Amnesty International produces reports based on rigorous and independent research. These reports document patterns of human rights abuses and provide a blueprint for change.
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.
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.
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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Chicago and Illinois: Gun Violence
Violence affects everyone in Chicago, but it is particularly devastating for the city’s youth. Human rights must be a part of the strategy to address gun violence in Chicago
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Recommendations for International Human Rights Law and US Surveillance Practices
Amnesty International USA and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urge the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to recommend the repeal of Section 702 as well as other measures…
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Chicago & Illinois: A 10-Point Human Rights Agenda
This report, prepared in connection with Amnesty International USA’s annual Human Rights Conference, outlines ten pressing human rights issues facing the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois as…
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Death Sentences and Executions 2013
Despite the setbacks in 2013, there has been a steady decline in the number of countries using the death penalty over the last 20 years, and there was progress in…
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Syria: Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians
Three years after popular pro-reform then anti-government protests drew a brutal response from the Syrian authorities, leading to the internal armed conflict that continues to rage, around a quarter of…
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Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank
Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
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Ethnic Cleansing and Sectarian Killings in the Central African Republic
“Ethnic cleansing” of Muslims has been carried out in the western part of the Central African Republic, the most populous part of the country, since early January 2014.
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EXPLOITED for profit, FAILED by governments: Indonesian migrant domestic workers trafficked to Hong Kong
Out of 319,325 migrant domestic workers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR), about half are Indonesian and nearly all are women. Indonesians must migrate via recruitment…
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North Korea: New satellite images show continued investment in the infrastructure of repression
In October 2013, Amnesty International commissioned analysis of satellite images of political prison camp (kwanliso) 15 at Yodok in South Hamgyong province and kwanliso 16 at Hwaseong in North Hamgyong…
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Oral Testimony before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on GBV
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA SUBMITTED BY CRISTINA FINCH, MANAGING DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM 11/20/2013 Thank you Chairman McGovern and Chairman Wolf, and to the staff of…
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The Dark Side of Migration: Spotlight on Qatar’s Construction Sector Ahead of the World Cup
The awarding of the 2022 World Cup has brought increased global prominence to Qatar, but also intensified scrutiny. The abuses against migrant workers in the construction sector in Qatar are…
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Growing Restrictions, Tough Conditions: The Plight of Those Fleeing Syria To Jordan
Almost one third of Syria’s population have fled their homes. More than 2 million are refugees living outside Syria – mostly in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt – and…