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JANUARY 6, 2006

Uncovering the truth about deaths in East Timor One of Benetech's biggest Human Rights projects has been our work for Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (CAVR). The report has been completed, but not released publicly. It reminds me of the Caltech motto: "the truth shall make you free."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2006

The Wired News story did a great job of covering our work in East Timor/Timor Leste. And, our Martus human rights software was covered in a South African publication, with an article entitled: Free software working for human rights. That same article was picked up elsewhere in Africa, such as the Mail and Guardian Online.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In academic articles, on blogs and at conferences about quantifying war casualties, there has been debate about whether deaths that occur in small incidents tend to be systematically underreported in IBC’s press sources. Most of these previously-unknown deaths occurred in small incidents, in which 1-3 people were killed.

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