Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. This report provides additional detail to the Timorese truth commission's recently released report "Chega!" ("Enough!").

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2005

Our staff are actively working in the region in Sri Lanka and East Timor, but on December 26th were not in harm's way. This contrasts with Patrick's work in political violence, where assessing the numbers and patterns of human rights violations is important for accountability.

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Sri Lanka Timor Disaster University 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2006

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

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Timor News Africa Press 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This method has been used for estimating large-scale killings in Guatemala , Kosovo , Perú , Srebrenica , East Timor , and Colombia , among others. Depending on the degree of overlap of cases between the sources, the number of deaths that were not reported to any source will differ.

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Iraq Data Timor Database 134

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2013

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Podcast Interview Afghanistan Timor 63

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 19, 2010

As a small child I was profoundly affected by the glimpses I got into the injustices in the world so I became a human rights lawyer and spent a decade working in places like the Gaza Strip, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. But my experience has always been that I do the most good when I am doing what I love with people I love.

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Fun Share Afghanistan Timor 65

Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Accelerating extreme weather events have inspired creative solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on physical infrastructure: Copenhagens permeable tiled roads absorb stormwater, Timor-Lestes vetiver grass plantings prevent landslides, and New York Citys reflective cool roofs reduce urban heat capture.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

” In East Timor, where Francis’s final outdoor Mass drew nearly half of the population last September, President Jose Ramos-Horta praised Francis’s courage. “He may have been contradictory, but that was nice, too.”

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