Cuban women attacked in the mall

Single Incident Alert DateMarch 11, 2009 Country: Poland Address: Białystok General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Cuban
Victims Gender Female
Victims Age 18-25
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Polish
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

 

On 10 March 2009, Swedish student of Cuba origin was shopping with her husband at a shopping center in Bialystok. Upon exiting a store, a group of men standing nearby began shouting invectives and calling her a ‘black monkey’. Sometime later at the same shopping center, she was once again verbally assaulted by the same men when she wanted to enter the toilet; one of them struck her in the face. In retort, the woman struck him with a shopping bag filled with glass objects and began shouting for help. Shortly, her husband and an accidental bystander arrived to provide assistance. Defendants were found guilty of a racist crime and sentenced between 6 to 10 months of imprisonment suspended for parole for five years and sanction of a payment to the victim of 200 zl each. The male who struck the victim received an additional fine.


 

Source: Poranny.pl http://www.poranny.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090311/BIALYSTOK/335037549

Source: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights