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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Egypt: ‘People were dying all around me’; Testimonies from Cairo Violence on 14 August 2013

At about 6.00am on 14 August 2013 the security forces carried-out operations to clear two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Greater Cairo,…

August 16, 2013

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IF YOU LOVE YOUR LIFE, MOVE OUT! NIGERIA: Forced Eviction in Badia East, Lagos State

People in Badia East have displayed extraordinary courage, solidarity and resilience during and after the forced eviction. The community has…

August 12, 2013

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‘I am fallen into darkness.’ The case of Obaidullah, Guantánamo detainee now in his 12th year without trial

For over a decade, Obaidullah has been incarcerated without trial some 8,000 miles from his home and family in Afghanistan.…

July 26, 2013

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Egypt: ‘There was no door on which I did not knock”; Coptic Christians caught in attacks and state’s failures

On 5 July 2013, four Coptic Christian men were killed by local residents in the Nagah Hassan district of Dab’iya…

July 23, 2013

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Testimony before the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2013: Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights, and human rights. Statement on behalf of Amnesty International…

July 23, 2013

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Approaching the 2014 Sochi Olympics: Human Rights in Russia

As the 2014 Sochi Olympics approach, the space for human rights in the Russian Federation is rapidly shrinking.

July 19, 2013

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Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security, and Human Rights in the United States

Racial profiling is a serious human rights problem affecting millions of people in the United States in even the most…

July 18, 2013

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Egypt: Arrests of Muslim Brotherhood Members and Supporters

In the last two weeks, hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egypt’s deposed President, Mohamed Morsi,…

July 17, 2013

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Amnesty International Briefing: Lebanon Torture Report

Torture allegations in wake of Sidon armed clashes.

July 17, 2013

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Old Habits: The Routine Use of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Kazakhstan

Torture remains commonplace in Kazakhstan and the torturers are allowed to go free.

July 10, 2013

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Frontier Europe: Human Rights Abuses on Greece’s Border with Turkey

The external frontier of the EU between Turkey and Greece is made up of a 203km land border in the…

July 10, 2013

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EGYPT: Unlawful Killings in Protests and Political Violence On 5 & 8 July 2013

Amnesty International’s fact-finding team in Cairo collected substantial evidence at the scene of some incidents and at hospitals and morgues…

July 10, 2013