

• Man arrested after attacking wife and her mother in Skopje home

  In Skopje's Gazi Baba area, a 36-year-old man physically attacked his 37-year-old wife and her mother with a hard object, threatened them with a sharp object and smashed furniture in the home.

  Jun 7 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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, ItalyRacism1 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 KingdomRacism2 sources

• Man shouts antisemitic slurs at Glasgow Friends of Israel volunteers

  A man shouted 'Jew!

  Jun 6 · Glasgow, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman shot dead by her partner in Málaga

  A 51-year-old woman was found shot dead in a home in Málaga alongside her 56-year-old partner, who police say killed her and then took his own life.

  Jun 5 · Málaga, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Council cancels Pride flag ceremony in Havering

  Havering Council cancelled its Pride flag ceremony and refused to fly the rainbow flag at the town hall, following Reform UK instructions to fly only the Union flag or St George's Cross.

  Jun 5 · Havering, United KingdomQueer Discrimination1 source

• Senator berates same-sex couple for affection at Rome airport lounge

  A senator confronted a same-sex couple in a lounge at Fiumicino airport, telling them their displays of affection were inappropriate in a public place and to keep them at home.

  Jun 4 · Fiumicino, ItalyQueer Discrimination3 sources

• Homophobic leaflets by Forza Nuova distributed in Civitavecchia

  Leaflets signed by the neo-fascist group Forza Nuova were distributed in Civitavecchia attacking the LGBT community, the Pride event, and school inclusion projects with homophobic language.

  Jun 3 · Civitavecchia, ItalyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Woman killed by her partner in Alicante

  A 55-year-old woman was killed in Alicante by her 53-year-old partner, a killing confirmed by Spain's Ministry of Equality as gender-based violence.

  Jun 2 · Alicante, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman strangled to death in Callosa de Segura; partner detained

  A 48-year-old woman was found strangled to death in her home in Callosa de Segura, Alicante.

  Jun 2 · Callosa de Segura, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• German hotel refuses Israeli family's booking, saying 'no Jews allowed'

  A hotel near the Czech border in Germany rejected a booking request from an Israeli family, sending a message stating that Jews were not allowed in the hotel.

  Jun 2 · Cham, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman killed in Kalamata apartment; husband claims self-defense

  A 39-year-old woman was found dead in her Kalamata apartment after her husband, 41, told police he killed her during a struggle he claimed was self-defense.

  Jun 1 · Kalamata, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Woman killed by husband in Greece

  A 39-year-old woman was found dead after her husband confessed to stabbing her 45 times, in the first of three femicides recorded in Greece within two weeks.

  Jun 1 · GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

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 KingdomRacism1 source

• Woman reports husband attacked her at family home

  A 25-year-old woman from a village in Karbinci municipality reported to police that her husband physically attacked her at the family home.

  May 31 · Karbinci, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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, FinlandRacism1 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, NetherlandsRacismXenophobia1 source

• Man arrested for assaulting his partner in Carabanchel, Madrid

  A man was arrested after assaulting his partner in a home in Carabanchel, Madrid, when she asked him for money to buy food.

  May 30 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBTQ group from official float over Gaza stance

  Rome Pride excluded Keshet Italia, Italy's only Jewish LGBTQ organization, from participating with an official float in the parade after the group declined to endorse the organizers' platform calling Israel's Gaza war a genocide.

  May 29 · Rome, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Jewish woman and her partner barred from Barcelona spa's lesbian event

  An American Jewish woman living in Barcelona and her female partner were denied entry to a lesbian event at the Thermas Barcelona spa because she wore a Star of David necklace that staff and patrons linked to 'Zionism' and 'genocide'; when they refused to renounce it, they were removed from the venue.

  May 29 · Barcelona, SpainReligious Discrimination4 sources

• 11-year-old girl found dead in Gers silo after abduction

  An 11-year-old schoolgirl was found dead in a disused silo in the Gers, six days after she was abducted.

  May 29 · Occitanie, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• 11-year-old girl raped and killed in Fleurance, France

  An 11-year-old girl was raped and killed in the south-west French town of Fleurance; her body was found after she disappeared.

  May 29 · Fleurance, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman detained after stabbing partner during domestic dispute in Salamanca

  During a dispute in a tourist flat in central Salamanca, a man grabbed a woman by the neck and she stabbed him in the leg with scissors.

  May 29 · Salamanca, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman killed by ex-husband outside IPAS centre in Clifden

  A woman was killed by her ex-husband outside an IPAS centre in Clifden, Co Galway, despite a barring order against him.

  May 27 · Clifden, IrelandSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Cooking teacher accused of sexual assault at Saint-Nazaire hotel school

  A cooking teacher at the Sainte-Anne hotel school in Saint-Nazaire is accused of sexual assault and inappropriate sexual gestures toward two minor female students, prompting a complaint.

  May 27 · Saint-Nazaire, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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, ItalyRacismXenophobia1 source

• Teacher arrested over sexual violence against minor pupils

  A primary-school teacher in the Brindisi area was placed under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual violence against several minor female pupils.

  May 25 · Apulia, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Airport worker shouts 'Free Palestine' at Israeli arrivals at London Stansted

  A woman identifying herself as a Stansted Airport worker shouted 'Free Palestine' and insults at passengers arriving from Israel as they exited customs.

  May 25 · Stansted, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man assaults his wife at their home in a Vinica village

  A 37-year-old man physically attacked his 22-year-old wife in the family home in a village near Vinica, causing injuries that were treated at the Vinica health centre.

  May 22 · Vinica, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• University student gang-raped in Milan after leaving nightclub

  A 20-year-old Spanish exchange student was lured from a nightclub in Milan's Ortica district and gang-raped by four men in a secluded area on the city's outskirts.

  May 22 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Synagogue in Lisbon vandalized with 'Free Palestine' slogan

  An inscription reading 'Free Palestine from the river to the sea' was written on the wall of the building next to the Lisbon Synagogue.

  May 21 · Lisbon, PortugalReligious Discrimination1 source

• Ukrainian woman groped and shot at on bridge in Łódź

  A man groped a Ukrainian woman walking to work on the Dąbrowski Bridge in Łódź, pinned her against the bridge edge, and later fired a pistol at her about eight times, injuring her hands.

  May 19 · Łódź, PolandXenophobia1 source

• Aftenposten cartoon of India's PM Modi accused of racism

  A cartoon in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten depicted India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer with a fuel hose instead of a cobra, prompting accusations of racist stereotyping in India and Norway.

  May 19 · NorwayRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death by ex-partner in Figueres

  A 32-year-old woman was killed by stabbing by her ex-partner in Plaça Tarradellas in Figueres.

  May 19 · Figueres, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Woman held for three days and repeatedly raped in abandoned Rome building

  A 32-year-old woman was abducted near a restaurant in Rome, forced into a van and taken to an abandoned building on the city's eastern outskirts, where she was repeatedly raped by several men over three days before escaping.

  May 19 · Rome, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Man shoots partner, children and parents in El Ejido

  A 25-year-old man opened fire on his parents, his 19-year-old partner and their two young children in the El Canalillo area between Balanegra and El Ejido, killing his parents and leaving the woman and the two minors seriously wounded.

