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Court cases on racist - hate crime

Code:
S3
Key Area:
Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics
Strand(s):
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29/12/2011 - 12:38
Short Answer

In 2009 tribunals registered 3344 cases of racist, anti-religious and anti-Semitic crimes, in 2008 4117 cases were registered.

Qualitative Info

In 2009 tribunals registered 3344 cases of racist, anti-religious and anti-Semitic crimes, in 2008 4117 cases were registered.

In 2008, the following racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic offences resulted in convictions (last available data):

- Attacks against a cadaver and profanation of graves-7

- Damage to property-19

- Violence against persons-94

- Acts of Discrimination - 17

- Insults and public and private libels including on the Internet - 541

 

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Exemplary cases
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism
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