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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Amnesty Statement on Human Rights in Bahrain to Congress
Amnesty issued a strong statement on the importance of human rights at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress.
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All-Out Repression: Purging Dissent in Aleppo, Syria
Research by Amnesty International details the brutal crackdown in Aleppo, as Syrian security forces and militia target protesters, medical staff and bystanders.
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Mali: “We Haven’t Seen Our Cellmates Since”
Amnesty report on Mali looks at enforced disappearances and torture of soliders and police officers opposed to the junta.
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One-Way Accountability
Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan pleads guilty; details of government crimes against him remain classified top secret.
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Libya: Rule of Law or Rule of Militias?
Militia rule is strangling human rights in Libya, and new Amnesty report details continuation of Gaddafi-era tactics.
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Arms Trade Treaty: National Licensing or Authorization Systems
An ATT should ensure that the underlying principle of any national authorization system is that no conventional arms can be imported, exported or otherwise internationally transferred without the awareness and…
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Killer Facts: The Impact of the Irresponsible Arms Trade on Lives, Rights and Livelihoods
As goverments prepare to meet in July 2012 for the Preparatory Committee for negotiations for an international Arms Trade Treaty, this short document is intended to provide some basic facts…
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Arms for Repression: Will they be covered by an Arms Trade Treaty?
Defining conventional arms for an effective ATT will require each State Party to develop a comprehensive control list of conventional arms for national regulations on the import, export and international…
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The Circle of Injustice: Security Operations and Human Rights Violations in Ingushetia
The failure of Ingushetia’s law enforcement to respect the rule of law is adding to the insecurity in Russia’s North Caucasus region.
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USA: ‘Targeted killing’ policies violate the right to life
Amnesty International calls on all states to refrain from the unlawful use of lethal force, including against individuals suspected of terrorism, and to cooperate, bilaterally and through intergovernmental organizations, to…
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S.O.S. Europe: Human Rights and Migration Control
This report examines the human rights impacts of European migration control policies.
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Deadly Reprisals: Deliberate Killings and Other Abuses by Syria’s Armed Forces
In recent field investigations in Syria, Amnesty International has found disturbing new evidence of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Syrian army.
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