  May 18 · El Ejido, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Israeli man beaten in London after speaking Hebrew

  A 22-year-old Israeli man was chased, dragged across the street, and beaten by five masked men in Golders Green, London, after they heard him speaking Hebrew.

  May 18 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Agen newsroom receives death threats and bullets in anti-Muslim letter

  An anonymous handwritten letter signed 'Le Ragondin de Garonne', containing death threats and three large-caliber bullets, was sent to the newsroom of Le Petit Bleu in Agen.

  May 18 · Agen, FranceReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Man repeatedly harassed nine-year-old girl on Klaipėda bus

  A 59-year-old man repeatedly sat next to and followed a nine-year-old girl on a route bus in Klaipėda over three weeks, talking to her and giving her a note.

  May 18 · Klaipėda, LithuaniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman assaulted by her partner in her Skopje apartment

  A 37-year-old woman in Skopje reported that her 29-year-old partner physically assaulted her in an apartment in the Aerodrom municipality of Skopje.

  May 17 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Man of Senegalese origin beaten and handcuffed by police in Milan

  A man of Senegalese origin, an Italian citizen, was stopped, beaten and handcuffed by police outside the Baobab restaurant in Milan in front of his children.

  May 16 · Milan, ItalyRacism1 source

• Woman and son shot dead at Guardia Civil barracks in Dolores

  A Guardia Civil officer shot dead his 51-year-old wife and their son at the family residence inside the Guardia Civil barracks in Dolores, Alicante, before apparently killing himself.

  May 16 · Dolores, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• CNews commentator calls Saint-Denis mayor 'a Malian mayor in France'

  During a debate on CNews about France's relations with Africa, a columnist said the country now has 'a Malian mayor in France', referring to Bally Bagayoko, the elected mayor of Saint-Denis.

  May 15 · FranceRacism1 source

• Man strikes 58-year-old woman in Timișoara apartment

  A 36-year-old man struck a 58-year-old woman in an apartment on Atomului Street in Timișoara during a spontaneous conflict fueled by alcohol.

  May 15 · Timișoara, RomaniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man filmed threatening to 'behead Jews' on east London street

  A man was filmed in an online video making threats to behead Jews and using slurs on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets, east London.

  May 15 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Rovigo mayor calls Pride 'tribal' and refuses Piazza Matteotti

  The mayor of Rovigo, in a city council session, said the Pride is a 'tribal manifestation that takes us back to the jungle' and refused to allow the event in Piazza Matteotti, prompting organizers to denounce the exclusion.

  May 15 · Rovigo, ItalyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Congolese immigrant dies after being restrained by security guards in Dublin

  Yves Sakila, a 30-year-old Congolese immigrant, died after several security guards restrained him on a busy Dublin street on suspicion of theft; video shows a guard kneeling on his neck and head.

  May 15 · Dublin, IrelandRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Homophobic graffiti targeting councillor found on Santo Domingo bridge

  Homophobic graffiti naming a local councillor and first deputy mayor appeared on the Puente del Santo in Santo Domingo de la Calzada.

  May 15 · Santo Domingo de la Calzada, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• Woman killed by husband in Bitola femicide

  A 31-year-old woman was killed with a knife by her husband in Bitola, in a case described as a femicide resulting from family violence.

  May 14 · Bitola, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Incendiary devices thrown into Muslim prayer room in Blackburn

  Masked men allegedly threw incendiary devices into a Muslim prayer room in Blackburn, an attack on a recognisably Islamic space.

  May 13 · Blackburn, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Four removed from Eurovision venue over antisemitic disruption of Israeli act

  At the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, four people were expelled by police for disruptive behavior against the Israeli delegation during Eurovision, including antisemitic chants and antisemitic graffiti on their bodies while Israeli contestant Noam Bettan performed.

  May 12 · Vienna, AustriaReligious Discrimination1 source

• 17-year-old mother raped at home by roommate in Marghera

  A 17-year-old Bangladeshi mother was raped in her home in Marghera by a male roommate who lived with her, her husband and her infant son, taking advantage of her husband's absence.

  May 11 · Marghera, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Dublin Rose of Tralee receives racial abuse after being chosen

  Suad Mooge, a 25-year-old medical scientist chosen to represent Dublin at the Rose of Tralee festival, received a sustained wave of racial abuse online after her selection was announced.

  May 11 · Dublin, IrelandRacism3 sources

• Malian man beaten to death by group in Taranto

  A 35-year-old Malian man was attacked by a group of six people, four of them minors, in Taranto's old city and died of his injuries.

  May 9 · Taranto, ItalyRacism1 source

• Drag performer subjected to homophobic and transphobic slurs in Liverpool

  A drag performer was targeted with homophobic and transphobic slurs and confrontational comments by members of the public in Liverpool's Pride Quarter shortly after leaving a nightclub.

  May 9 · Liverpool, United KingdomQueer Discrimination1 source

• Woman brutally assaulted on bus in Stroncone

  A woman was brutally attacked on a bus in Stroncone, Italy, and is in very serious condition in hospital; the attacker, apparently her husband, fled.

  May 9 · Stroncone, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman, 21, allegedly killed by her partner in Madrid

  A 21-year-old woman was found unconscious in the street in Madrid's Carabanchel district with a severe head injury and died; her 23-year-old partner was arrested.

  May 9 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man arrested for assaulting and threatening his partner with a firearm

  A 45-year-old man was arrested after physically assaulting his 33-year-old partner and threatening her with a firearm at his home in the Aerodrom municipality of Skopje.

  May 9 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Election poster of Black candidate defaced with racial slur near Oranmore

  An election poster for a Nigerian-born city councillor running in a by-election was spray-painted with the N-word on the outskirts of Oranmore.

  May 9 · Oranmore, IrelandRacism1 source

• Brazilian woman insulted with racist slurs at Frankfurt airport

  A German woman at Frankfurt airport insulted a Brazilian woman and her friends with racist slurs after hearing them speak Portuguese and seeing a Brazilian flag.

  May 8 · Frankfurt, GermanyRacismXenophobia1 source

• Bertie Ahern says too many African migrants and Muslims in Ireland

  During a byelection canvass, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern told a woman there were too many migrants coming into Ireland, saying the ones he worried about were Africans and people from the Congo, and voicing concern about second-generation Muslims.

  May 7 · Dublin, IrelandRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Anonymous letters at Halle art university target Jewish community group

  Anonymous open letters posted on the campus of an art university in Halle called for ending cooperation with the local Jewish community organization and for it to be disinvited, accusing it of being a 'racist and Zionist organization.'

  May 7 · Halle, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Ukrainian teenagers beaten on Warsaw bridge

  A group of about ten attackers beat several Ukrainian teenagers on the Świętokrzyski Bridge in Warsaw after the youths spoke Ukrainian and Russian; one 16-year-old suffered a cracked skull and facial injuries.

  May 7 · Warsaw, PolandRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Politician and partner attacked in homophobic assault in Berlin park

  Two men, including an FDP politician and his partner, were insulted with homophobic slurs and physically assaulted by an unknown man in Schustehruspark in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

  May 7 · Berlin, GermanyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Antisemitic graffiti calling for killing of Jews painted in Berlin

  Three words spray-painted on a large wall in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, called in English for the killing of all Jews.

