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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Turkey: Time to remove the shackles on freedom

A package of reforms before Turkey’s Parliament risks being a missed opportunity to bring the country’s laws in line with…

April 1, 2013

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USA: Letter to US Secretary of Defense in relation to hunger-strikes at Guantánamo

Amnesty International expresses deep concern at the situation faced by the detainees held in Department of Defense custody at the…

March 28, 2013

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A Reflection on U.S. Accountability for Detainee Abuses 10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq

Five months before the invasion of Iraq in mid-March 2003, the two chambers of the United States Congress passed a joint…

March 20, 2013

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Communities Shattered by Arms Proliferation and Abuse in Cote d’Ivoire

The irresponsible and illegal supply of weaponry and munitions to the warring parties in CoÌ‚te d’Ivoire has continued for over…

March 19, 2013

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Irregular migrants in Mexico: Ten urgent measures to save lives

Officials from the Federal Attorney General’s Office on migrant routes have reportedly ceased to focus on abuses against migrants and…

March 15, 2013

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Nepal: The search for justice

Impunity is a longstanding problem in Nepal where lack of political will to account for past and present actions of…

February 20, 2013

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Egypt: Gender-based violence against women around Tahrir Square

Amnesty International documented a pattern of recent mob-led sexual assaults on women in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, including rapes, and called…

February 6, 2013

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The Devil in the (Still Undisclosed) Detail: Department of Justice ‘White Paper’ on Use of Lethal Force Against U.S. Citizens Made Public

The Department of Justice white paper only confirms Amnesty International’s fears that the administration is operating outside the bounds of…

February 6, 2013

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Mali: First Assessment of the Human Rights Situation After Three-Week Conflict

Evidence documented by Amnesty International researchers shows serious human rights abuses by the Malian army, including extrajudicial executions.

February 1, 2013

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USA: Chronicle of Immunity Foretold

It’s time for change on counter-terrorism violations after another year of blocking truth, remedy and accountability.

January 24, 2013

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Greece: The End of the Road for Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Migrants

Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers cross the Greek border in search of shelter, refuge or…

December 20, 2012

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Exploited Labor: Migrant Workers in Italy’s Agricultural Sector

Some migrant workers in Italy are paid as little as €25 for a day’s work, live in derelict buildings and…

December 14, 2012