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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Benetech Report. The data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Both SIGACTS and IBC are well-run, careful projects, but even very good direct observations that collect information on violence systematically will tend to accumulate data that is unrepresentative of the actual conflict patterns they are attempting to uncover.

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