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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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Industry along the Houston Ship Channel seen in an aerial view shot on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) — (Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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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BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 25: A Cruz Roja member is seen at the pavilion that Fira de Barcelona fair prepares to accommodate homeless people during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak on March 25, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images). Fira De Barcelona Shall Accommodate Homeless People. A coalition Cruz Roja, ‘Red Cross’, Barcelona City Council, Spanish Army, E.T. Logistics Brigade, UME Military Emergency Unit, Urban Guard, Health Personnel and Bombers of Catalonia. For 225 homeless, check them without Coronavirus ready to accommodate them, bunks, showers and food. (Photo by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Highlights Human Rights Priorities for Country Responses to COVID-19 

Amnesty International has published recommendations today for countries in Europe, urging them to ensure that their responses to COVID-19 are in line with…

April 1, 2020

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – MARCH 30, 2020: Police officers in face masks patrol the area around Patriarshy Pond in central Moscow during the pandemic of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). On 29 March 2020, Moscow’s authorities issued a stay-at-home order to all people in Moscow regardless of their age, which comes into effect from 30 March 2020. Earlier, the Russian government announced a paid week off work (30 March to 3 April) for employed people and school holidays (21 March – 12 April), while Moscow’s authorities ordered the shutdown of restaurants, leisure facilities and other service industry businesses and urged older Muscovites to self-isolate to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)

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Authorities in Russia Urged to Protect Half a Million Prison Population in Face of COVID-19

Russian authorities should take urgent measures to address the potentially devastating consequences should COVID-19 begin spreading among prisoners and detainees,…

March 31, 2020

A man receives a mask the Cruz Verde Unit “Delgadillo Araujo” municipal hospital which was designated to serve exclusively for patients who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on March 23, 2020. – The number of deaths around the world from the novel coronavirus now stands at 16,146, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT Monday from official sources. More than 361,510 declared cases have been registered in 174 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December, though that figure likely reflects only a fraction of the actual number of infections. (Photo by Ulises RUIZ / AFP) (Photo by ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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AMERICAS AT A CROSSROADS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Faced with an unprecedented pandemic, governments across the Americas have begun to respond to COVID-19 in a variety of ways,…

March 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: An ambulance sits parked on the plaza outside the U.S. Capitol March 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. After taking the weekend off, the Senate will return on Monday afternoon and will take up the House-passed coronavirus relief bill. The legislation in the House bill includes some provisions for paid emergency leave and free COVID-19 testing. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Amnesty International USA Asks States, President Trump to Prioritize Human Rights in their Responses to COVID-19, Particularly in Regards to Marginalized Populations

This week, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a briefing paper detailing preliminary observations of states’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak…

March 17, 2020

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Amnesty International USA, Partners Intervene in Landmark Youth Climate Case Calling for the Courts to Play Their Role, Protect Rights

A coalition of environmental and human rights organizations that includes Amnesty International USA, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL),…

March 13, 2020

MIRAFLORES, LIMA, PERU – 2019/12/07: Female demonstrators covering their eyes performing in a feminist flash mob “A Rapist in Your Path” (In Spanish “Un violador en tu camino”) in protest of violence against women. The song, written by Chile feminist group Las Tesis is becoming an international feminist phenomenon. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Countries cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in the Americas in 2019

As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their…

February 27, 2020

HONG KONG, CHINA – JANUARY 19: Protesters take part in a Universal Siege On Communists’ rally at The Cenotaph in Central district on January 19, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong rally ahead of Lunar New Year to continue their demands for an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word “riot” to describe the rallies, and genuine universal suffrage.(Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

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New Generation of Young Activists Lead Fight Against Worsening Repression in Asia

A wave of youth-led protests across Asia is defying escalating repression and a continent-wide crackdown on freedom of expression and…

January 29, 2020

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War and Exclusion in Yemen Leave Millions of People with Disabilities in the Lurch

Millions of people with disabilities in Yemen have not only endured years of armed conflict but are also among those…

December 2, 2019

A picture taken on October 1, 2019 in Lille shows the logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

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Facebook and Google’s Pervasive Surveillance Poses An Unprecedented Danger To Human Rights

Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in…

November 20, 2019

Turkish anti-riot police officers run as Kurds protest against Turkish military operation in Syria, in Istanbul, on October 13, 2019. – Fighting has engulfed the border area in northeastern Syria since Turkey launched an offensive on October 9 to push back the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), displacing 130,000 people so far according to the United Nations, amidst warnings from aid groups of another humanitarian disaster in Syria’s eight-year-old war if the offensive is not halted. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hundreds in Turkey Arrested in Crackdown on Critics of Military Offensive in Syria

Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria…

November 1, 2019

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Comprehensive Health Services Contributing to the Violation of Children’s Rights by Operating the Homestead Facility in Florida

Amnesty International USA today called on U.S. government contractor, Comprehensive Health Services, to end its operations at the Homestead detention…

October 18, 2019

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Human Rights Defenders in Morocco Targeted Using Malicious NSO Israeli Spyware

Two prominent human rights defenders in Morocco have been targeted using surveillance technology developed by the Israeli-based company NSO Group,…

October 9, 2019