  May 7 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man assaulted with homophobic slurs at post office in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

  A man waiting in line at the La Poste in Carnolès, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, was insulted with homophobic slurs and struck several times on the head and leg by another customer.

  May 6 · Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, FranceQueer Discrimination1 source

• Young woman allegedly killed in gender-violence attack in Santa Úrsula

  A young woman was allegedly murdered in a gender-violence killing in the municipality of Santa Úrsula, Tenerife.

  May 6 · Santa Úrsula, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Romanian MP tells premier he is 'a good premier for Pakistanis, not for Romanians'

  At a parliamentary session on a censure motion, an MP from SOS Romania told Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan he was 'a good premier for Pakistanis, not for Romanians' and accused the government of replacing local workers with immigrants.

  May 5 · RomaniaRacism1 source

• Pregnant woman assaulted by partner in Bilbao home

  A pregnant woman in Bilbao called emergency services after her partner beat and threatened her and took her phone; she was treated for bruises.

  May 5 · Bilbao, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Arson at former synagogue in London amid antisemitic attacks

  An intentional fire damaged the doors and lock of a former synagogue in Whitechapel, London.

  May 5 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination8 sources

• Pub quiz team wins with antisemitic name mocking Jewish people

  A quiz team calling itself 'Golders Green should be Golders Greed' entered and won a quiz at The Crown pub in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, and the name was accepted and read out.

  May 4 · Boston Spa, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• National Monument in Amsterdam defaced with 'genocide' graffiti

  Unidentified people sprayed red paint and the word 'genocide' on the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam overnight, ahead of the National Remembrance Day ceremony.

  May 4 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man arrested in Vilagarcía for assaulting ex-partner and breaching restraining order

  A 37-year-old man was arrested in Vilagarcía de Arousa after allegedly assaulting his 26-year-old former partner at a home on Rúa da Coca in the As Carolinas neighbourhood, in violation of an active restraining order.

  May 3 · Vilagarcía de Arousa, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman beaten by husband at home in Porto Rafti

  A 36-year-old woman reported that her 39-year-old husband beat her repeatedly on the head at their home in Porto Rafti, in the presence of their baby.

  May 3 · Porto Rafti, GreeceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Antisemitic graffiti threatening Jews found in central Florence

  Vandals scrawled antisemitic slogans and a swastika on walls in central Florence, including threats against Jews and Israel's honorary consul in Tuscany.

  May 3 · Florence, ItalyReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Islamophobic stickers posted near Bologna mosque

  Offensive, Islamophobic and racist stickers appeared near the Annur mosque on via Pallavicini in Bologna, prompting the local Islamic community president to file a complaint with police.

  May 1 · Bologna, ItalyRacism1 source

• Frp adviser said Norwegian-Pakistanis should not have children in Norway

  A political adviser to a Norwegian MP said at a nightlife venue in Oslo that Norwegian-Pakistanis should preferably not have children in Norway, calling them 'minus variants' and saying 'successful white people' should have more children.

  May 1 · Oslo, NorwayRacism2 sources

April 2026

• Jewish student leader harassed in Berlin after Bundestag event

  The president of the Union of Jewish Students was followed by a car in Berlin's government district after leaving a Bundestag discussion on antisemitism; the occupants shouted slogans and made obscene gestures at him and another union member.

  Apr 30 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Two Jewish men stabbed in London's Golders Green

  Two Jewish men were stabbed in an attack in London's Golders Green neighborhood, described as a deliberate act targeting them for being visibly Jewish.

  Apr 29 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination30 sources

• Reform UK member posts 'Welsh lad?' caption on video of Black campaigner

  A Reform UK member posted a video of a Black community organiser from Butetown in Cardiff with the caption 'Welsh lad?', a post political rivals called 'outright racism'.

  Apr 27 · Cardiff, United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Russian court bans LGBT rights group as 'extremist'

  A court in St. Petersburg ruled the Russian LGBT Network an 'extremist' organization, making it illegal and exposing anyone associated with it to prosecution.

  Apr 27 · Saint Petersburg, RussiaQueer Discrimination1 source

• Protesters chant slurs at Israeli Independence Day event in Oslo

  Anti-Israel protesters shouted slogans such as 'child killers' and 'No Zionists in our streets' at participants of an Israeli Independence Day celebration outside the Storting in Oslo.

  Apr 26 · Oslo, NorwayReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Jewish Brigade blocked and insulted at Milan parade

  At the parade in Milan, a Jewish Brigade contingent was met by protesters who shouted antisemitic insults and blocked its route, forcing it to leave the parade after a standoff.

  Apr 25 · Milan, ItalyReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Iraqi refugee student assaulted by group of minors in Lisbon

  A 27-year-old Iraqi psychology student and refugee was surrounded and attacked by a group of about 20 minors who insulted him and struck him with stones and glass bottles on Alameda D. Afonso Henriques in Lisbon, requiring 22 stitches.

  Apr 25 · Lisbon, PortugalXenophobia1 source

• US official calls Brazilian women a 'cursed race' in RAI interview

  Paolo Zampolli, a US special representative for global partnerships, said in an interview with Italian broadcaster RAI that Brazilian women 'make trouble with everyone' and referred to them as a 'cursed race.'

  Apr 25 · ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Minor assaulted in gender-violence attack at Seville fair

  A girl was assaulted in an attack of gender violence at the Seville fair in the early hours; she was taken to a first-aid post and then to a hospital, and the National Police is investigating.

  Apr 24 · Seville, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Students insulted with racist slurs at Aliança Catalana stall on Sant Jordi

  During Sant Jordi celebrations in Torroella de Montgrí, students from Institut Montgrí were verbally harassed and insulted with racist and exclusionary slurs by people running an Aliança Catalana stall, including phrases telling immigrants and people of color to leave.

  Apr 23 · Torroella de Montgrí, SpainRacism1 source

• Woman assaulted by her partner in Skopje's Centar area

  A 20-year-old woman reported to Skopje police that she was physically assaulted by her partner in the Centar area of Skopje.

  Apr 23 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman stabbed to death by ex-partner in Seseña, Toledo

  A 43-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Seseña, Toledo, by her 50-year-old ex-partner, who then took his own life.

  Apr 23 · Seseña, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Gabriel Attal denounces homophobic messages posted on his social media

  Gabriel Attal published a message on Instagram exposing a torrent of homophobic insults, caricatures, montages and threats posted on his social media accounts, and said he would always denounce homophobia.

  Apr 21 · FranceQueer Discrimination1 source

• Contestant strangles female partner on live Serbian reality show

  During a live broadcast of the Serbian reality show Elita, a male contestant climbed on top of his female partner and fellow contestant and pressed on her neck, leaving her unable to move, before security intervened and removed him.

  Apr 20 · Belgrade, SerbiaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man fires rifle near children, shouts racist remarks in Haute-Loire

  A 65-year-old man fired a rifle into the air near a group of children in Espaly-Saint-Marcel and was heard declaring he was racist and proud of it.

  Apr 19 · Espaly-Saint-Marcel, FranceRacism1 source

• Jewish-owned shop in Hertfordshire set on fire and vandalized

  A Jewish-owned shop on a high street in Hertfordshire was set on fire and vandalized with graffiti, an attack police are treating as religiously aggravated.

