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Death Numbers


The ghost in the machine

“Every kind of classification system – human or machine – has several kinds of errors it might make,” [Patrick Ball] says. “To frame that in a machine learning context, what kind of error do we want the machine to make?” HRDAG’s work on predictive policing shows that “predictive policing” finds patterns in police records, not patterns in occurrence of crime.


News Wrap: U.N. Reports 60,000 Dead in Syria Since Civil War Began Two Years Ago


Data Dive Reveals 15,000 New Victims of Syria War


Over 60,000 Dead in Syria conflict, UN Says


Syrian Death Toll Reaches 60,000, Says UN Rights Agency


60,000 Dead in Syria? Why the Death Toll is Likely Even Higher


Tech for Truth


In Syrian Conflict, Real-Time Evidence Of Violations


Por qué los datos casan con la hipótesis de que hubo genocidio


Guatemalan Ex-Cops Get 40 Years for Labor Leader’s Slaying


Human Rights Violations of Hissène Habré


The Quiet Revolution


Condenan a 40 años de cárcel a dos ex policías


A Human Rights Statistician Finds Truth In Numbers

The tension started in the witness room. “You could feel the stress rolling off the walls in there,” Patrick Ball remembers. “I can remember realizing that this is why lawyers wear sport coats – you can’t see all the sweat on their arms and back.” He was, you could say, a little nervous to be cross-examined by Slobodan Milosevic.


Truth Commissioner

From the Guatemalan military to the South African apartheid police, code cruncher Patrick Ball singles out the perpetrators of political violence.


Truth Commissioner


Mining data on mutilations, beatings, murders


How Do We Know the Death Toll in Syria Is Accurate?


Coders Bare Invasion Death Count


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