Spain

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain, Pro Igual and the Cabinet of Social Studies reported the stabbing of five people from China, Morocco, Pakistan and South America. The Cabinet of Social Studies reported a further case of arson on a warehouse with 14 men of African descent inside, and three physical assaults, including a knife attack carried out by a group. The Movement Against Intolerance reported three physical assaults causing serious injuries.Pro Igual reported an additional physical assault causing serious injury, one physical assault against a Mongolian man and two incidents of graffiti. 

The Cabinet of Social Studies and Pro Igual reported an arson attack by a group of several hundred people against the homes of six Roma families. Pro Igual reported an additional arson attack on a Roma home.

The Cabinet of Social Studies also reported a series of attacks against the houses of Roma families in which two were set on fire and a further four were damaged by thrown stones.

The Cabinet of Social Studies and the Movement Against Intolerance reported an incident of the desecration of a place of worship involving graffiti on a new local mosque and the placing of pieces of pig’s heads and bacon next to the entrance. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a further case of graffiti on a mosque.

The Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience reported three incidents of threats, including one involving theft, in which threatening graffiti was repeatedly applied near a cemetery construction site, two arson attacks on churches, one incident of theft from a church, one incident of graffiti, one incident of the desecration of graves in a cemetery, and one incident in which an Archbishopric's website was hacked and offensive messages published.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported damage to a church, which included graffiti, and an incident of graffiti on a basilica.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a threat and two physical assaults, including one against two gay men that caused serious injury. The Cabinet of Social Studies, the State Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual People (FELGBT) and ILGA-Europe reported a physical assault against a boy carried out by a group in school. The FELGBT and ILGA-Europe reported a further four threats, including one against a lesbian woman; and six physical assaults, including one carried out by a group against a gay man, a further three against gay men and two against transgender women.