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 along with several CSOs, is involved in training judges, prosecutors, police officers, and gendarmes.
The Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH) is an inter-agency body made up of police officers and gendarmes. It is responsible for leading and co-ordinating the fight against crimes against humanity and hate crimes. OCLCH supports local units, serves as the national contact point for both units and external entities, conducts investigations, provides expertise, and prepares threat assessments within its area of responsibility.
Hate crime data are regularly published by the National Institute for Human Rights. France regularly conducts surveys on hate crime victimization to monitor unreported hate crimes.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 6,211 | 1,557 | 1,736 |
| 2022 | 3,807 | 469 | 355 |
| 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
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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.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that France has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases.
OVERVIEW OF INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY INCIDENT SUMMARIES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | CCIF
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| 2018-06 | Threats/Harassment | CCIF
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| 2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | 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 | Threats/Harassment | CCIF
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory of Christianophobia
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | CCIF
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Observatory of Christianophobia
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| 2018-06 | Threats/Harassment | CCIF
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | CCIF
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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 |
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| 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/Harassment | 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
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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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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
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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
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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/Harassment | 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/Harassment | 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
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| 2018-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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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
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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
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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
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-05 | 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
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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
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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 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | 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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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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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
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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 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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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
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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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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