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Justice Department Must Investigate Policing of Standing Rock Demonstrations

Based on information gathered by four Amnesty International USA human rights observer delegations and reports from the area, AIUSA has…

November 30, 2016

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The great palm oil scandal: Labor abuses behind big brand names

The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted…

November 28, 2016

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Electric cars: Running on child labour?

Leading electric car makers must come clean to their consumers about the steps they are taking to keep child labour…

September 29, 2016

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Police Must Protect the Right to Peacefully Protest Pipeline Construction in North Dakota

As thousands of Indigenous activists gather in 90-degree heat at the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the…

August 23, 2016

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Massive hydroelectric dam threatens Indigenous communities in Canada

A massive hydroelectric dam now under construction in the Canadian province of British Columbia violates Canada’s commitments to uphold the…

August 8, 2016

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Sulfuric acid factory behind health fears in Myanmar must be relocated

The Myanmar government must immediately order the relocation of a sulfuric acid factory built dangerously close to a village, which…

July 19, 2016

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When Land Is Lost, Do We Eat Coal?: Coal Mining and Violations of Adivasi Rights in India

Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…

July 11, 2016

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Indian Government and Coal India sacrifice indigenous rights in the name of development

Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…

July 11, 2016

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It’s Enough for People to Feel it Exists: Civil Society, Secrecy and Surveillance in Belarus

Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and…

July 6, 2016

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Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent

Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and…

July 6, 2016

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Niger Delta: Government clean-up does not let Shell off the hook

The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean up decades of oil…

May 31, 2016

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The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game

Migrant workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have sufferedsystematic abuses, in some cases forced…

March 29, 2016