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Disability hate crime

Prejudice against people with disabilities is a belief that people with physical or mental impairments are inferior. People with disabilities face significant physical and social barriers to full participation in society. Lack of access to public transport and other basic services are common experiences, as well as entrenched prejudices that affect chances for employment, friendships and a full family life. Hate crimes against people with disabilities are often characterized by low level crime committed by people known to the victim such as petty theft or damage to mobility aids, escalating to very serious attacks involving torture and even murder.

A limited but growing number of governments provide official data on hate crime against people with disabilities. NGOs also report information on incidents motivated by bias against people with disabilities, as well as against homeless people. There is a low awareness of disability hate crime, and knowledge about how to monitor incidents motivated by hostility against people with disabilities among civil society organizations and the general public. As a result the data in this section is sparse.

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Overview of incidents reported by other sources

Violent attacks against people Threats/Harassment Attacks against property Total
20 15 1 36

Date Country Type of incident Source Description
2023 Greece Violent attacks against people Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) Show info
2023-02 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-03 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2023-03 United States of America Violent attacks against people Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Show info
2023-04 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-04 United Kingdom Threats/Harassment OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights Show info
2023-04 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2023-06 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-06 Czech Republic Violent attacks against people In IUSTITIA Show info
2023-06 Czech Republic Threats/Harassment In IUSTITIA Show info
2023-07 Belgium Violent attacks against people The Collective for Countering Islamophobia in Europe Show info
2023-07 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info
2023-07 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-07 United States of America Violent attacks against people Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Show info
2023-07 Czech Republic Threats/Harassment In IUSTITIA Show info
2023-07 Czech Republic Threats/Harassment In IUSTITIA Show info
2023-08 Norway Violent attacks against people Stop Discrimination Show info
2023-09 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-10 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-11 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-11 Poland Violent attacks against people The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info
2023-12 Poland Threats/Harassment The Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment Show info

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Related publications

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Hate crime against people with disabilities
19 December 2016
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Bias Motivations

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  • Anti-Roma hate crime
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  • Anti-Semitic hate crime
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  • Anti-Muslim hate crime
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  • Disability hate crime
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