How can we protect sensitive human rights data from corporate interference? From political pressure? Learn how the #TechFreedomCoop is doing it with a decentralized storage network. hrdag.org/2026/08/04/t...

The Technology Freedom Cooperative Offers Civil Society New Independence from Big Tech

In February 2025, the Trump Administration issued sanctions against the International Criminal Court for its investigations into potential war crimes and humanitarian violations by Israel in Gaza. A f...

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The Technology Freedom Cooperative is creating decentralized data storage to serve the needs of data-driven nonprofit organizations working on accountability and justice. hrdag.org/2026/08/04/h...

Human Rights Organizations Launch Technology Freedom Cooperative to Protect Critical Data and Build Independent AI Infrastructure

New cooperative will provide technical infrastructure for organizations documenting state violence and human rights abuses SAN FRANCISCO — August 4, 2026 — A coalition of human rights, justice, and da...

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Data alone does not create accountability. Accountability comes from careful documentation, rigorous analysis, historical context, and the people courageous enough to insist that violence be counted in the first place.

Welcome to the HRDAG family, Larissa and Corinne! Our movement grows whenever we teach other researchers and statisticians how to work with human rights datasets. hrdag.org/2026/07/09/h...

HRDAG Welcomes 2026 HRDAG Human Rights Fellow and Intern

HRDAG is pleased to announce our newest summer intern and fellow: Corinne Hess joins us as a Human Rights Intern, and Larissa Arreola Moreno joins us as a Statistics and Human Rights Fellow. Corinne…

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"What is the role of transparency in advancing police accountability and justice?" asks trina reynolds-tyler of Invisible Institute moderating HRDAG's event in Oakland, CA exploring how we use data about police misconduct to work toward justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGaE...

Wandering Officer: Activists & Scholars Use Data for Police Accountability

For decades, law enforcement agencies across the United States have operated behind walls of secrecy—particularly when officers abuse their power or use lethal force. That opacity has real…

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Human rights data is rarely perfect. But imperfect data can still reveal truth—when we ask careful questions, make uncertainty visible, and stay accountable to the communities behind the numbers.

Knowing the names of the officers engaged in violence and egregious use of force is a key part of HRDAG’s larger efforts to support accountability hrdag.org/2026/07/05/n...

Naming Police Officers Who Kill in California

New Functionality in the Police Records Access Project Highlights the Names of Individual Police Officers Oakland resident Erik Salgado was 23 years old when he was stopped by the California Highway…

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Author Cory Doctorow raves about HRDAG in his most recent book, a Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.

AI research will shape everyone’s future, so the public should be actively involved. Researchers working on this issue can join a new coalition and help make participation part of the process.

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From indigenous AI to worker organizing, communities are building evidence to improve lives - alongside journalists, scientists, & civil society. @thecoalition.bsky.social Participatory AI Research Network recently met to discuss our favorites. Join us! independenttechresearch.org/participator...

There are just a few days left to submit nominations for the 2026 John Maddox Prize. (HRDAG's Patrick Ball won in 2024!) johnmaddoxprize.awardstage.com#!/p0

Looking for HRDAG research? Our publications focus on the statistical foundations of human rights data analysis, with advocacy led by our partners. hrdag.org/publications

HRDAG - Human Rights Data Analysis Group

From time to time, we issue our own scientific reports that focus on the statistical aspects of the data analysis we have done in support of our partners. These reports are non-partisan, and they…

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HRDAG provides the best scientific analysis of human rights data for our partners seeking justice and accountability in the United States and around the world. Support our work with a donation today: hrdag.networkforgood.com

Put Data Science to Work for Justice and Human Rights

Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) We are data scientists for human rights. We are non-partisan and non-profit. We seek opportunities where the debate hinges on a question of fact. Our work…

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HRDAG is pleased to announce our newest summer intern and fellow: Corinne Hess joins us as a Human Rights Intern, and Larissa Arreola Moreno joins us as a Statistics and Human Rights Fellow. hrdag.org/2026/07/09/h...

