Report
It’s Enough for People to Feel it Exists: Civil Society, Secrecy and Surveillance in Belarus
Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and…
July 6, 2016
Press Release
Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent
Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and…
July 6, 2016
Press Release
Niger Delta: Government clean-up does not let Shell off the hook
The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean up decades of oil…
May 31, 2016
Report
The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game
Migrant workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have sufferedsystematic abuses, in some cases forced…
March 29, 2016
Report
Encryption: A Matter of Human Rights
Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights around the world, warned Amnesty International in a briefing…
March 22, 2016
Press Release
Apple v FBI: Undermining encryption opens a Pandora’s Box for human rights
Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights around the world, warned Amnesty International in a briefing…
March 22, 2016
Press Release
Investors Warned: Shell Faces Two More Lawsuits for Nigeria Oil Spills
Shell’s failure to maintain and protect pipelines may leave it liable to a raft of compensation claims from dozens of…
March 1, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Nicaragua side-lines local communities over multi-billion dollar canal
Nicaragua’s reckless handling of a multi-billion dollar project that will see a canal cutting the country in two will displace…
February 9, 2016
Report
Banks, Arms and Human Rights Violations
Inadequate and incomplete regulations and policies on financing the arms sector mean there is little to stop banks from financing…
January 29, 2016