Amnesty International produces reports based on rigorous and independent research. These reports document patterns of human rights abuses and provide a blueprint for change.
Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age
Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states.
The Cost of Doing Business? The Petrochemical Industry’s Toxic Pollution in the USA
This report highlights the harms suffered by local communities from pollution emitted by the hundreds of petrochemical plants and refineries along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas.
Silicon Shadows: Venture Capital, Human Rights, and the Lack of Due Diligence
Our analysis showed that leading VC firms and start-up accelerators are critically deficient in their responsibility to conduct human rights due diligence when investing in Generative AI start-ups.
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The Mountain is in Front of Us and the Sea is Behind Us: The Impact of US Policies on Refugees in Lebanon and Jordan
When President Trump signed what has become known as the Muslim ban during his first week in office, he set into motion a series of events that continue to leave…
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“No one can protect us”: War crimes and abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Following a recent investigation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Amnesty International has gathered new evidence that the Myanmar military is committing war crimes and other human rights violations. The military operation…
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Venezuela: Crimes against humanity require a vigorous response from the international justice system
Selective extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, and deaths and injuries caused by the excessive use of force by Nicolás Maduro’s government as part of a systematic and widespread policy of repression…
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Transgender people in China risk their lives with dangerous self – surgery
Transgender people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market because it is almost impossible for them to access the…
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Death penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions
Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the death penalty published…
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If they can have her, why can’t we?
Police in the Dominican Republic routinely rape, beat, humiliate and verbally abuse women sex workers to exert social control over them and to punish them for transgressing social norms of…
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The Hidden US War in Somalia
The US government must carry out impartial, thorough investigations into credible evidence its rapidly escalating air strikes in Somalia have killed numerous civilians, Amnesty International said in a new report…
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Give us respect and justice! Overcoming barriers to justice for women rape survivors in Denmark
Denmark’s reputation for gender equality masks a society with one of Europe’s highest levels of rape, where flawed legislation and widespread harmful myths and gender stereotypes have resulted in endemic impunity for rapists, Amnesty International…
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Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018
The international community’s chilling complacency towards wide-scale human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emboldened governments to commit appalling violations during 2018 by giving them…
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Opposition leader and more than a hundred supporters face the death penalty in Cameroon
Opposition leader Maurice Kamto will today be summoned by a military court on charges which carry the death penalty, as the Cameroonian authorities intensify their post-election crackdown on critics. Kamto,…
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Laws Designed to Silence: The Global Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations
Governments across the world are increasingly attacking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by creating laws that subject them and their staff to surveillance, nightmarish bureaucratic hurdles and the ever-present threat of imprisonment,…
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No Shame in Diversity: The Right to Health for People with Variations of Sex Characteristics in Iceland
Individuals born with sex characteristics that vary from female or male “norms” face barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare, risking lifelong physical and psychological damage, Amnesty International said today. In a…