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Press Release
Global: Hottest Year on Record Underlines Severity of the Climate Crisis
Amnesty International reacts to the European Union’s Copernicus Global Climate Report confirming that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded.
January 9, 2024
Report
Silicon Shadows: Venture Capital, Human Rights, and the Lack of Due Diligence
Leading VC firms are largely failing in their responsibility to address risks and actual harms, including by conducting human rights due diligence.
January 8, 2024
Press Release
Israel/OPT: Adoption of UN Resolution to Expedite Humanitarian Aid to Gaza an Important but Insufficient Step
Amnesty International USA responds to United Nations Security Council adoption of a compromise resolution calling for “urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered and expanded humanitarian access” to Gaza.
December 22, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reaction to New Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy
Amnesty International USA responds to the Department of Defense's new Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy.
December 22, 2023
Press Release
Myanmar: Military Should be Investigated for War Crimes in Response to ‘Operation 1027’
Myanmar’s military has unlawfully killed, arbitrarily detained and stolen from civilians as it struggles to contain the heaviest outburst of armed resistance since the 2021 coup, Amnesty International said today.
December 22, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Response to New Texas Anti-Immigration Law
Amnesty International responds to Texas Governor Greg Abbott signing two extreme, anti-immigrant bills that criminalize seeking asylum and allow law enforcement to racially profile people across Texas into law.
December 20, 2023
Press Release
Urgently Investigate Inhumane Treatment and Enforced Disappearance of Palestinian Detainees from Gaza
Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the fate of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip detained by Israeli forces amid reports of mass enforced disappearances.
December 20, 2023
Press Release
Sudan: Fresh Fears for Civilians as Fighting Extends to Wad Madani
Amnesty International responds to the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s second city Wad Madani.
December 19, 2023
Press Release
Global: What Happened at COP28? Essential Need-to-Knows
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended after 14 days with an agreement which recognized for the first time the need to move away from fossil fuels.
December 14, 2023
Press Release
COP28 Agreement to Move Away from Fossil Fuels Sets Precedent but Falls Short of Safeguarding Human Rights
COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil society.
December 13, 2023
Press Release
Venture Capital Firms Funding Generative Artificial Intelligence Ignoring Duty to Protect Human Rights
Surveys with the ten largest venture capital funds and two largest start-up accelerators investing in Generative AI companies revealed hardly any were taking steps to safeguard human rights.
December 13, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reaction to UN Ceasefire Vote
Amnesty International responds to the US vote against a UN resolution presented at a General Assembly Emergency Special Session on the ongoing crisis in Gaza and demanding a ceasefire.
December 12, 2023