  Apr 19 · England, United KingdomReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Woman reports partner attacked her and her dog at home

  A 47-year-old woman reported to police in Skopje that her partner physically attacked her and her dog in their home, threatened her and her son, and demanded money that she gave him out of fear.

  Apr 19 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Synagogue in Harrow firebombed in suspected antisemitic arson

  An arson attack caused minor smoke damage to an internal room at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London, with no injuries.

  Apr 18 · Harrow, United KingdomReligious Discrimination11 sources

• Arson attempt on Jewish charity premises in Hendon, north London

  A man attempted to set fire to a row of shops in Hendon, north London, including premises used by Jewish education charity Jewish Futures, by trying to ignite bottles of liquid.

  Apr 17 · Hendon, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• TV maker calls woman of Turkish background 'rejected Turk' on programme

  A programme maker called a woman of Turkish background a 'rejected Turk' on his television programme, prompting her to report him for racism and discrimination.

  Apr 17 · NetherlandsRacism1 source

• Two Dutch women sexually assaulted in Milan

  Two Dutch women, aged 23 and 24, were sexually assaulted in Milan after a man led them into a dark street.

  Apr 17 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Holocaust memorial in Estonia found extensively damaged

  A Holocaust memorial in Ereda, in Estonia's Ida-Viru County, was found extensively damaged, with the monument dented, pieces broken off and its fastenings bent.

  Apr 17 · Ida-Virumaa, EstoniaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Green candidate harassed with homophobic slurs at Birmingham mosque

  A Green party candidate leafleting at a mosque in Birmingham was accosted by campaigners who called the party the 'gay party' and said they wanted to turn children gay; one man threatened to beat him up.

  Apr 17 · Birmingham, United KingdomQueer Discrimination1 source

• Activity leader suspended over suspected rape of 3-year-old girl

  A leisure-centre activity leader in Guyancourt was suspended after a 3-year-old girl told her parents of pain in her intimate area and identified an adult at the centre.

  Apr 15 · Guyancourt, FranceSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman reports physical assault by her partner in Kumanovo

  A 23-year-old woman in Kumanovo reported to police that she had been physically assaulted by her unmarried partner.

  Apr 15 · Kumanovo, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Polish MP displays altered Israeli flag with Nazi symbol in parliament

  A far-right Polish MP displayed an altered Israeli flag with the Star of David replaced by a Nazi symbol in the Warsaw parliament and called Israel a 'new Third Reich', drawing condemnation from officials.

  Apr 14 · Warsaw, PolandReligious Discrimination9 sources

• Man detained for threatening his wife at home in Veles

  A 35-year-old man in Veles was detained by police after threatening his 32-year-old wife in their home.

  Apr 13 · Veles, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman killed by ex-partner in Córdoba despite restraining order

  A 64-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her ex-partner in the Fuensanta neighbourhood of Córdoba, Spain, despite a restraining order against him.

  Apr 13 · Córdoba, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence6 sources

• Woman dies escaping ex-partner through window in Pamplona

  A 37-year-old Nicaraguan woman died after falling from a third-floor window in Pamplona while trying to escape her ex-partner, who was detained for breaching a restraining order for gender violence.

  Apr 12 · Pamplona, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Attempted arson at Jewish community building and synagogue in Skopje

  An attempt was made to set fire to the Jewish Community of Macedonia building and the 'Bet Yakov' synagogue in Skopje.

  Apr 12 · Skopje, North MacedoniaReligious Discrimination6 sources

• Unknown attackers smash windows of Israeli restaurant in Munich

  Unknown perpetrators broke windows at an Israeli restaurant in Munich's Maxvorstadt district and threw fireworks inside, causing several thousand euros in damage.

  Apr 10 · Munich, GermanyReligious Discrimination9 sources

• VOX leader calls PP's Juanma Moreno 'Juanma Moruno' at Málaga rally

  At a campaign event in Málaga, VOX leader Santiago Abascal referred to PP leader Juanma Moreno as 'Juanma Moruno', a slur alluding to his Moroccan origin.

  Apr 10 · Málaga, SpainRacism1 source

• Woman allegedly killed by her partner in Basauri

  A 44-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her 45-year-old partner in Basauri, in the Basque Country.

  Apr 8 · Basauri, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Easter effigy of Netanyahu burned in Spanish town

  Residents of El Burgo, Spain burned a seven-metre effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, filled with gunpowder and bearing a 'genocide' sign, on the town's central square during the Easter 'Quema de Judas' tradition.

  Apr 5 · El Burgo, SpainReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Explosion at fence of Israel Center in Nijkerk

  An explosion occurred at the fence of the Israel Center on Henri Nouwenstraat in Nijkerk, damaging the property.

  Apr 3 · Nijkerk, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination2 sources

• France bans annual gathering of Muslims in Paris

  The Paris police chief issued an order barring the 40th annual gathering of France's Muslims, which was to be held at the Paris-Le Bourget exhibition centre, citing security and terrorism risks.

  Apr 3 · Paris, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Reform Scotland displays anti-migrant poster on vans at Glasgow press event

  At a press conference in Glasgow's east end, Reform UK Scotland figures posed in front of two vans displaying a poster showing non-white migrants on a boat with the text 'Scotland is at breaking point' and 'Glasgow has become the illegal migrant capital of the UK.'

  Apr 1 · Glasgow, United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Woman attacked at home by her husband in Skopje

  A 30-year-old woman in the Skopje neighbourhood of Karpoš reported to police that she was physically attacked at home by her husband, who also used a hard object.

  Apr 1 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

March 2026

• Protesters in Belgrade shout antisemitic death slogans

  During a protest by university blockaders in Belgrade, demonstrators chanted 'Death to Vučić and all the Jews around him,' prompting condemnation from Israeli and Serbian officials.

  Mar 31 · Belgrade, SerbiaReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Moroccan migrant detained by ethnic-racial profiling in Valencia

  A 23-year-old Moroccan man was detained by police on the basis of ethnic-racial profiling and held in the CIE immigration detention centre in Valencia at the end of March.

  Mar 31 · Valencia, SpainRacismXenophobia1 source

• Crowd chants anti-Muslim slur at Spain vs Egypt match

  During a Spain vs Egypt football match at the RCDE Stadium, a section of the crowd chanted 'Musulmán el que no bote', mocking Muslims.

  Mar 31 · Cornellà de Llobregat, SpainRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Black French MPs and mayor targeted in racist letter campaign

  Several Black members of the French parliament received anonymous letters containing racist imagery and slurs, and the Black mayor of Saint-Denis has faced repeated racist comments since his election.

  Mar 31 · Saint-Denis, FranceRacism2 sources

• Mob attacks passersby in central Athens shouting 'Hezbollah'

  In central Athens, a mob attacked passersby while shouting 'Hezbollah, Hezbollah', and swastikas were painted on Israeli flags and antisemitic messages appeared on walls.

  Mar 28 · Athens, GreeceReligious Discrimination1 source

• CNews broadcast comparing Saint-Denis mayor to a monkey denounced as racist

  During a CNews debate about the newly elected mayor of Saint-Denis, a psychologist said humans are social mammals of the great ape family and that every tribe has a chief, remarks denounced as racist for likening the mayor to a monkey and a tribal chief.

  Mar 27 · FranceRacism13 sources

• Racist post claiming black boys predisposed to rape published online

  A Facebook/website comment posted under a funeral director's name claimed that all black boys were predisposed to rape.

