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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USA: Turning a Page, but Torture Chapter is Far From Closed
We have said it before. We will say it again. What do we know about the secret detention program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under authority granted by…
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Left Out in the Cold: Syrian Refugees Abandoned by the International Community
World leaders are failing to offer protection to Syria’s most vulnerable refugees with catastrophic consequences. “Left Out in the Cold: Syrian Refugees Abandoned by the International Community” highlights the pitiful…
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Above the Law: Police Torture in the Philippines
A pervasive culture of impunity is allowing torture by police to go unchecked in the Philippines. Despite the country’s ratification of the two key international anti-torture treaties, methods such as…
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Prosecuting Beliefs: Indonesia’s Blasphemy Laws
Indonesian authorities have increasingly made use of a range of oppressive blasphemy laws to imprison individuals for their beliefs, contributing to an intensifying climate of intolerance in the country. “Prosecuting…
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Struggling to Survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey
The international community’s failure to deal with the growing number of Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey has led to a crisis of unprecedented proportions with refugees facing push-backs and live…
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“There is No Freedom Here” Silencing Dissent in the United Arab Emirates
Scores of activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been harassed, arrested and in some cases tortured in custody according to a new report by Amnesty International that sheds…
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No Extra Time: How Qatar is Still Failing on Workers’ Rights Ahead of the World Cup
Qatar’s authorities are lagging severely behind on efforts to address the rampant abuse of migrant workers’ rights, despite the government’s announcement of a series of reforms to tackle exploitation ahead…
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Families Under the Rubble – Israeli Attacks on Inhabited Homes
Israeli forces have killed scores of Palestinian civilians in attacks targeting houses full of families which in some cases have amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International has disclosed in a…
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Families Under the Rubble: Israeli Attacks on Inhabited Homes
Israeli forces have killed scores of Palestinian civilians in attacks targeting houses full of families, which in some cases have amounted to war crimes. “Families under the Rubble: Israeli Attacks…
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Libya: Rule of the Gun — Abductions, Torture and Other Militia Abuses in Western Libya
Lawless militias and armed groups on all sides of the conflict in western Libya are carrying out rampant human rights abuses, including war crimes, according to a new briefing from…
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On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed African American man, was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. Brown’s death set off a long-overdue conversation…
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Amnesty International Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review
During the USA’s first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2010, 228 recommendations were made to it by other states. The USA supported 53 of the recommendations and rejected 57. It…