Anti-Christian hate crime
Christians are the targets of hate crime across the OSCE region. These incidents are influenced by a number of factors, including the minority or majority status in a given territory, the level of recognition of particular religious groups in a given country, or political and media focus on these groups at a particular moment. ODIHR's hate crime reporting includes reports of physical assaults and murders that indicate that Jehovah's Witnesses are particularly at risk. Reports have also indicated that graffiti and vandalism against places of worship, the desecration of cemeteries and arson attacks against churches are some of the more common types of crimes motivated by bias against Christians.
States that report
Incidents were reported on these states
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Armenia
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Austria
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatia
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Georgia
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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Ireland
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Italy
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Kazakhstan
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Netherlands
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Tajikistan
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Uzbekistan
Overview of incidents reported by other sources
Violent attacks against people | Threats | Attacks against property | Total |
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58 | 109 | 403 | 570 |
Date | Country | Type of incident | Source | Description | |
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2023 | Estonia | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2023 | Spain | Threats | Holy See | Show info | |
2023-01 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-01 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-01 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-01 | Austria | Violent attacks against people | WEISSER RING | Show info | |
2023-01 | Italy | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-01 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-01 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Holy See, OIDAC, OLRC | Show info | |
2023-01 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-01 | Spain | Threats | OLRC | Show info | |
2023-01 | Turkey | Threats | Association of Protestant Churches, Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-02 | France | Threats | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2023-02 | Netherlands | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | France | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-02 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Tajikistan | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Denmark | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Kazakhstan | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-02 | Lithuania | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Belgium | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Norway | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Netherlands | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Sweden | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Switzerland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-03 | France | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-04 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Norway | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Armenia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Uzbekistan | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2023-04 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center | Show info | |
2023-04 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-04 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-04 | Turkey | Threats | Association of Protestant Churches, Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | United States of America | Threats | Anti-Defamation League (ADL) | Show info | |
2023-05 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-05 | Austria | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Turkey | Violent attacks against people | Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Armenia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Finland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Finland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-05 | Latvia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-05 | Norway | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Austria | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Belgium | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-06 | France | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-06 | Poland | Threats | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-06 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-06 | Austria | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Poland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Holy See, OIDAC, OLRC | Show info | |
2023-07 | Georgia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Austria | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Belgium | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Switzerland | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Italy | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Latvia | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-07 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-07 | Finland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Latvia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Turkey | Threats | Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-08 | Spain | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Austria | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Turkey | Violent attacks against people | Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee), Human Rights Association | Show info | |
2023-08 | Spain | Threats | OLRC | Show info | |
2023-08 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Georgia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-08 | Sweden | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Georgia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Ukraine | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Spain | Threats | Holy See | Show info | |
2023-09 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | United Kingdom | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Georgia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Denmark | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Sweden | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Poland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Turkey | Threats | Association of Protestant Churches, Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-09 | Spain | Threats | OLRC | Show info | |
2023-09 | Spain | Threats | Holy See, OLRC | Show info | |
2023-09 | Ukraine | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Ukraine | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Poland | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-09 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Italy | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Switzerland | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Norway | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Georgia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | United Kingdom | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-10 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Norway | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Georgia | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Germany | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Austria | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | France | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-10 | Poland | Threats | "Pro Futuro Theologiae" Foundation, Ordo Iuris Institute | Show info | |
2023-10 | Turkey | Violent attacks against people | Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-11 | Spain | Threats | OLRC | Show info | |
2023-11 | Germany | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | France | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-11 | Italy | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-11 | Spain | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-11 | Spain | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | Turkey | Threats | Association of Protestant Churches, Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-11 | Kazakhstan | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | Spain | Threats | OLRC | Show info | |
2023-11 | Greece | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | United Kingdom | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | United Kingdom | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-11 | Austria | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-12 | France | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Austria | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-12 | Spain | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Slovakia | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Turkey | Threats | Freedom of Belief Initiative (Norwegian Helsinki Committee) | Show info | |
2023-12 | United Kingdom | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Spain | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Germany | Threats | OIDAC | Show info | |
2023-12 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info | |
2023-12 | Denmark | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses | Show info |
International Reports
No information is available.