hate crime

United Kingdom

UK threatens to revoke visas of foreign nationals as hate crimes rise

After a rise in anti-Semitic hate incidents in the UK, the government is proposing to deport UK visa holders who act in spreading anti-Semitic rhetoric.

27/10/2023

USA

US: White man fatally shoots three Black people at Florida store

The attack on a shopping centre in a predominately Black neighbourhood is expected to evoke fears of past shootings targeting Black Americans. Ten people were killed by a white gunman in Buffalo, New York, in 2022 while nine people were slain at a Methodist church in South Carolina in 2015

27/08/2023

France

Kurds march in Paris after racially motivated killings

Members of France’s Kurdish community have led a silent march through Paris, in honour of the three Kurds killed in the capital on Friday.

26/12/2022

USA

Police name suspect in deadly Colorado LGBT nightclub shooting

The popular Colorado Springs venue wrote on Facebook thanking "heroic customers" who subdued the gunman.

20/11/2022

France

Man jailed for online hate speech against Nice attack victims

The 21-year-old was found guilty of supporting the terror attack on Instagram.

25/10/2022

Slovakia

Two dead after gunman opens fire in front of LGBT venue in Bratislava

Slovak police refused to comment on whether the shooting could have been a hate crime.

13/10/2022

Norway

Man charged with 'terrorism' after Oslo mass shooting

The late-night shooting led police to call off an LGBTQI+ pride march planned for Saturday in Oslo.

25/06/2022

USA

Biden on US shooting: 'White supremacy will not have the last word'

He was speaking after 10 people were killed in Buffalo in what is believed to have been a racially motivated hate crime.

18/05/2022

USA

Ten killed in 'racially motivated' gun attack at New York state store

Three others were wounded in the attack in which 11 of the 13 victims were black. A white teenager was arrested and has been charged with murder.

15/05/2022

Greece

Two men jailed for killing of prominent Greek LGBT+ activist

Four police officers have been acquitted of the offence, prompting anger from human rights groups.

03/05/2022

Europe Decoded

Alleged attack on Russian teenager is 'fake,' says German police

Police believe a woman's viral video about the alleged attack was deliberately shared to stoke hatred.

21/03/2022

Europe Decoded

Online hate speech probe over 'celebrating police killings' in Germany

“We will not accept people downright celebrating the cold-blooded killing of our two police colleagues and mocking the victims."

07/02/2022

Slovakia

Slovakian President slams MP for Facebook post about her daughter

Independent MP Tomáš Taraba has been accused of "attacking" the daughter of President Zuzana Čaputová on Facebook.

20/10/2021

World News

EU unveils new strategy to tackle rising antisemitism in Europe

"Europe can only prosper when its Jewish communities feel safe and prosper," said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

05/10/2021

Spain

Injuries in suspected homophobic assault in Spain were 'consensual'

A 20-year-old man has admitted that the injuries he claimed he had received in an assault by eight masked men in Madrid were actually consensual.

07/09/2021

Norway

Racist murder memorial defaced as Norway remembers far-right massacre

Norway's PM said she was "sad and furious" about the vandalism.

21/07/2021

World News

Nine out of ten hate crimes going unreported, EU report claims

Many hate crime victims do not report attacks because they find the process too bureaucratic or do not trust the police, a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights found.

07/07/2021

Spain

Six people arrested in Spain over suspected homophobic killing

The death of a 24-year-old man in A Coruña at the weekend has shaken Spain and led to major demonstrations by LGBT+ organisations.

06/07/2021

Germany

German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime

The new law comes as hate crimes and attacks against minorities have been on the rise in Germany in recent years.

12/05/2021

Germany

German police arrest man suspected of neo-Nazi hate mail campaign

The letters were allegedly signed with the acronym of a far-right extremist group that was responsible for a string of violent crimes in Germany between 1998 and 2011.

04/05/2021