This page gives examples of individual hate crimes, primarily in the West, against people of Armenian heritage immediately before, during, and after the events in Artsakh.
1 April 2023: Anti-Armenian Hate Flyers displayed in Glendale
28 January 2023: Anti-Armenian Hate Flyers displayed in Beverly Hills
- LA Magazine: Beverly Hills Mayor Denounces Hateful Flyers Aimed at Armenians
- ANCA: ANCA and Community Leaders Meet with Beverly Hills City Officials Regarding Anti-Armenian Hate Incident at AYF Protest
30 October 2020: Stabbing at Defend Armenia protest
- Type of incident: Stabbing, disputed hate crime status -- not clear-cut
- Location of incident: Fresno, California
- Perpetrator(s): Jaime Fonseca, 41-year-old man; history of legal disputes
- Law enforcement actions: Fonseca charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and an illegal weapons charge; no hate crime charge, however (info here)
- Sources and additional readings: ABC 30 (1, 2); ABC 7; LA Times; Your Central Valley; UniCourt
21 September 2020: Shooting at Armenian school (while it was empty); no one hurt
- Type of incident: Shooting
- Location of incident: KZV Armenian School (K-8) in San Francisco, California
- Perpetrator(s): Unknown
- Law enforcement actions: SFPD hate crime investigation, the third in the area in two months against Armenians (other crimes below)
- Sources and additional readings: CBS Bay Area; SF Examiner; Persecution; Christianity Daily
17 September 2020: Burning of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church
- Type of incident: Arson
- Location of incident: San Francisco, California
- Perpetrator(s): Unknown
- Law enforcement actions: FBI offers $50,000 reward for help leading to arrest of the arsonist (more information on this here)
- Sources and additional readings: Persecution; CBS Bay Area; Christian Daily; SF Examiner; FBI San Francisco
27 July 2020: Anti-Armenian, pro-Azerbaijani hate speech spray-painted on Armenian school
- Type of incident: Vandalism
- Location of incident: KZV Armenian School (K-8) in San Francisco, California
- Perpetrators: Unknown
- Law enforcement actions: Categorized as hate crime and under investigation by San Francisco Police Department
- Sources and additional readings: Persecution; Mirror-Spectator; ABC 7; San Francisco Chronicle; SF Examiner