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FEBRUARY 11, 2006

Counting the Human Cost in East Timor Our Human Rights Group just released the statistical report detailing widespread and systematic violations in Timor-Leste during the period 1974-1999. For more information, check these links: Benetech's press release. The data. Benetech Report.

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AUGUST 3, 2004

Benetech is pleased to announce that we have finalized a contract with the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation (CAVR) of Timor-Leste (East Timor). Our analysis will complement the CAVR's legal, qualitative and historical findings.

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Timor Analysis Statistics Database 100

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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