Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
There were only 3 cases in 2000, at the beginning of Covid there were 132, last year there were 421. The normalization of “put them all in a concentration camp.”
The crimes of discrimination and incitement to hatred e to violence Increased more than 200% in the last four years.
According to the statistics of justice, the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Justice Policy (DGPJ), which brings together data from all police, the crime for discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence has been increasing from year to year since 2000, the first year with cases in official statistics.
That year (2000) there were 3 cases Registered, in 2005 it was 10, in 2010 there was 15 and in 2015 accounted for 19.
From there, the increase is constant, with 25 crimes in 2016, 48 in 2017, 63 in 2018 and 82 in 2019.
Em 2020 Statistics count 132 crimes by discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence, a number that increases to 150 in 2021. By 2022 270 occurrences were recorded, 344 in 2023 and in 2024 The number comes to 421the highest value since this accounting is made.
The numbers indicate that between 2020 and 2024 there was an increase of 219% – more than tripled – In this type of crime recorded by the Portuguese police authorities.
“Ridiculous”
Rita Guerra, researcher at the ISCTE (CIS_ISCTE) Research and Social Intervention Center wants a response that is not “ridiculous”.
“There is no investment and a reflection of institutional concern on this theme, for example, of what is seen in the insurance discourse and concern for falsely associated insecurity (…) to immigrant populations,” he criticized.
“I think the Our answer to this type of phenomena, from the institutional point of view, is absolutely ridiculous ”, With “some signs of goodwill,” such as the creation of the Observatory for Racism and Xenophobia, which “then become almost inoperative,” he said in statements to Lusa.
Rita Guerra warned of the dangers of normalization And as it is shown that the greater the exposure to hate speeches, the more people normalize this same discourse, and see as “normal insult, normal inhumanizing or normal say: ‘put them all in a boat and sent them out, put them all in a concentration camp, are animatedS ‘. This type of expressions shock a first or second time, but then they have daily exposure. ”
Ventura walks away
The Council of Europe warns that Portugal is increasing the racist and hate speech. And let it warning directly to far-right politicians.
André Ventura It is seen as one of the greatest Hate Speech Prosecutors in Portugal.
The president of the arrival says that “the country has changed, the language of the country has changed.” But Do not feel responsible by increasing hate crimes.
Sit is responsible for “Politically correct having died. People didn’t say what they thought because they were afraid“, He declared on.
Today, June 18, is the International Day to Combat Hate Discourse, instituted by the United Nations to warn of hate discourse and promote combat measures.
