Anti-Semitic acts

Alert DateOctober 8, 2012 Country: France General Type: Hate crime Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism
Groups affected / Interested in: National minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Newspaper

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Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

From January to April 2012 386 anti-Semitic acts (from anonymous mails to the homicide) were recorded in France. At the same period in 2011  266 acts were recorded. It shows an increase of 45%. The peak took place during a few weeks after the drama of Toulouse. March 2012 – 37 violent actions took place (against 12 in 2011), and 93 threats (35 in 2011). April 2012 – 57 violent acts took place (against 47 in April 2011). Further increase was recorded in July – 57 actions against 47 actions in July 2011.

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Protection Service of the Jewish community, 8 October 2012