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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Year of Rebellion: The State of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa

This report describes the events of 2011 in the Middle East and North Africa, a year that saw millions of…

January 9, 2012

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Guantánamo: A Decade of Damage to Human Rights

While Guantánamo may have dropped from the news headlines, the human rights concerns associated with it — detentions and torture…

December 16, 2011

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Saudi Arabia: Repression in the Name of Security

December 1, 2011

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The True ‘Tragedy’: Delays and Failures in Tackling Oil Spills in the Niger Delta

Two Shell oil spills in 2008 continue to have catastrophic consequences for tens of thousands of people in Bodo, Nigeria.

November 14, 2011

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Pressure on Egyptian political parties to deliver on “25 January” expectations

In parliamentary elections beginning on 28 November, Egyptians will ask whether the demands and promises of the “25 January Revolution”…

October 31, 2011

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Dominican Republic urged to tackle alarming levels of police abuse

Hundreds of people are shot and killed every year by police in the Dominican Republic.

October 25, 2011

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Climate of fear in Syria’s hospitals as patients and medics targeted

The Syrian authorities have been blocking and manipulating access to health care for people wounded during the unrest that has…

October 24, 2011

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Central African Republic: Civilians bear the brunt of decades of violence and abuses

The people of the Central African Republic have suffered decades of violence and human rights abuse. Government forces, armed groups…

October 20, 2011

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Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls

Police and security forces in the Middle East and North Africa responded to the mass popular uprisings witnessed there after…

October 18, 2011

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New Libya ’stained’ by detainee abuse

Militia fighting against Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi have detained about 2,500 people in the capital Tripoli and surrounding areas since taking…

October 12, 2011

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Canada urged to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush

Amnesty International today urged Canadian authorities to arrest and either prosecute or extradite former US President George W. Bush for…

October 12, 2011

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Ukraine must act to deal with endemic police criminality

Human rights abuses are practised systematically by the police in Ukraine, despite increasing efforts to combat the problem and growing…

October 11, 2011