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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The Edge of Endurance: Prison Conditions in California’s Security Housing Units

More than 3,000 prisoners in California are being held under extreme conditions of solitary confinement — deprived of human contact,…

September 26, 2012

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Indiscriminate Attacks Kill, Terrorize and Displace Civilians in Syria

Every day Syrian civilians are killed or injured in their homes or in the street, while running for cover or…

September 18, 2012

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Another detainee dies at Guantánamo: Yemeni man, in his 11th year of detention without charge or trial, found dead in cell

A tragic reminder of the numbing cruelty of the USA’s indefinite detention regime at its Guantánamo Bay detention facility, and…

September 11, 2012

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Chad: ‘We Are All Dying Here’ — Human Rights Violations in Prisons

Prison conditions in Chad are deplorable. Men, women and children share overcrowded cells and often must supply their own food…

September 8, 2012

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Civilians Bearing the Brunt in the Battle for Aleppo

Civilians are enduring a horrific level of violence in the battle between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters for control…

August 22, 2012

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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…

August 3, 2012

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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…

July 31, 2012

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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.

July 30, 2012

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One-Way Accountability

Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan pleads guilty; details of government crimes against him remain classified top secret.

July 18, 2012

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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.

July 5, 2012

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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…

June 20, 2012

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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,…

June 20, 2012