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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Biden Must Take Action on Promise to End Federal Death Penalty

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Furman v. Georgia ruling, which temporarily outlawed executions in…

June 27, 2022

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Hundreds Killed in Relentless Russian Shelling of Kharkiv – New Investigation

Hundreds of civilians have been killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by indiscriminate Russian shelling using widely banned cluster…

June 12, 2022

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Military Onslaught in Myanmar’s Eastern States Amounts to Collective Punishment

Myanmar’s military has been systematically committing widespread atrocities in recent months, including unlawfully killing, arbitrarily detaining and forcibly displacing civilians…

May 31, 2022

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Death Penalty 2021: State-Sanctioned Killings Rise as Executions Spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to…

May 23, 2022

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FIFA Should Match $440M World Cup Prize Money to Fund Major Compensation Program for Abused Migrant Workers in Qatar

FIFA should earmark at least $440M to provide remedy for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered…

May 18, 2022

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US Continuing to Fail Indigenous Women As Rates of Sexual Violence in Tribal Communities Remain at Epidemic Proportions

The U.S. government is continuing to fail its obligations to uphold the human rights of Indigenous women, as rates of…

May 17, 2022

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One year on, ‘State of Siege’ used as a tool to crush dissent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

A State of Siege, which is similar to a state of emergency, enforced in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces…

May 9, 2022

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Russian Forces Must Face Justice for War Crimes in Kyiv Oblast – New Investigation

Russian forces must face justice for a series of war crimes committed in the region northwest of Kyiv, Amnesty International…

May 6, 2022

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Crimes Against Humanity in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone

Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November…

April 5, 2022

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Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic

Wealthy states colluded with corporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair…

March 28, 2022

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Proposed gold mine is ‘recipe for disaster’ amid repression of Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia

Indonesian authorities should immediately halt plans to develop a sprawling gold mine the size of the city of Jakarta in volatile Papua Province,…

March 21, 2022

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Tigrayan Forces Murder, Rape and Pillage in Attacks on Civilians in Amhara Towns in Ethiopia

Fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed dozens of people, gang-raped dozens of women and girls…

February 15, 2022