The bureau said the 2021 data are slated for release in the fall, a typical lag of several months. Asian women reported being verbally harassed, coughed and spat on, physically assaulted and refused entry onto urban transit trains. While the majority of the incidents tracked by Stop AAPI Hate did not rise to the level of hate crimes, violence targeting Asian Americans continued to rise. Anti-Jewish hate crimesThe rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes came as fresh violence between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 spurred a wave of antisemitic incidents in the United States. Police data show that anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 71% to 207 incidents in 2021.

Source: Ethiopian News May 14, 2022 07:13 UTC