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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Must Try Harder: Ethnic Discrimination of Romani Children in Czech Schools
Romani children face daily discrimination and segregation in schools due to the Czech government’s longstanding failure to address deeply engrained…
April 22, 2015
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Europe’s Sinking Shame: The Failure to Save Refugees and Migrants at Sea
On the eve of an emergency summit in Brussels, Amnesty International is publishing a Blueprint for Action calling on European…
April 21, 2015
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Digging for Transparency: How U.S. Companies are Only Scratching the Surface of Conflict Minerals Reporting
Nearly 80 per cent of U.S. public companies analyzed by human rights groups are failing to adequately check and disclose…
April 21, 2015
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USA: Crimes and Impunity
More than four months after publication of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s summary report on the secret detention program…
April 21, 2015
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Crimes and Impunity
Amnesty International released a report today criticizing the Obama administration’s silence in the wake of the Senate torture report, calling…
April 17, 2015
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Behind the Rhetoric: Human Rights Abuses in Bahrain Continue Unabated
A new report by Amnesty International details the rampant abuses including torture, arbitrary detentions and excessive use of force against…
April 15, 2015
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Secrets and Lies: Forced Confessions Under Torture in Uzbekistan
The U.S., Germany, and other European Union countries’ continuing ‘blind-spot’ to endemic torture in Uzbekistan ensures that appalling abuses will…
April 13, 2015
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‘Our Job is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill’: Boko Haram’s Reign of Terror
At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have…
April 13, 2015
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The Human Rights Impact of Less Lethal Weapons and Other Law Enforcement Equipment
Law enforcement agencies around the world regularly misuse so-called “less-lethal” weapons and equipment for torture and their use can also…
April 10, 2015
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Their Lives On The Line
Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan who face mounting violence – including threats, sexual assault and assassinations- are being abandoned…
April 6, 2015
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Sudan: Entrenched Repression
With the general elections fast approaching in Sudan, the government’s clampdown on dissenting voices threatens the independence and freedom of…
April 2, 2015
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Death Sentences and Executions 2014
An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to…
March 31, 2015