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It's sad, but the truth is that Amnesty International has had ample practice over many decades when it comes to the grim business of collecting and correlating
by M_Grey 10y ago
It's sad, but the truth is that Amnesty International has had ample practice over many decades when it comes to the grim business of collecting and correlating detailed accounts of the depths of human misery. It's good to see that modern techniques and tools make it possible to put that to more use than just testimony of what a wretched species we are.
>To aid them with their campaign for independent monitoring of the prison, Amnesty collaborated with Forensic Architecture, a research agency at Goldsmiths, University of London that uses "architectural evidence" to work on behalf of international prosecutors, human rights organizations, and political justice groups. Together, they've created an interactive model of Saydnaya prison—a place completely closed off to outsiders—using only aerial satellite images and the testimonies of former detainees.
Imagine being able to do that with Birkenau or Dachau while it was still in use. If people still can't bring themselves to care enough to at least recognize what's happening, then it won't be for lack of trying or furnishing them with opportunities.