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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 2017 Data
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The year-to-year increase in numbers is due to a modification in the data collection method.
Hate crime recorded by police
One criminal incident can be recorded with more than one bias motivation in the below breakdown.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Germany has not reported the numbers of prosecuted and/or information on sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
VDK Berlin, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS), MANEO and members of the East German Hate Crime Counselling Projects network reported on statistical data as well as descriptive incidents. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
VDK Berlin, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS), MANEO and members of the East German Hate Crime Counselling Projects network reported on statistical data as well as descriptive incidents. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
VDK Berlin, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS), MANEO and members of the East German Hate Crime Counselling Projects network reported on statistical data as well as descriptive incidents. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2017-03 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-01 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-02 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-03 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-04 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-08 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-11 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-12 | Threats/Harassment | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | 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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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-03 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-08 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-10 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-07 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Inssan
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Inssan
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-06 | Threats/Harassment | FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V.
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Inssan
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2017-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2017-09 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-04 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | Holy See
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany
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| 2017-01 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2017-02 | Threats/Harassment | MANEO
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | MANEO
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.