Amnesty International produces reports based on rigorous and independent research. These reports document patterns of human rights abuses and provide a blueprint for change.
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.
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.
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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Former refugees tortured, raped, disappeared in Syria after returning home
Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who returned home after seeking refuge abroad to detention, disappearance and torture, including sexual violence,…
September 7, 2021
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Risky Business: Top 10 Leading Venture Capital Firms Failing in their Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
Almost none of the world’s largest venture capitalist (VC) firms have adequate human rights due diligence policies in place, Amnesty…
July 30, 2021
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New Report Finds Biden’s Immigration Approach Falls Short of Promises
According to a new report released today by Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the Biden administration’s approach to people seeking safety…
June 17, 2021
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The United States and Mexico deporting thousands of unaccompanied migrant children into harm’s way
The US and Mexican governments are forcibly returning tens of thousands of unaccompanied children seeking safety to the countries they…
June 11, 2021
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Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China, amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture…
June 10, 2021
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Governments Must Stop Conniving with Fossil Fuel Industries to Burn Our Rights
The world’s richest governments are effectively condemning millions of people to starvation, drought and displacement through their continued support of…
June 6, 2021
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Death penalty 2020: Despite Covid-19, some countries ruthlessly pursued death sentences and executions
The unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic were not enough to deter 18 countries from carrying out executions in 2020,…
April 20, 2021
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Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World’s Human Rights
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and…
April 6, 2021
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Eritrean Troops’ Massacre of Hundreds of Axum Civilians May Amount to Crime Against Humanity
Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on…
February 25, 2021
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Vietnamese Activists Targeted by Notorious Hacking Group
Hacking group Ocean Lotus, which has been suspected of having links with the Vietnamese government, is behind a sustained campaign…
February 23, 2021
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Government Tactics to Silence Criticism and Social Demands Deepen Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua
Since the current human rights erupted in Nicaragua in 2018, the government has clamped down on all forms of dissent…
February 15, 2021
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New Report Details Ongoing Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility
Amnesty International has released a new report highlighting ongoing and historic human rights violations at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, as detentions…
January 11, 2021