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People gather to protest against Hong Kong's new national security law outside the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles on March 23, 2024. Hong Kong's new national security law came into force on March 23, putting into immediate effect tough penalties of up to life imprisonment for crimes including treason and insurrection. The law -- commonly referred to as Article 23 -- will target five categories of national security crimes, and was swiftly passed by Hong Kong's opposition-free legislature on Tuesday. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Encourages Companies to Undertake Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence Under Increasingly Repressive Rule in Hong Kong

The U.S. continues to call for Chinese authorities to “respect Hong Kong’s promised high degree of autonomy,”

September 12, 2024

Masai child waves to tourists in Tanzania. Ndutu, Tanzania.
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Tanzania: Private Business Complicit in Forced Evictions of Maasai Communities by Authorities

Private businesses have been complicit in forced evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in Loliondo by Tanzanian…

August 7, 2024

Masai man, wearing traditional blankets, overlooks Serengeti in Tanzania as the colorful sunset fills the sky. Wild grass in the forground.
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Business as Usual in Bloodied Land? Role of Businesses in Forced Evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania

This Amnesty International report calls on businesses operating in Loliondo in Tanzania to respect the human rights of the Maasai…

August 6, 2024

Conmebol's President Alejandro Dominguez (L-2) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R-2), accompanied by Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (L) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle(R), sign a book of minutes of the 2030 World Cup during Conmebol's 78th Ordinary Congress in Luque, Paraguay on April 11, 2024.
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Global: Saudi Arabia Bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup Whitewashes Human Rights Record While Joint Bid for 2030 Leaves Key Gaps

Saudi Arabia has failed to meet FIFA’s own human rights requirements in its bid for the 2034 men’s World Cup.

August 1, 2024

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Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders - New Report

FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard…

June 5, 2024

Conmebol's President Alejandro Dominguez (L-2) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R-2), accompanied by Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (L) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle(R), sign a book of minutes of the 2030 World Cup during Conmebol's 78th Ordinary Congress in Luque, Paraguay on April 11, 2024. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups

This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are…

June 5, 2024

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Europe: New EU Due Diligence Law Governing Big Business Is a Groundbreaking Advance for Human Rights

A vote by ministers of the 27 EU member states today to pass a law requiring big businesses to identify…

May 24, 2024

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Global: FIFA Must Publish Its Review into Compensation for Workers Harmed Delivering the World Cup in Qatar

Ahead of its annual congress next week FIFA should make public the review it ordered into the organization’s responsibilities to…

May 9, 2024

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Bangladesh: Garment Workers Must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately

Bangladesh must immediately end the repression of worker rights and ensure that workers are paid fair wages and can exercise…

May 1, 2024

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FIFA Sponsorship Deal with Saudi Aramco Covering World Cups Raises Human Rights Concerns

World football could be dogged by human rights violations unless action is taken to address Saudi Arabia's atrocious human rights…

April 26, 2024

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Global: Dow’s Failure to Offer Remedy for Bhopal Disaster Has Created a Sacrifice Zone

This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities…

March 28, 2024

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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…

December 13, 2023