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...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 17, 2010 | Team Announcements
On 12 December 2010, members of the Sentinel Project met in Toronto to discuss changes to the governance structure of the organization and confirm the new board of directors. Generally speaking, the aim of these changes was to define membership status in the...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 15, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Iran Press Watch reports a story from the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) about the seizure of agricultural land belonging to Baha’is in Ivel, Mazandaran Province. This land has, at the instigation of some local community members, been donated to the...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 13, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Baha’i International Community sent a letter last week to Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary, highlighting anti-Baha’i persecution. The letter requests that “the Baha’is in that country be granted their...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 7, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) has released a report outlining the campaign of discrimination against certain students initiated under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 3, 2010 | General News
The Advocate General of Argentina, in concert with a humanitarian organization, has called upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH). The CIDH is a branch of the Organization of American States, and its attention has been called in this case following...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 28, 2010 | Team Announcements
We are pleased to welcome Sara Alimardani to the Operations Team here at the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention. Sara holds a master’s degree in international relations and her interest lies predominantly in human security. She has done extensive research...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 28, 2010 | Team Announcements
On 15 November 2010, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and Mémorial de la Shoah co-hosted the International Symposium on Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Paris, France. Samantha Power, a special assistant to President Barack Obama on human...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 25, 2010 | Team Announcements
The Inter Press Service (IPS) has published an article about the role of hate speech and propaganda in fueling genocide, in which our executive director Christopher Tuckwood is quoted. This article follows on the heels of a recent United Nations event on “Dangerous...