  Mar 27 · Praze-an-Beeble, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Police detain anti-racist activist Serigne Mbaye at his home in Madrid

  Police officers detained anti-racist activist and former regional deputy Serigne Mbaye at the entrance of his home in Madrid during a raid described as racial profiling, using excessive force against him and several neighbours.

  Mar 26 · Madrid, SpainRacism1 source

• Al Jazeera journalists confronted, told to leave Golders Green

  A group of people, including an off-duty Met special constable, confronted an Al Jazeera news crew reporting in Golders Green, telling them to 'go home' and 'go back to Qatar' and calling them 'terrorist sympathisers' and 'donkey' and 'dog' in Arabic.

  Mar 23 · Golders Green, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Anti-racism posters in Tübingen damaged and stolen

  About half of 50 anti-racism posters put up by the Tübingen Integrationsrat across the city were damaged, torn down or stolen overnight.

  Mar 23 · Tübingen, GermanyRacism1 source

• Jewish volunteer ambulance service vehicles set on fire in London

  Four ambulances of the Jewish volunteer organization Hatzola were set on fire in the Golders Green neighborhood of London.

  Mar 23 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination24 sources

• Campaign posters of mayor-elect defaced with red crosses in Neufahrn

  An unknown perpetrator painted red crosses on campaign posters and a display case of newly elected mayor Ozan Iyibas, as well as on the mailbox at his parents' house, in Neufahrn.

  Mar 22 · Neufahrn, GermanyRacism1 source

• Teacher at Mallorca school targeted with homophobic comments online

  Students at a secondary school in Andratx used a fake account to enter a digital classroom and posted degrading comments mocking a teacher's sexual orientation, along with obscene photographs.

  Mar 22 · Andratx, SpainQueer Discrimination2 sources

• Woman lawyer threatened with rape and assaulted over parking dispute

  A 29-year-old lawyer in Milan was spat on, struck on the shoulder, and threatened with rape and death by a man after she asked him to move his car from a driveway; he later waited outside her home.

  Mar 22 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Actor Paapa Essiedu reports racist death threats over Harry Potter role

  The British actor Paapa Essiedu, cast as Severus Snape in the new Harry Potter series, said he received a series of death threats with racist overtones, including messages telling him to quit or be killed.

  Mar 22 · London, United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Arrecife councillor receives racist and xenophobic comments online

  A city councillor in Arrecife was targeted with racist and xenophobic comments on social media after posting about poor sea conditions along the capital's coastline.

  Mar 22 · Arrecife, SpainRacismXenophobia1 source

• Muslim prayer house in Teplice vandalized with swastikas

  Someone spray-painted at least two large swastikas and other symbols in pink on the facade of a Muslim prayer house in Teplice.

  Mar 22 · Teplice, Czech RepublicReligious Discrimination1 source

• Afghan man headbutted in Navan takeaway and told to 'speak English'

  A 24-year-old Afghan man was headbutted by a man in a takeaway in Navan, Co Meath, after he was heard speaking Dari and Pashto.

  Mar 22 · Navan, IrelandRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman shot dead outside her home in Zaragoza; male attacker also dies

  A woman of about 40 was shot several times as she left her building on Calle del Cardenal Cisneros in Zaragoza's Las Fuentes district.

  Mar 21 · Zaragoza, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence6 sources

• Musician attacked with wood and racially abused in Liverpool

  A man was struck with a piece of wood and called racial slurs by a group of men in the Wavertree area of Liverpool, leaving him with a head injury requiring hospital treatment.

  Mar 21 · Liverpool, United KingdomRacism1 source

• 3-year-old girl found hanged in Torrevieja; father suspected in vicarious gender violence case

  A 3-year-old girl was found hanged in a home in Torrevieja, Alicante, and her father, the suspected perpetrator, was found dead in the same manner.

  Mar 21 · Torrevieja, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Children chant xenophobic slogans at Falkenberg disco

  At a nightclub in Falkenberg hosting an event for children aged 11 and up, a group of children and teenagers chanted xenophobic slogans including 'Germany for Germans, foreigners out'.

  Mar 21 · Falkenberg, GermanyRacism1 source

• Man attacks his mother in family home in Skopje

  A 23-year-old man physically attacked his 51-year-old mother in their family home in the Bit Pazar area of Skopje, causing serious injuries that required emergency medical treatment.

  Mar 20 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• John Cleese posts anti-Muslim remarks on X about British Muslims

  Comedian John Cleese posted a series of messages on X attacking Islam and British Muslims, including telling Muslims not to be 'so vocal about your intention to kill infidels' in response to London Mayor Sadiq Khan saying British Muslims are scared.

  Mar 20 · United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Black mother's pizza order labelled 'KKK' at Domino's branch

  A Black woman's order at a Domino's in Selly Oak, Birmingham was given the reference 'KKK' on the order screen and pizza box, and staff laughed when she complained.

  Mar 19 · Birmingham, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Holocaust memorial in Hanover defaced with antisemitic graffiti

  Unidentified individuals spray-painted antisemitic slogans directed against Jewish people on the Holocaust memorial in Hanover, Germany.

  Mar 18 · Hanover, GermanyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Indian worker beaten by masked men at Ljubljana bus station

  An Indian worker was attacked by masked men at the Bavarski dvor bus station in Ljubljana while transferring buses on his way home from work.

  Mar 18 · Ljubljana, SloveniaRacism1 source

• Swastika stickers and anti-Israel flags placed on Jewish Chabad building in Salzburg

  Swastika stickers and Palestine flags bearing the slogan 'Boycott Israeli Apartheid' were affixed to a window of a building housing the Jewish organization Chabad Salzburg in the Linzergasse.

  Mar 18 · Salzburg, AustriaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Nine Muslim graves vandalized in French cemetery

  Nine graves in the Muslim section of a cemetery in Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France, were found damaged after a man visiting his father's grave discovered the wooden plaque bearing his father's name had been destroyed.

  Mar 16 · Puy-en-Velay, FranceReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Trans woman insulted and punched in Bremen city centre

  An unknown man verbally insulted a 30-year-old trans woman homophobically and then punched her in the face in Bremen city centre before fleeing with a companion.

  Mar 16 · Bremen, GermanyQueer Discrimination1 source

• Explosion at Amsterdam office complex amid attacks on Jewish sites

  An explosion occurred early Monday at the Atrium office complex in Amsterdam's Zuidas, part of a series of firebombing and arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in the Netherlands.

  Mar 16 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman found dead in Pedreña home; partner arrested

  A 64-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Pedreña, in the Marina de Cudeyo area of Cantabria, and an autopsy determined the death was violent.

  Mar 14 · Pedreña, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence9 sources

• Explosion damages wall of Jewish school in Amsterdam

  An explosive device was detonated against the outer wall of a Jewish school in Amsterdam's Buitenveldert neighborhood, causing limited material damage.

  Mar 14 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination36 sources

• Fire at Rotterdam synagogue investigated as arson

  A fire broke out at a synagogue on ABN Davidplein in Rotterdam, with an unconfirmed video showing an explosion near the building.

