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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Don’t We Matter? Four Years of Unrelenting Attacks Against Civilians of Sudan’s South Kordofan State

Government forces in Sudan have committed war crimes against the civilian population of South Kordofan, Amnesty International has definitively confirmed…

August 4, 2015

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You Killed My Son: Killings by Military Police in Rio de Janeiro

Military police in Rio de Janeiro who seem to follow a “shoot first, ask questions later” strategy are contributing to…

July 31, 2015

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‘Black Friday’: Carnage in Rafah During 2014 Israel/Gaza Conflict

New evidence showing that Israeli forces carried out war crimes in retaliation for the capture of an Israeli soldier has…

July 24, 2015

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Braving Bullets – Excessive force in policing demonstrations in Burundi

Burundian authorities repressed demonstrations as if they were an insurrection, and now the country appears to be on the verge…

July 22, 2015

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Europe’s Borderlands: Violations Against Migrants and Refugees in Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary

Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants – including children – making dangerous journeys across the Balkans are suffering violent abuse…

July 6, 2015

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Operation Mbata ya Bakolo: mass expulsions of foreign nationals in the Republic of Congo

Police violence, persecution, arbitrary detentions and rape amid a security operation to deport tens of thousands of DR Congo nationals…

July 1, 2015

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Denied: Failures in Accountability for Human Rights Violations by Security Force Personnel in Jammu and Kashmir

Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the law continues to…

June 30, 2015

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Generation Jail: Egypt’s Youth Go From Protest to Prison

A continuing onslaught against young activists by the Egyptian authorities is a blatant attempt to crush the spirit of the…

June 29, 2015

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Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force In The United States

All 50 states and the District of Columbia fail to comply with international standards on the use of lethal force…

June 17, 2015

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The Global Refugee Crisis: A Conspiracy of Neglect

World leaders are condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence and thousands to death by failing to provide essential…

June 15, 2015

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Azerbaijan: the Repression Games. The Voices You Won’t Hear at the First European Games

The Azerbaijani government has carried out a systematic dismantling of civil society ahead of the European Games, seriously undermining any…

June 10, 2015

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Two Years After Snowden: Protecting Human Rights in an Age of Mass Surveillance

Governments must accept they have lost the debate over the legitimacy of mass surveillance and reform their oversight of intelligence…

June 4, 2015