New Statistical Analysis Contradicts Indian Government Accounts of Human Rights Violations During the Punjab Counterinsurgency

As Indians gather for Republic Day celebrations this week to mark the adoption of the Indian constitution, new analysis reveals the human cost of suspending constitutional rights in India. The Benetech® Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and Ensaaf released a report today presenting verifiable quantitative findings on mass disappearances and extrajudicial executions in the […]

Spanish Translation of “Who Did What to Whom?” Published

Manual Serves as Key Reference for Human Rights Data Gathering The Spanish version of Dr. Patrick Ball’s well-known manual, Who Did What to Whom?: Planning and Implementing a Large-Scale Human Rights Data Project, has been published under the title ¿Quién le hizo qué a quién? Planear e implementar un proyecto a gran escala de información en derechos […]

Benetech Receives Funding from the United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

Outreach and Training Program to Strengthen Human Rights Monitoring in Africa Benetech®, the leading Silicon Valley technology development nonprofit, announced today that it has received a $450,000 grant from the United States Department of State to support the Martus™ Project, an innovative open source technology tool and support network that assists grassroots NGO workers worldwide to […]