French police report rise in racist and religion-based offences
France, March 20 -- Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate offences surged 32 percent in France last year, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Police forces said they recorded 8,500 crimes and misdemeanours targeting the victim's ethnicity, nationality, race or religion.
SSMSI, the French Interior Ministry's statistics service, highlighted a marked rise towards the end of the year - coinciding with the period following Hamas's attack on 7 October on Israel and the retaliatory campaign in Gaza.
"The increase can be seen from October, with a level of offences holding at the same high level in November before falling back in December," the report said.
France's Representative Council of Jewish Institutions(CRIF) said in Janu...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.