Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on Social Media Companies’ Obligations to Protect User Privacy Following Supreme Court Repeal of Abortion Rights
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S.…
July 5, 2022
Report
FIFA Should Match 440M World Cup Prize Money to Fund Major Compensation Program for Abused Migrant Workers in Qatar
FIFA should earmark at least $440M to provide remedy for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered…
May 18, 2022
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on Twitter's Commitment to Protecting Human Rights
Responding to today's news that Elon Musk has reached a deal to acquire Twitter, Michael Kleinman, Director of Technology and…
April 25, 2022
Press Release
After Almost 1,000 Days of Arbitrary Detention, Steven Donziger’s Release Highlights Urgent Need for Action Against SLAPPs
In response to the news that the unjust six-month sentence of human rights defender and environmental lawyer Steven Donziger has…
April 25, 2022
Report
Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic
Wealthy states colluded with corporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair…
March 28, 2022
Press Release
Bernardo Caal Xol should never have spent a day in prison
Today, March 24, 2022, Bernardo Caal Xol was released from the penitentiary centre in Cobán after more than four years…
March 24, 2022
Report
Proposed gold mine is 'recipe for disaster' amid repression of Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia
Indonesian authorities should immediately halt plans to develop a sprawling gold mine the size of the city of Jakarta in volatile Papua Province,…
March 21, 2022
Press Release
Over 100 environmental and human rights organizations join Amnesty International’s call for Biden to pardon Steven Donziger
For more than two years, human rights lawyer Steven Donziger - currently serving the remainder of a six month sentence…
March 15, 2022
Press Release
Kremlin’s Ruthless Crackdown Stifles Independent Journalism and Anti-War Movement
The Russian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented, nationwide crackdown on independent journalism, anti-war protests and dissenting voices following Russia’s invasion…
March 10, 2022
Blog
As millions in Afghanistan suffer from hunger, exposure, and a collapsing economy, the Biden Administration must act immediately to save lives. Here’s how.
Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing. Behind the statistics carefully tracking the rising price of food, the falling value of the currency,…
February 16, 2022
Press Release
New Research Finds Facial Recognition Technology Is Reinforcing Racist Stop-and-Frisk Policing in New York
New Yorkers living in areas at greater risk of stop-and-frisk by police are also more exposed to invasive facial recognition…
February 14, 2022
Report
Pharmaceutical companies’ failure on equal COVID-19 vaccine access contributed human rights catastrophe in 2021
Despite urgent calls to ensure the equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies tragically failed to rise to…
February 14, 2022