Reports of religious intolerance in the first half of this year increased by 80% compared to the same period in 2023. Last year, there were 681 reports in six months, compared to 1,227 in 2024.

In more than 900 cases, there is no record of which religion was the target of intolerance. In the reports where such information is available, religions of African origin represent the majority, with 75 reports of intolerance against Umbanda, 58 against Candomblé, and 19 where both are mentioned. In total, there were 152 reports in the first half alone. Evangelicals followed, with 49 reports.

The data is part of the National Human Rights Ombudsman’s Data Panel, which compiles reports of all types of violations. Most of the victims of violence are women. This year, 742 of the reports were of violations against this group, representing 60% of the total records.

The racial profile most affected by violence is that of Black and mixed-race people, with 647 reports. In 2023, a survey by Iser (Institute of Religious Studies) and data_labe found that Christians were the primary targets of intolerance from 2020 to 2022.