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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Benghazi’s Descent into Chaos: Abductions, Summary Killings and Other Abuses
Targeted UN sanctions and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court (ICC), are urgently needed to end rampant abductions, torture,…
January 27, 2015
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“Circles of hell:” Domestic, Public and State Violence Against Women in Egypt
Despite some recent piecemeal reforms, shortfalls in Egyptian laws and entrenched impunity continue to foster a culture of routine sexual…
January 20, 2015
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15 Minutes to Leave: Denial of the Right to Adequate Housing in Post-Quake Haiti
Five years on from a devastating earthquake in Haiti, tens of thousands of people remain homeless as government policy failures,…
January 6, 2015
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Escape from Hell- Torture, Sexual Slavery in Islamic State Captivity in Iraq
Torture, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, suffered by women and girls from Iraq’s Yezidi minority who were…
December 22, 2014
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136 To Go…The Unbearable Slowness of Closing Guantánamo
Uruguay latest country to help USA towards ending detentions at prison camp
December 9, 2014
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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…
December 9, 2014
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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:…
December 4, 2014
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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…
December 2, 2014
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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…
November 20, 2014
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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…
November 18, 2014
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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…
November 17, 2014
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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…
November 10, 2014