Cases
● Physical attack
In late August 2026, in central Warsaw, a man was assaulted in the street after passers-by heard him speaking a foreign language. According to his own video account, he was…
● Physical attack
On 25 August 2026 in Wrocław, a 66-year-old taxi driver, a citizen of Belarus, was attacked by a passenger during a ride. According to Wrocław police, the 23-year-old passenger heard…
● Discrimination
On or around 23 August 2026, in central Warsaw (Śródmieście), a Belarusian-Polish man, his wife and two friends visiting from Belarus took shelter from the rain under the awning of…
● Physical attack
On the evening of 15 August 2026, at around 22:00, a Belarusian man named Siarhei and his wife were attacked in Warsaw while walking their dog near their home. According…
● Insult
An intoxicated man aggressively shouted anti-Ukrainian and xenophobic insults at a woman filming him. He demanded that Ukrainians leave Poland, referred to them with vulgar slurs, accused them of having…
● Insult
A conductor on a Warsaw suburban train prevented a foreign passenger from purchasing a ticket, despite the train still being at the platform, and attempted to issue him a fine.…
● Insult
A Belarusian family living in Białystok for eight years reported that a group of young Polish men approached them while they were returning home from a walk with their 8-year-old…
● Insult
A video published on Instagram shows a young woman riding a public bus while an off-camera person shouts xenophobic abuse at her. The audible phrases include 'Gate open' and 'Na…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian woman was attacked near Rondo ONZ in central Warsaw after a passerby heard her speaking with a foreign accent during a phone call. According to her account, the…
● Insult
Two intoxicated Polish men verbally abused a passenger on a train at Zielonka station near Warsaw while shouting xenophobic insults targeting Ukrainians and Belarusians. The incident escalated into a fight…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian woman reported that while waiting for a bus with her husband, an unknown man deliberately approached her from behind and repeatedly blew cigarette smoke directly into her face.…
● Discrimination
A Belarusian citizen was refused a consumer loan application by a Santander bank after asking to continue a verification phone call in English instead of Polish. According to the reported…
● Insult
A Belarusian-born owner of a flower shop in Gdańsk said that two customers verbally abused her after one of them claimed the business was 'Ukrainian' and urged another customer not…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian man, Valentin, reported that he was punched in the face without warning by an unknown man while waiting for a taxi at night in central Warsaw. The attacker…
● Physical attack
According to reports posted in the Telegram chat 'Belarusians of Warsaw', a Belarusian man was attacked after asking a woman not to smoke near him at Aleja Solidarności 83/84. The…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian man living in the Podhale region stopped in Ostrowsko to let his dog cool off in a stream. Three local men approached him, became hostile after noticing his…
● Discrimination
A Threads user @oscarbarsuk reported that on 13 May at the PKO Rotunda branch in Warsaw, a bank employee named Wiktoria W. refused to update her residence card details (the…
● Insult
A Belarusian taxi driver named Siarhei was verbally attacked by a passenger in Białystok, in the early hours of April 2nd, 2026. After a calm ride, the passenger turned aggressive…
● Discrimination
A Belarusian woman named Polina was denied entry to a yoga studio in Białystok after she registered online for a class. When she arrived for her first session, staff told…
● Police raid
On March 2–3, 2026, a nationwide operation to detain wanted persons was carried out in Poland, coordinated by the Criminal Bureau of the National Police Headquarters. A total of 26,496…
● Detention for deportation
A 38-year-old Belarusian volunteer named Siarhiej, who had been helping Ukrainians through the organization Kwitnący Dom, was detained in Warsaw on October 19, 2025, due to an expired residence permit.…
● Physical attack
A 55-year-old man in Gdańsk became aggressive after being refused the sale of alcohol past 10 p.m. at a local store. He argued with the cashier, shouted at other customers,…
● Detention for deportation
A 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen and a 17-year-old Belarusian girl were detained for flying a drone over government buildings near Belweder, an area under a no-fly zone. The Ukrainian man was…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian couple was brutally attacked near the city’s waterfront. The man sustained a fractured eye socket, as well as head and chest injuries, and is undergoing medical examinations before…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian man, living in Poland since 2021 after his family fled political persecution, was attacked in Ursus together with his girlfriend. The attackers reportedly mistook him for a Ukrainian.…
● Physical attack
In the evening of July 20, 2025, in Białystok on Mickiewicza Street, two Belarusian young men were attacked by a group of unknown assailants after a verbal exchange with a…
● Physical attack
A 22-year-old Belarusian woman was speaking Russian with her friend near the Księcia Janusza metro station when an adult couple approached them. The woman verbally abused them, used offensive language,…
● Physical attack
On 1 April 2024, in central Warsaw’s Świętokrzyski Park, a group of around 15–20 teenagers attacked a 15-year-old Belarusian boy who was there with a Ukrainian friend riding scooters. The…