  Mar 13 · Rotterdam, NetherlandsReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Severed pig's head left at Turkish family's door in Hall in Tirol

  A severed pig's head was placed on the doormat of a Turkish family's home in Hall in Tirol, with a note reading 'Happy Ramadan, you monkeys!' attached to the door.

  Mar 12 · Hall in Tirol, AustriaRacismXenophobia1 source

• Romanian MP accused of xenophobic remarks toward ethnic Hungarian colleague

  At a parliamentary foreign policy committee meeting, a PSD deputy made xenophobic and discriminatory remarks toward the committee chair and other participants, including telling a UDMR colleague he should not be allowed to speak because of his ethnicity or origin.

  Mar 11 · RomaniaXenophobia1 source

• Man arrested after attacking partner and child at home in Ohrid

  A 44-year-old man was arrested after he physically attacked his unmarried partner and their minor child in the family home in Ohrid.

  Mar 10 · Ohrid, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man detained after attacking his wife with a sharp object in Gostivar-area village

  In a village in the Gostivar area, a 21-year-old man was detained after his 23-year-old unmarried wife reported that he behaved aggressively and physically attacked her, using a sharp object.

  Mar 10 · Gostivar, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Intentional fire in Miranda de Ebro kills three women

  An intentional fire in Miranda de Ebro killed three women and injured four other people; by mid-morning it was being treated as a case of gender-based violence.

  Mar 10 · Miranda de Ebro, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Students pose forming 'todas putas' phrase at Zaragoza high school

  A group of 2nd-year Baccalaureate students at IES Goya in Zaragoza posed for a photograph forming the phrase 'todas putas' with their hands, prompting families to demand action from the school.

  Mar 9 · Zaragoza, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Explosion at synagogue in Liège, Belgium

  An explosion occurred in front of a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, shattering windows and causing material damage, with no injuries reported.

  Mar 9 · Liège, BelgiumReligious Discrimination18 sources

• Homemade bomb explodes outside synagogue in Liège

  A powerful homemade bomb exploded in front of a synagogue on rue Léon Frédéricq in Liège, damaging the building and nearby homes but injuring no one.

  Mar 9 · Liège, BelgiumReligious Discrimination6 sources

• Kosher restaurant near Paris vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

  A kosher restaurant in Levalois, near Paris, was vandalized with the inscription 'SALE JUIF' ('Dirty Jew'), according to a local rabbi.

  Mar 8 · Levalois, FranceReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Young man assaulted in Pontevedra in homophobic attack

  A young man was attacked while leaving a pub in Pontevedra by an assailant who shouted a homophobic slur at him.

  Mar 8 · Pontevedra, SpainQueer Discrimination1 source

• Driver hits hijab-wearing Muslim woman with car in east London

  A driver struck a hijab-wearing Muslim woman with his car on Harrow Manorway Road in Abbey Wood, east London, after she got out of her parked vehicle, then fled the scene.

  Mar 8 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• 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, FranceRacism2 sources

• Man arrested after attacking and raping his wife in Skopje

  A 43-year-old man was arrested after he physically attacked and raped his 40-year-old wife in the family home in the Šuto Orizari area of Skopje, where the couple had not been living together for some time.

  Mar 7 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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, FranceRacism1 source

• Landlady strangled by tenant during argument in Madrid flat

  A 20-year-old male tenant strangled his 31-year-old landlady during an argument in the flat he rented from her in the Carabanchel district of Madrid, then confessed at a police station.

  Mar 2 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Candidate's campaign posters defaced with swastikas in Le Tampon

  In Le Tampon, campaign posters for candidate Alexis Chaussalet were torn down, and on some posters swastikas were drawn and a moustache resembling Adolf Hitler's was added.

  Mar 2 · Le Tampon, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman killed in her home, allegedly by ex-partner

  A 24-year-old care worker was fatally shot in the head while sleeping in her own home, allegedly by her ex-partner, after she had reportedly filed multiple police complaints against him.

  Mar 1 · Schaarbeek, BelgiumSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman abused by partner for years in Tachov region

  A 52-year-old woman was repeatedly physically and verbally attacked and forced into sexual intercourse over nearly five years by a 44-year-old man she lived with in a village in the Tachov region.

  Mar 1 · Plzen Region, Czech RepublicSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Two Jewish tourists assaulted in Milan for wearing kippahs

  Two 19-year-old Argentine Jewish tourists were assaulted outside a supermarket in Milan by a group who shouted antisemitic insults after spotting their kippahs, leaving one with a broken nose.

  Mar 1 · Milan, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

February 2026

• Man attacked his wife; police found a drug lab at the house

  A 35-year-old man verbally and physically attacked his wife at their family home in the Litovel area.

  Feb 28 · Litovel, Czech RepublicSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman physically attacked by partner in Skopje's Dračevo area

  A 22-year-old woman reported to Skopje police that she was physically attacked by her unmarried partner at a home in the Dračevo area of Skopje.

  Feb 27 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Belgian party leader denigrates Jewish ritual circumcision

  Sammy Mahdi, chair of Belgium's CD&V party, said on a Dutch-language news station that mohels are 'butchers by day' who circumcise children on weekends, drawing condemnation as antisemitic.

  Feb 26 · BelgiumReligious Discrimination1 source

• Swastikas spray-painted at former Nazi transit camp site in Drancy

  Two swastikas were spray-painted on buildings at the site of the former Drancy internment camp, the main departure point for Jewish deportees from France during the Holocaust.

  Feb 25 · Drancy, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Gail's bakery in Archway vandalised with antisemitic graffiti

  A Gail's bakery in Archway, London, was vandalised overnight with windows smashed and graffiti including 'reject corporate Zionism'.

  Feb 24 · Archway, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Exchange student attacked in attempted sexual assault near Villa Borghese

  A 21-year-old British exchange student was grabbed from behind, thrown behind a hedge and pinned to the ground by a man in the Villa Borghese area of Rome before a passing taxi driver's headlights scared the attacker away.

  Feb 23 · Rome, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• 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, ItalyRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman beaten by ex-partner who had a restraining order against her

  A 27-year-old woman was beaten on various parts of her body by her 25-year-old ex-partner, who was subject to a restraining order against her, in Tudela.

  Feb 22 · Tudela, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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 KingdomRacism6 sources

• Man detained in Ohrid after assaulting his wife at home

  A 40-year-old man in Ohrid was detained by police after he physically assaulted his wife in the family home.

  Feb 22 · Ohrid, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Elderly Jewish woman in Paris insulted with antisemitic slurs by campaign activists

  An elderly Jewish woman in Paris's 19th district was shouted at with antisemitic insults and threats by activists distributing campaign leaflets after they saw a mezuzah on her door.

  Feb 22 · Paris, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Rabbi and children targeted with Nazi salute in Lyon

  A rabbi walking with a group of children to synagogue in central Lyon was confronted by an individual who performed a Nazi salute and shouted 'Free Palestine'.

  Feb 21 · Lyon, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Racist online backlash targets Indian students over Galway food pantry photo

  After a newspaper photo showed students queueing at the University of Galway's student food pantry, social media users posted hostile remarks targeting students of South Asian appearance, including calls to deport Indians and claims that foreign students were abusing the service.

  Feb 21 · Galway, IrelandRacism1 source

• Man kills son and gravely wounds wife in Arona, Tenerife

  A 35-year-old man killed his 10-year-old son and gravely wounded his 26-year-old wife with a machete in a housing block in Arona, Tenerife.

