1. Nathaniel A Raymond was born on November 11,1977 and is an American human rights investigator, specializing in the investigation of war crimes, including mass killings and torture.
14 Facts About Nathaniel Raymond
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Nathaniel Raymond led Physicians for Human Rights' investigation into torture by the United States government and other governments as part of the War on Terror.
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Nathaniel Raymond oversaw an inquiry into Dasht-i-Leili massacre in northern Afghanistan, which included the discovery of a mass grave site in 2002.
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Nathaniel Raymond directed an investigation into the role of psychologists during torture sessions, and has alleged that the American Psychological Association changed its ethics policy specifically to allow psychologists to be present during investigations when torture is used.
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Nathaniel Raymond criticized the Central Intelligence Agency and United States Department of Defense for performing torture and human experimentation on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and at black sites.
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Nathaniel Raymond stated that those acts were in violation of the Geneva Conventions, the United Nations Convention against Torture, the Nuremberg Code, and the War Crimes Act of 1996, and has advocated the prosecution of CIA agents and military personnel who engaged in torture.
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Nathaniel Raymond has recommended that Congress modify the War Crimes Act to strengthen its prohibition against human experimentation, and that state governments specifically prohibit health care professionals from participating in torture or the improper treatment of prisoners.
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Nathaniel Raymond was the director of operations for the Satellite Sentinel Project, a program sponsored by George Clooney, and coordinated through the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, which utilized satellite imagery and other information to produce reports on the security situation in the Sudan.
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Nathaniel Raymond stated that the Sudanese military violated the Geneva Conventions during their capture of the town of Abyei.
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Nathaniel Raymond founded and currently directs Harvard's Signal Program, which conducts research and teaching on the use of technology to document and prevent human rights violations.
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Nathaniel Raymond has advocated the use of human intelligence and satellite surveillance to investigate and prevent human rights abuses, but has expressed concerns about the misapplication or abuse of that data.
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Nathaniel Raymond has stated that an ethics code should be created for the use of crisis mapping.
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Nathaniel Raymond has been a lifelong advocate for the rights of household pets, specifically their right not to be strapped to the tops of moving vehicles.
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Nathaniel Raymond's writing on Seamus attracted attention in the Wikipedia community due to accusations of political bias against Mitt Romney.