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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

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As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on HRDAG’s analysis of the 31.7 Guzmán’s testimony was based on HRDAG’s analysis of the 31.7

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Benetech’s Daniel Guzmán Publishes Account of Landmark Guatemalan Human Rights Case

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In October 2010, Guzmán stood before three judges to defend his statistical findings, which supported the prosecutor’s case against the police officers. We have been working in partnership with the archive staff who have been using Benetech’s Martus software to secure the data.

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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

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Information about devices that support image descriptions can be found at the DIAGRAM website. The DIAGRAM Center was launched in May 2010 by Benetech with support from the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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The FCC and Accessibility

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Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. It’s certainly within our technical capabilities to provide a basic level of access to the information and communication capabilities of the Internet and web through broadband.

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Print Access for All: Anna Reid in Chennai

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Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

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A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. So, your lawyer’s opinion may vary, and is likely to be better informed on the legal aspects.

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Understanding Income Inequality

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Have the answers to these questions changed during recent years (2007, 2010, 2013)? What “micro” factors raise the poverty risk for persons and households – age? family structure? employment attachment and educational level of adult household members?

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