Reports

Amnesty International produces reports based on rigorous and independent research. These reports document patterns of human rights abuses and provide a blueprint for change.

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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.

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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.

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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 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

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New Expression Meets Old Repression: Ending the Cycle of Political Arrests and Imprisonment in Myanmar

Myanmar’s new government will take office with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights but must break away…

March 23, 2016

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Living on the margins: Syrian refugees struggle to access health care in Jordan

The combination of grossly inadequate support from the international community and barriers imposed by the government of Jordan are leaving…

March 23, 2016

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Encryption: A Matter of Human Rights

Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights around the world, warned Amnesty International in a briefing…

March 22, 2016

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Annual Report: Nepal 2015/16

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL Head of State: Bidhya Devi Bhandari (replaced Ram Baran Yadav in October) Head of Government:…

March 17, 2016

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‘Their Voices Stopped’ Mass Killing In A Shipping Container In Leer, South Sudan

South Sudanese government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys who were detained in a shipping container before…

March 10, 2016

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Connection Denied: Restrictions on Mobile Phones and Outside Information in North Korea

Ordinary North Koreans caught using mobile phones to contact loved ones who have fled abroad, risk being sent to political…

March 7, 2016

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The State as a Catalyst for Violence Against Women

The lives of millions of women and girls across Latin America are at the mercy of “lottery-style” health care systems…

March 3, 2016

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Dead End Justice Impunity For Torture In Kazakhstan

Authorities in Kazakhstan are failing in their duty to promptly, impartially, and effectively investigate reports of torture and other ill-treatment…

March 1, 2016

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Autonomous weapons systems: Five key human rights issues for consideration

Over the past decade, there have been extensive advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies. These will make possible the…

February 23, 2016

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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…

February 18, 2016

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Flawed Reforms: Iran’s New Code of Criminal Procedure

Nearly four decades after Iran’s 1979 Revolution shook its criminal justice system to the core, the country’s legal framework remains…

February 10, 2016