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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). On January 4, some of the key statistical findings were disclosed in a press release that corrects some of the incorrect press reports.

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MARCH 6, 2006

Wired News: Coders Bare Invasion Death Count We have gotten excellent press for our human rights program lately. The Wired News story did a great job of covering our work in East Timor/Timor Leste. That same article was picked up elsewhere in Africa, such as the Mail and Guardian Online.

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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. Benetech Report. The data.

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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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