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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Stéphane Koche has been an LGBTI activist in Cameroon since 2005 (Photo Credit: Amnesty International).

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Making Love a Crime: Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct in Sub-Saharan Africa

This report provides an analysis of the legal environment and wider context of human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual,…

June 24, 2013

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Profits and loss: Mining and human rights in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the world’s most important mineral reserves. For more than a decade…

June 20, 2013

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Scapegoats of Fear: Rights of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Migrants Abused in Libya

Nearly a year after the first elections in post-Gaddafi Libya, the human rights of tens of thousands of foreign nationals,…

June 20, 2013

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We Had No Time To Bury Them: War Crimes in Sudan’s Blue Nile State

Some 150,000 people from Blue Nile state languish in a string of refugee camps in neighboring Ethiopia and South Sudan,…

June 10, 2013

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Words, War, and the Rule of Law

In a landmark speech delivered on 23 May 2013, President Barack Obama revisited his administration’s framework for US counter-terrorism strategy…

June 4, 2013

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Annual Report: Zimbabwe 2013

Republic of Zimbabwe Head of state and government Robert Mugabe Mistrust between members of the Government of National Unity (GNU)…

May 30, 2013

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Annual Report: Yemen 2013

Republic of Yemen Head of state Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi (replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh) Head of government Mohammed Salim Basindwa…

May 30, 2013

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Annual Report: Viet Nam 2013

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Head of state Truong Tan Sang Head of government Nguyen Tan Dung Repression of government…

May 30, 2013

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Annual Report: Venezuela 2013

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Head of state and government Hugo Chávez Frías Levels of violent crime, especially gun-related crime, remained…

May 29, 2013

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Annual Report: Uzbekistan 2013

Republic of Uzbekistan Head of state Islam Karimov Head of government Shavkat Mirzioiev Freedom of expression was curtailed as human…

May 29, 2013

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Annual Report: Uruguay 2013

Eastern Republic of Uruguay Head of state and government José Alberto Mujica Cordano Steps were taken to end impunity for…

May 29, 2013

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Annual Report: United States of America 2013

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Head of state and government Barack H. Obama Forty-three men were executed during the year, and…

May 29, 2013