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Using statistics to estimate the true scope of the secret killings at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war

In the last three days of the Sri Lankan civil war, as thousands of people surrendered to government authorities, hundreds of people were put on buses driven by Army officers. Many were never seen again.

In a report released today (see here), the International Truth and Justice Project for Sri Lanka and the Human Rights Data Analysis Group showed that over 500 people were disappeared on only three days — 17, 18, and 19 May.


Patrick Ball on the Perils of Misusing Human Rights Data


The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators


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


Benetech Scientists Publish Analysis of Indirect Sampling Methods in the Journal of the American Medical Association


Analyze This!


Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case


The Body Counter


What HBR Gets Wrong About Algorithms and Bias

“Kristian Lum… organized a workshop together with Elizabeth Bender, a staff attorney for the NY Legal Aid Society and former public defender, and Terrence Wilkerson, an innocent man who had been arrested and could not afford bail. Together, they shared first hand experience about the obstacles and inefficiencies that occur in the legal system, providing valuable context to the debate around COMPAS.”


Data Mining on the Side of the Angels

“Data, by itself, isn’t truth.” How HRDAG uses data analysis and statistical methods to shed light on mass human rights abuses. Executive director Patrick Ball is quoted from his speech at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany.


Hissène Habré, le Pinochet Africain


Inside a Dictator’s Secret Police


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


Death and the Mainframe: How data analysis can help document human rights atrocities


Doing a Number on Violators


Carnegie Mellon Partners With Human Rights Data Analysis Group To Improve Syrian Casualty Reporting


Megan Price: Life-Long ‘Math Nerd’ Finds Career in Social Justice

“I was always a math nerd. My mother has a polaroid of me in the fourth grade with my science fair project … . It was the history of mathematics. In college, I was a math major for a year and then switched to statistics.

I always wanted to work in social justice. I was raised by hippies, went to protests when I was young. I always felt I had an obligation to make the world a little bit better.”


In Syrian Conflict, Real-Time Evidence Of Violations


Benetech Celebrates Milestone; Human Rights Data Analysis Group Transitioning into Independent Organization


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


Our work has been used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations. We have worked with partners on projects on five continents.

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