  Feb 20 · Arona, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence6 sources

• Kosher restaurant in Paris vandalized with acid

  Unknown perpetrators broke into a kosher restaurant in Paris's 17th arrondissement and sprayed a corrosive liquid, apparently acid, on tables, walls and floors, causing heavy damage.

  Feb 20 · Paris, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman killed in gender-violence attack in Sarriguren

  A woman was killed and another woman was injured in a gender-violence attack in Sarriguren, Navarra.

  Feb 20 · Sarriguren, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Antisemitic sticker posted on lamppost in Finchley, London

  A sticker reading 'You love me because I kill Jews for you' was posted on a lamppost in Cavendish Avenue, Finchley, a predominantly Jewish area of London.

  Feb 20 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man dies after attacking ex-partner at her home in Cartagena

  A man with a recently expired restraining order attacked his ex-partner at her home in Playa Honda, Cartagena, and then fell to his death from a third-floor window.

  Feb 19 · Cartagena, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Spanish town bans face-covering veils in municipal buildings

  The Níjar town council approved a measure, proposed by Vox and backed by the PP, barring access to municipal buildings for people whose faces are fully or partially covered, citing the niqab and burka.

  Feb 19 · Níjar, SpainReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman found strangled in Madrid home; ex-partner detained

  A 37-year-old woman was found dead in her bed with signs of strangulation at her home in Madrid.

  Feb 18 · Madrid, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Vinicius Junior racially abused during Real Madrid-Benfica match

  During a Champions League match at Benfica's stadium, Vinicius Junior accused Gianluca Prestianni of calling him a racist slur, prompting the referee to halt play and activate UEFA's anti-racism protocol.

  Feb 17 · Lisbon, PortugalRacism1 source

• Senior police official accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate

  A senior National Police official allegedly sexually assaulted a female subordinate at his official residence, using his institutional authority and physical superiority to overcome her repeated refusals.

  Feb 17 · SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman and her 12-year-old daughter found killed in their home in Xilxes

  A woman and her 12-year-old daughter were found with their throats cut in their home in Xilxes, Castellón.

  Feb 16 · Xilxes, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence7 sources

• Star of David effigy hanged, shot and burned at Andorra carnival

  During Carnival festivities in Encamp, Andorra, an effigy bearing a Star of David and Jewish symbols was hanged, symbolically put on trial, shot and set ablaze, drawing condemnation from Jewish groups as antisemitic.

  Feb 16 · Encamp, AndorraReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Nurse killed by former partner at Benicàssim health center

  A 65-year-old nurse was killed by her former partner at the health center in Benicàssim, Spain.

  Feb 16 · Benicàssim, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

• Racist Carnival float depicting Africans sparks outcry in Loano

  A Carnival float titled 'C'era una volta l'Africa' in Loano depicted naked Africans with nose rings, cannibal forks, monkeys and bananas led by a white colonialist figure.

  Feb 15 · Loano, ItalyRacism1 source

• Man stabs son to death, wounds daughter and mother in Sofia

  A man stabbed his son to death and wounded his 15-year-old daughter and 78-year-old mother with a knife in a domestic-violence attack at a home in Sofia's Poduyane district.

  Feb 12 · Sofia, BulgariaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Jet2 flight diverted to Brussels after racist abuse and brawl

  A Jet2 flight from Antalya to Manchester was diverted to Brussels after a drunk passenger made racist remarks and a brawl broke out among passengers.

  Feb 12 · Brussels, BelgiumRacism2 sources

• Woman assaulted by her father in family home in Skopje

  A 23-year-old woman reported being physically assaulted by her 62-year-old father in the family home in the Kisela Voda area of Skopje.

  Feb 11 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• 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, ItalyRacism1 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, SpainRacism1 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, SpainRacism1 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 KingdomRacism1 source

• Three Jewish men threatened with knife near Trocadero in Paris

  Three men wearing kippahs were walking near the Trocadero in Paris after leaving a synagogue when a man asked if they were Jews or Israelis and then drew a knife.

  Feb 6 · Paris, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman physically attacked by brother-in-law in family home near Skopje

  A 41-year-old woman from the Skopje area reported to police that she was physically attacked by her brother-in-law in the family home.

  Feb 3 · Skopje, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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 · FranceRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed to death in Mos; ex-partner suspected

  A 52-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her home in Mos, Pontevedra.

  Feb 1 · Mos, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Man fatally stabs wife in Pchery; son tried to save her

  A man attacked his wife with a knife after an argument in the village of Pchery near Kladno, and she died of her injuries.

  Feb 1 · Pchery, Czech RepublicSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

January 2026

• Man arrested for assaulting ex-partner on street in Las Palmas

  A 54-year-old man grabbed his ex-partner by the neck and tried to take her jewelry on Puerto Real street in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

  Jan 30 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• 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, GreeceRacism1 source

• 18-year-old woman reports being raped at Milan's Porta Garibaldi station

  An 18-year-old woman reported to police that she was raped in a tunnel near Porta Garibaldi station in Milan by a young man she had met earlier that evening.

  Jan 29 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 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, SpainRacismXenophobia1 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 KingdomRacism1 source

• Commentator posts slur targeting gay Jewish Green Party leader

  Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins posted an image on X captioned 'The U.K. Has a Gay Jew Leading Muslims to vote Green,' aimed at Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is gay and Jewish.

  Jan 27 · United KingdomQueer Discrimination1 source

• Dutch police officer kicks and beats two Muslim women in Utrecht

  A police officer in Utrecht kicked and struck two Muslim women with a baton, an attack Dutch police described as racist and which was captured on video circulating on social media.

  Jan 26 · Utrecht, NetherlandsRacism1 source

• Woman found dead in Alhaurín el Grande; man detained in gender-violence probe

  A 33-year-old woman was found dead with neck wounds at a home in Alhaurín el Grande, and a man was detained after surrendering at a prison in the neighbouring town.

  Jan 24 · Alhaurín el Grande, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• British mother of three stabbed to death in Spain

  A 33-year-old British mother of three was stabbed to death at a property in the La Paca area of Alhaurin el Grande, Malaga.

  Jan 24 · Alhaurin el Grande, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Jewish cemetery gravestones desecrated in Barcelona

  Several gravestones were smashed and vandalized by unknown individuals at the Jewish cemetery in Barcelona's Les Corts neighborhood, as reported by the city's Jewish community.

  Jan 24 · Barcelona, SpainReligious Discrimination5 sources

• Councillor spat on and told to leave the country in Navan

  A Nigerian-Irish Meath county councillor was approached by a man in Navan town centre who told her she was not welcome and to go back to where she came from, then spat on her before leaving while shouting she should get out of the country.

  Jan 23 · Navan, IrelandRacism2 sources

• Protesters at Bergamo university display anti-Zionist banner, threaten violence

  During an event at the University of Bergamo, a group of protesters unfurled a banner reading 'Fuori i sionisti dall'Università' and read a text stating they stand with anyone who shoots a Zionist.

  Jan 23 · Bergamo, ItalyReligious Discrimination1 source

• Hungarian minister uses slur against Roma in Balatonalmadi speech

  A Hungarian cabinet minister told residents of Balatonalmadi that Roma are only suited for cleaning toilets, using an offensive term for Roma.

