by Sentinel Project | Feb 7, 2011 | Iran, Situations of Concern
In recent weeks, Iranian Baha’is have continued to be targeted in several ways: January 18 One arrest in Sari HRANA reports that upon being summoned to the local Ministry of Information office, Sari resident Fayzullah Rowshan was arrested and kept out of contact...
by Sentinel Project | Feb 3, 2011 | Team Announcements
A member of the Sentinel Project Research Team, Collin Sullivan, is currently attending the 2011 Strata Conference in Santa Clara, California, where this year’s theme is “Making Data Work.” Strata is a great opportunity for Collin since he has a...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 22, 2011 | Team Announcements
During our research on different risk factors, we came across some references by different scholars to the way that a population’s ethnic composition can influence the likelihood of ethnic conflict and genocide. For example, Jane Springer explains that if one...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 21, 2011 | General News
UN Dispatch has reported a statement from the United Nations which warns of the possibility of genocide in Ivory Coast, where opposing sides continue to face off over a disputed presidential election in late 2010. Francis Deng, the Special Adviser on the Prevention of...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 21, 2011 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Three recent events highlight the ongoing actions against Baha’is in Iran: January 14 Raid on “Achilan Doors”: Four Arrests HRANA (English translation available here) reports that security agents raided Achilan Doors, a manufacturing company based in...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 11, 2011 | Team Announcements
As we announced in a recent blog post, the Research Team has been making progress on a list of risk factors that increase the likelihood of genocide taking place in a given country. While this is definitely a milestone in our development, it is really just one part of...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 7, 2011 | General News
CNN recently published an op-ed piece by Chris Taylor and Anthony Zinni, “Military needs response plan to genocide.” In it, Taylor and Zinni outline the need for a standard military doctrine to guide responses to genocide and mass atrocities. Such events...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 4, 2011 | Iran, Situations of Concern
New reports from two Iranian human rights organizations have become available through the Sen’s Daily blog and shed light on the recent series of arson attacks against Baha’i businesses in the city of Rafsanjan, Iran. The Committee of Human Rights...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 3, 2011 | Team Announcements
Our Research Team is starting to wrap up its work on identifying and evaluating the risk factors which increase the likelihood of genocide in a given country. This effort began last year with a literature survey of various scholarly sources outlining the...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 3, 2011 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights has reported a series of arson attacks against Baha’i-owned businesses over the last two months. These attacks appear to be part of a deliberate and organized effort. A local prayer leader is quoted as saying “What...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 1, 2011 | General News, Team Announcements
An exciting new initiative launched by actor George Clooney, Google, several anti-genocide NGOs and the United Nations will use commercial satellites to monitor Sudan in preparation for the upcoming referendum on independence for the southern half of the country. The...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 30, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
A couple reports of recent anti-Baha’i events in Iran became available over the past week. Here is a brief summary: December 23 Two Baha’i students expelled in Tabriz A blog provides a translation of a Persian-language report that two Baha’i students...
