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Beneblog by Jim Fruchterman, President, Benetech (Photo Credit: Michael Collopy/Courtesy of Skoll Foundation)

The Beneblog is a weblog by Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman, on issues and ideas that affect the application of technology to unmet social needs.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) Releases Report for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

July 3, 2009, Palo Alto, CA — The Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has released a report based on its analysis of more than 17,000 victim and witness statements collected by the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The report, entitled "Descriptive Statistics From Statements to the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission," is included as an annex to the final report of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released on July 1 in Monrovia, Liberia. The press release and summary of the HRDAG report provides details on the findings.

HRDAG provided the statistical expertise to transform information from the TRC statements into scientifically-defensible knowledge to create a clear historical record and help end impunity for the perpetrators of human rights abuses in LIberia. According to the HRDAG report, former Liberian President Charles Taylor &mdash already on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war &mdash also lead the Liberian rebel group responsible for the largest number of violations during Liberia's 24 years of civil unrest.

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