  Jan 22 · Balatonalmadi, HungaryRacism3 sources

• Syrian-origin student assaulted by masked attackers in Décines-Charpieu

  Three masked individuals shaved the eyebrows and slashed the face of a 17-year-old student of Syrian origin with a razor while shouting racist insults as he walked to school in Décines-Charpieu.

  Jan 19 · Décines-Charpieu, FranceRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• DJ at London bar demanded Jewish clubbers say 'Free Palestine'

  A DJ at the Munster Tavern in Leicester Square repeatedly stopped a song and told a group of Jewish and Israeli clubbers he would only play it if one of them said 'Free Palestine' on stage.

  Jan 18 · London, United KingdomReligious Discrimination1 source

• Migrant care workers in Bilbao denounce racist labour exploitation

  A group of women working in community homes for the elderly in Bilbao denounced through the LAB union that the owner exploits migrant and racialised workers, in some cases without contracts and with pay below the collective agreement, and that she insults and threatens them.

  Jan 14 · Bilbao, SpainRacism1 source

• Racist chants aimed at Vinicius in Albacete ahead of Copa del Rey match

  A group of individuals in a bar near the stadium in Albacete chanted racist slurs at Real Madrid player Vinicius ahead of the Copa del Rey match.

  Jan 13 · Albacete, SpainRacism1 source

• Man arrested in Pontevedra for threatening partner with an axe

  A man in Pontevedra pushed his partner, seized her phone and threatened her with an axe during a dispute, causing her to flee the home.

  Jan 13 · Pontevedra, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Man detained for killing his wife in Olvera, Cádiz

  A 60-year-old man was detained by the Guardia Civil for the murder of his 58-year-old wife in Olvera, Cádiz, investigated as gender-based violence.

  Jan 11 · Olvera, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence5 sources

• Nazi graffiti targeting immigrants near primary school in Semedela

  Unknown persons spray-painted Nazi symbols and nationalist slogans directed against immigrants on walls near Dušana Bordona Primary School in Semedela, near Koper.

  Jan 11 · Semedela, SloveniaRacism1 source

• Far-right protest at Fife barracks targets asylum seekers

  Around a dozen far-right protesters gathered at military barracks in Leuchars, Fife, where a speaker claimed asylum seekers were 'sleeper cells' who came to 'rape and murder' and offered 'nothing to Scotland'.

  Jan 10 · Leuchars, United KingdomRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman attacked, threatened by husband in family home in Petrovec

  A 29-year-old woman reported to Skopje police that her husband physically attacked her with a hard object and threatened her with a sharp object in the family home in the Petrovec municipality.

  Jan 10 · Petrovec, North MacedoniaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Elderly man detained over partner's death investigated as gender violence

  An 81-year-old man was detained on suspicion of killing his 78-year-old partner in Badajoz, Spain.

  Jan 9 · Badajoz, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Commentator calls Venezuelan exiles in Spain a 'fascist rabble'

  A Spanish media commentator published an article calling Venezuelan exiles in Spain a 'fascist rabble' and 'idiots', and criticizing the granting of asylum to them.

  Jan 8 · SpainRacismXenophobia1 source

• Anti-migrant vigilantes threaten delivery driver in east Belfast

  A delivery driver in east Belfast was surrounded and verbally abused by anti-migrant vigilantes who told him he was 'milking this country dry' and threatened to knock him out.

  Jan 6 · Belfast, United KingdomRacismXenophobia1 source

• Woman killed by her partner in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  A 43-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her partner in the home they shared in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

  Jan 5 · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Taxis of immigrant drivers vandalised in Rovaniemi

  Several taxis in Rovaniemi had their windows smashed, with only cars not belonging to local taxi firms targeted.

  Jan 5 · Rovaniemi, FinlandRacism1 source

• Man confesses to strangling partner in Wilfersdorf, Austria

  A 47-year-old man in Wilfersdorf, Austria, confessed to strangling his 36-year-old German partner to death during an argument and hiding her body in his cellar for eight days.

  Jan 5 · Wilfersdorf, AustriaSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Footballer Joe Willock receives racist abuse and threats on Instagram

  After a match at St James' Park, footballer Joe Willock received a series of Instagram direct messages containing racist insults and threats of violence against him and his family from an anonymous account.

  Jan 4 · Newcastle, United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Woman found stabbed to death in Quesada; ex-partner arrested

  A 38-year-old woman was found with stab wounds in the Los Molinos area of Quesada, Jaén, and the Guardia Civil arrested a man, her former partner, in connection with her death.

  Jan 4 · Quesada, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence6 sources

• Turkish minority school vandalized in Western Thrace village

  The Turkish Minority Primary School in Karacaoğlan village, in Greece's Western Thrace region, was broken into and vandalized, with doors smashed, cabinets, books and radiators destroyed, and fires lit inside classrooms.

  Jan 4 · Karacaoğlan, GreeceRacism1 source

• Woman stabbed in the throat by her husband at home in Capriolo

  A 45-year-old mother of three was stabbed in the throat with a knife by her husband at the family home in Capriolo, near Brescia.

  Jan 4 · Capriolo, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Arson attack on Brandenburg antisemitism commissioner's home near Berlin

  An arson fire nearly destroyed the home of Andreas Büttner, Brandenburg's commissioner against antisemitism, near Berlin while his family was inside; a red inverted triangle, a Hamas symbol, was found at the scene.

  Jan 4 · Berlin, GermanyReligious Discrimination5 sources

• Woman reports repeated abuse and sexual assault by partner, a Guardia Civil lieutenant

  A woman reported that her partner, a Guardia Civil lieutenant, subjected her to continued abuse and three sexual assaults during their relationship.

  Jan 1 · Bétera, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

December 2025

• Female streamer hit with firecrackers during live New Year's Eve broadcast

  A German streamer was struck on the head twice with firecrackers and insulted while walking through central Cologne during a live New Year's Eve broadcast.

  Dec 31 · Cologne, GermanySexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman targeted with AI-generated nude images on X after raising alarm

  A woman in Britain was targeted by X users who instructed the AI chatbot Grok to generate a sexualized image of her wrapped in foil, after she posted about the platform's failure to prevent such abuse.

  Dec 31 · United KingdomSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Passenger refuses to board bus over driver's religion in Ireland

  A passenger in Ireland allegedly refused to board a bus because the driver was Muslim, called him a terrorist, and spat on him.

  Dec 31 · IrelandReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man strangles 19-year-old woman to death while raping her in Milan

  A 19-year-old woman was strangled to death while being raped in the courtyard of a residential building in Milan.

  Dec 29 · Milan, ItalySexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Charlie Hebdo publishes racist caricature of Black French journalist

  The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a caricature depicting French journalist Rokhaya Diallo, a Black woman, as a semi-nude dancer wearing a belt of bananas before a laughing white audience.

  Dec 24 · FranceRacism1 source

• Miss Finland photo mocking Asians sparks racism accusations

  Sarah Dzafce, Miss Finland 2025, was seen in a viral photo pulling the corners of her eyes with the caption 'eating with a Chinese,' a gesture decried as discrimination against Asians.

  Dec 7 · Helsinki, FinlandRacism1 source

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