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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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New Weapons Fueling the Sudan Conflict: Expanding Existing Arms Embargo Across Sudan to Protect Civilians

Amnesty International reveals that despite an embargo, weapons and military equipment from countries such as Russia and China are being…

July 24, 2024

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Who Called the Shots? Chain of Command Responsibility for Killings and Injuries in Protests in Peru

Amnesty International analyzed the actions of security forces during protests in Peru in 2022 and 2023, some of which could…

July 18, 2024

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“We Can’t Breathe Anymore. Even Sports, We Can’t Do Them Anymore.” Violations of Muslim Women’s and Girl’s Human Rights Through Hijab Bans in Sports in France

French authorities boast about gender parity in sports, but they purposefully do not apply to Muslim hijab-wearing women and girls.

July 15, 2024

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Briefing: Gender and Human Rights in the Digital Age

Amnesty International reports that the growing incursion of technology into more areas of public life has troubling implications impacting women…

July 9, 2024

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Under-Protected and Over-Restricted: The State of the Right to Protest in 21 European Countries

Amnesty International documents that the right of peaceful assembly is increasingly coming under attack in parts of Europe.

July 8, 2024

Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, 33, smiles as she is escorted by police officers after being sentenced to seven years in prison for spreading disinformation about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine, at a court in Saint Petersburg on November 16, 2023. Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia: “I Would Love to Hug Her, but it is Impossible.” Imprisoned Dissenters Deprived of Family Contact

Amnesty International finds that Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families.

June 25, 2024

People participate in a demonstration to demand better conditions for their imprisoned relatives in front of the Palace of Justice in Caracas on June 12, 2024. Relatives of inmates protested Wednesday in Caracas in support of the hunger strike that has been underway since the weekend in some 19 Venezuelan prisons amid allegations of corruption, procedural delays, overcrowding, and limited access to food. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Venezuela: Open letter to the minister for penitentiary services regarding the detention conditions and possible torture at ‘Rodeo I’ prison

According to the information Amnesty International has received, the detention conditions in Venezuela’s ‘Rodeo I’ are cruel, inhuman and degrading,

June 25, 2024

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Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online

After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are removing abortion-related content from reproductive health and rights…

June 10, 2024

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“Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria

This Amnesty International report examines abuses and violations of international human rights law girls endured by Boko Haram and Nigerian…

June 9, 2024

Conmebol's President Alejandro Dominguez (L-2) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R-2), accompanied by Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (L) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle(R), sign a book of minutes of the 2030 World Cup during Conmebol's 78th Ordinary Congress in Luque, Paraguay on April 11, 2024. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups

This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are…

June 5, 2024

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The Entire System Against Us: Criminalization of Women Justice Operators and Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala

Amnesty International has recorded instances of criminalization of justice operators in Guatemala since 2018 in this report.

May 29, 2024

01/27/2024 Washington DC, United States. Iranian members of the diaspora and activists gather at the Lincoln Memorial in the National Mall, Washington D.C., during the 'United Against Executions in Iran' protest on January 27, 2024. They condemn the increase in death sentences by the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), a non-political and non-governmental organization dedicated to defending human rights, at least 746 people were executed in Iran in 2023. (Photo by Ali Khaligh / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ALI KHALIGH/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions 2023

Amnesty International’s report covers the judicial use of the death penalty from January to December 2023.

May 28, 2024