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France

France regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Since 2012, DILCRAH has served as an inter-ministerial body and platform for co-operation to address hate crime, including through research and financial support to civil society organizations (CSOs). DILCRAH has worked with CSOs to train police and create a network of specialized investigators on hate crime. The Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH) is an inter-agency body composed of police officers and gendarmes that is mandated to expedite hate crime investigations and monitor and analyse relevant developments. Hate crime data are regularly published by the National Institution for Human Rights. France conducts regular surveys on hate crime victimization to measure unreported hate crimes. 

Hate crime data collection in France
Support for hate crime victims in France
Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2021 3,443 486 425
2020 2672 - -
2019 2640 - -
2018 1838 - 252
2017 1505 Not available 255
2016 1835 Not available 583
2015 1790 Not available Not available
2014 1662 Not available 554
2013 1765 579 Not available
2012 2357 604 550
2011 Not available Not available 431
2010 2 Not available 562
2009 Not available Not available 579

About 2018 Data

    The police figure reported to ODIHR included a further 3,518 cases of incitement of hatred or violence, and defamation or public insult, which for the most part fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime and are therefore not listed here.
    The records on convicted cases were reported to ODIHR after the publication of data for 2018. Of the 252 convictions, 66 may include instances of hate speech and, therefore, also fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime.

Hate crime recorded by police

The police provide data broken down by racism and xenophobia (which also includes anti-religious hate crime) and bias on grounds of sex/gender (also including hate crimes committed with bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity).

The anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-Muslim hate crimes presented below have been disaggregated separately by the Ministry of the Interior in collaboration with civil society organizations monitoring these hate crimes. These are included below two categories mentioned above and separately.

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  • By type of crime
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National developments

The Ministry of Justice issued an instruction on strengthening the pedagogical nature of sentencing for hate crime offenders. The instruction invites prosecutors to publicize their decisions in these cases, where possible, and to establish partnerships with national memory sites and other remembrance institutions.

The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior have jointly created a network of investigators and magistrates sensitized to the specificities of hate crimes, in order to improve the experience of victims or those who report incidents. This experiment has been piloted in Provence and aims to increase the reporting of hate crimes. Lessons learned will inform the training strategy for investigators at the national level.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that France has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-06 Threats
CCIF
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-12 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-05 Threats
CCIF
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-06 Threats
CCIF
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
SETA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Kantor Center
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-03 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-02 Threats
CCIF
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-05 Attacks against property
CCIF
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2018-06 Threats
CCIF
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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2018-05 Threats
CCIF
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
CCIF
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-11 Violent attacks against people
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Threats
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Threats
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Violent attacks against people
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Threats
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Threats
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Threats
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Threats
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Threats
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-01 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-02 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-02 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-05 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-05 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-05 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-06 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Threats
OIDAC
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2018-04 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-08 Threats
OIDAC
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2018-09 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-09 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
OIDAC
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2018-10 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-10 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-10 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-11 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Attacks against property
OIDAC
Observatory of Christianophobia
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2018-12 Violent attacks against people
OIDAC
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
OIDAC
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