HRDAG Welcomes 2026 HRDAG Human Rights Fellow and Intern

HRDAG is pleased to announce our newest summer intern and fellow: Corinne Hess joins us as a Human Rights Intern, and Larissa Arreola Moreno joins us as a Statistics and Human Rights Fellow. Corinne…

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Nominations are open for the 2026 John Maddox Prize. Submit your nominations here for someone courageously advancing public discourse with sound science. (HRDAG's Patrick Ball won in 2024!) johnmaddoxprize.awardstage.com#!/p0

More and more researchers are realizing that public participation is crucial to the future of AI research. If you want to be part of the movement, join this new coalition. bsky.app/profile/nate...

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From indigenous AI to worker organizing, communities are building evidence to improve lives - alongside journalists, scientists, & civil society. @thecoalition.bsky.social Participatory AI Research Network recently met to discuss our favorites. Join us! independenttechresearch.org/participator...

HRDAG's Patrick Ball is featured in the new book On Courage by @juliaangwin.com and @fieldsmeyer.com. Ball talks about the power of data science to deliver accountability in an era of state violence and crime.

HRDAG's Patrick Ball joined the 21 in 21 podcast to discuss how his team: ☑️ analyzes state violence with statistics ☑️ uses decentralized and tamper-proof technologies to protect the integrity of human rights evidence ☑️ deploys AI in support of human rights www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6h...

21 in 21: Patrick Ball on Using Bitcoin and AI to Defend Human Rights

Patrick Ball, Director of Research at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, joins Haley Berkoe on 21 in 21 to discuss how data, bitcoin, and AI can help defend human rights. Patrick explains how his…

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Watch HRDAG's Tarak Shah on @meetamathematician.bsky.social #Mathsky: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0h...

MEET a Mathematician! - Tarak Shah

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The Police Records Access Project, a coalition project involving HRDAG and academic, research, journalistic, and nonprofit groups, now has new functionality that lifts up the names of police officers involved in violent events.

What happens when human rights work meets new tools like AI and bitcoin? HRDAG’s Patrick Ball joined 21 in 21 to talk about data, accountability, and defending human rights in a changing tech landscape. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6h...

21 in 21: Patrick Ball on Using Bitcoin and AI to Defend Human Rights

Patrick Ball, Director of Research at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, joins Haley Berkoe on 21 in 21 to discuss how data, bitcoin, and AI can help defend human rights. Patrick explains how his…

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The Police Records Access Project, a coalition project involving HRDAG and academic, research, journalistic, and nonprofit groups, now has new functionality that lifts up the names of police officers involved in violent events.

Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net describes why he loves HRDAG and our work using AI to analyze and find hidden patterns in records of state violence.

Rachel @maddow.bsky.social quotes @hrdag.org's Patrick Ball, on holding ICE agents accountable: "You can wear cute little balaclavas. It may protect you from a few minutes of social media shame, but people are never going to give up their pursuit of you because you’ve destroyed their lives."

Sunday Long Read: How @hrdag.org and our coalition partners are lifting up the names of police officers who kill through an ambitious data and public records project. hrdag.substack.com/p/naming-pol...

Naming Police Officers Who Kill in California

Structural Zero 12: New Functionality in the Police Records Access Project Highlights the Names of Individual Police Officers

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We could not do this without your support. Donate today so HRDAG can continue to use science and statistical modeling to uncover human rights abuses. hrdag.networkforgood.com

Put Data Science to Work for Justice and Human Rights

Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) We are data scientists for human rights. We are non-partisan and non-profit. We seek opportunities where the debate hinges on a question of fact. Our work…

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The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is: ✅ careful methods ✅ open code ✅ reproducible analysis ✅ a team that believes numbers can help tell the truth 🧮

Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net describes why he loves HRDAG and our work using AI to analyze and find hidden patterns in records of state violence.

Tarak Shah interview on @meetamathematician.bsky.social, talking about how his work using statistical analysis helps support human rights: "A thing that gives me a lot of motivation is that a lot of the work that's most important to do, you can do. It's just mostly effort that is required."

At a recent convening at Kinfolx in Oakland, community members gathered to hold space for grief over loved ones lost to police violence—and talk about how data and transparency laws can support activists fighting for reform. hrdag.org/2026/02/03/w...

Watch Now: The Wandering Officer—New Databases for Police Accountability

What does justice look like for communities struggling with police violence? For Cat Brooks, Co-Founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP), true justice isn’t possible. "There is no such thing…

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Behind every human rights dataset are people: survivors, witnesses, families, advocates, and communities working to make the truth impossible to ignore.