Germany
Germany regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Close collaboration with civil society in the area of hate crime victim support has been established at the level of federal states, namely with the Weisser Ring civil society organization (CSO) and a number of specialized CSOs. The Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Victims' Commissioner are in regular contact with a number of victim support institutions and victims' representatives. Germany has conducted victimization surveys to measure under-reported hate crimes. The most recent report covering 2012-2017 is available here.
In 2021, ODIHR, together with Federal Ministries, organized a virtual study visit to Germany on strengthening co-operation between the Government and civil society on hate crime victim support.
The German government funds several organizations and projects to monitor hate incidents and assist hate crime victims. These include the Competence Network Against Antisemitism (KOMPAS), which consists of five experienced civil society organizations that register anti-Semitic incidents and develop measures to prevent anti-Semitism. The government also funds the Competence Network on Hate on the Net, which advises victims of hate speech, strengthens civil society networks, and develops media literacy materials.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 17,007 | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | 11,520 | Not available | Not available |
| 2021 | 10,501 | Not available | Not available |
| 2020 | 10,240 | Not available | Not available |
| 2019 | 8,585 | - | - |
| 2018 | 8,113 | Not available | Not available |
| 2017 | 7,913 | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | 3,598 | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 3046 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 3059 | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | 4647 | Not available | Not available |
| 2012 | 4514 | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 4040 | Not available | Not available |
| 2010 | 3770 | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 4583 | Not available | Not available |
About 2022 Data
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The total number presented here and in the breakdown below may include hate speech offences, which fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition. A criminal incident with more than one bias motivation is registered under all relevant categories. Therefore, a single incident may be recorded under multiple entries in the breakdown below.
Hate crime recorded by police
The breakdown below may include hate speech offences, which fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition. One criminal incident may be recorded with more than one bias motivation in the breakdown below.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR recognizes Germany's efforts to enhance hate crime data collection and recording, as well as efforts to ensure the provision of specialist hate crime victim support. However, based on the available information, it observes that Germany has not reported data on hate crimes recorded by the prosecution and judiciary to ODIHR. In addition, ODIHR observes that Germany would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of criminal justice officials to combat hate crimes.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States committed to collect reliable data and statistics in sufficient detail on hate crimes and to report such crimes periodically to ODIHR. Participating States also committed to introduce or further develop professional training and capacity-building activities for law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial officials dealing with hate crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support Germany in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as by providing further resources and tailored capacity-building assistance for police, prosecution, and judiciary.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
In addition to incidents submitted with detailed descriptions, this graph includes the following figures reported as statistics: 29 anti-Muslim incidents reported by FAIR International; 723 anti-Semitic incidents reported by the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Antisemitism (RIAS); 888 racist and xenophobic, 116 anti-LGBTI and 9 disability hate incidents reported by the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Antisemitic Violence in Germany (VBRG); and 158 anti-LGBTI incidents reported by MANEO.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.
In addition to incidents submitted with detailed descriptions, this graph includes the following figures reported as statistics: 29 anti-Muslim incidents reported by FAIR International; 723 anti-Semitic incidents reported by the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Antisemitism (RIAS); 888 racist and xenophobic, 116 anti-LGBTI and 9 disability hate incidents reported by the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Antisemitic Violence in Germany (VBRG); and 158 anti-LGBTI incidents reported by MANEO.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.
In addition to incidents submitted with detailed descriptions, this graph includes the following figures reported as statistics: 29 anti-Muslim incidents reported by FAIR International; 723 anti-Semitic incidents reported by the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Antisemitism (RIAS); 888 racist and xenophobic, 116 anti-LGBTI and 9 disability hate incidents reported by the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Antisemitic Violence in Germany (VBRG); and 158 anti-LGBTI incidents reported by MANEO.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2022-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-05 | Threats/Harassment | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-02 | Violent attacks against people | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-04 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-04 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2022-12 | Violent attacks against people | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-12 | Threats/Harassment | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-05 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-02 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-05 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-02 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-01 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-04 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-01 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2022-02 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-06 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-06 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-06 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-06 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-07 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-09 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-10 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-12 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2022-01 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2022-10 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2022-10 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2022-01 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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Gender-based hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2022-02 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2022-09 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2022-10 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-02 | Violent attacks against people | Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-12 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2022-11 | Threats/Harassment | LGBTIQ Helpline
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| 2022-09 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2022-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-10 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-03 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-06 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-01 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-01 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-01 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-02 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-05 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-07 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-09 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-11 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-12 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2022-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2022-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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