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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Browse Reports

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Afghanistan 10 years on: Slow progress and failed promises

Ten years after a US-led military invasion removed the Taleban from Afghanistan, the Afghan government and its international supporters have…

October 6, 2011

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Forced evictions in Zimbabwe leave thousands of children without access to education

Forced evictions drive poor people deeper into poverty and leave them more vulnerable to other human rights violations. This report…

October 4, 2011

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Campaign to silence Syrian protesters overseas revealed

Syrian protesters in Europe and the Americas have been systematically monitored and harassed by embassy officials and others believed to…

October 3, 2011

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Lithuania: Re-open secret prison investigation now

The Lithuanian government has admitted its involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes. An investigation opened into two…

September 29, 2011

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Time for Tunisian political parties to deliver reform

Tunisians are still waiting for politicians to deliver on the fundamental change they have been promised, Amnesty International said today.…

September 26, 2011

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Thailand: Insurgents must stop war crimes against civilians

Thailand’s three southern-most provinces are host to a non-international armed conflict, based on the intensity and duration of hostilities there,…

September 26, 2011

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Haiti urged to bring Jean-Claude Duvalier to justice

After 25 years in exile, former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti in January 2011. Within days, survivors of serious…

September 21, 2011

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Appalling prison conditions in Liberia must be improved

Liberia’s government, still struggling to rebuild the country after a 14-year internal armed conflict, has stated its determination to improve…

September 20, 2011

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Colombian authorities fail survivors of sexual violence

Sexual violence is endemic to Colombia’s long-running armed conflict. Members of all the warring parties have sexually abused and exploited…

September 20, 2011

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Concerns Over Allegations of Illegal CIA Activities in Somalia

In this letter to President Barack Obama, Amnesty International and other human rights NGOs express serious concerns about alleged illegal…

September 20, 2011

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Libya: Totally inadequate response by EU states to refugees stuck in limbo

In the wake of the conflict in Libya, thousands of refugees who were in the country at the time have…

September 19, 2011

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Libya: The battle for Libya: Killings, disappearances and torture

In mid-February 2011 Libyans called for a “Day of Rage” against the iron-fist rule of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi, in power…

September 16, 2011