University Of Coimbra

The Portuguese government has forwarded to the prosecutor's office reports of death threats and antisemitic hate speech at the University of Coimbra, following complaints by Israeli doctoral student Bar Harel. Harel documented hundreds of instances of hate-filled graffiti and stickers across the campus and city.

"Zionists are worse than the Nazis", "Holocaust to your family", "Bar Harel, get out of our city": An Israeli student in Coimbra complained about graffiti that included personal threats, the Portuguese prosecution has launched a criminal investigation. The university was accused of "passivity", and claimed: "The posters were outside the campus, the complaint was general and unverified".