Press Release
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
Report
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Report
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
Press Release
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
Report
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Report
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