by Dr. Kjell Anderson | Oct 17, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
Hate speech is a grave social harm. Even where it fails to provoke violence or immediate discrimination it can have the effect of deepening social divisions and creating the conditions necessary for future persecution and violence. It moves societies away from...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 14, 2014 | General News, Iran, Situations of Concern, Technology
Sentinel Project partners with Colorado-based non-profit Space United, allows supporters to directly contribute to ‘humanitarian aerospace’ goals. The public perception of satellite imagery often conjures up visions of high-tech military hardware or the cloak and...
by Dr. Kjell Anderson | Oct 9, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
Dr. Kjell Anderson is a member of the Council of Advisors for the Sentinel Project. Additionally, he is a lecturer and researcher at the Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies (NIOD). This commentary is partly based on research conducted for a...
by Christine Mutisya | Oct 8, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern
Kenya has been relatively peaceful in the month of September in comparison to previous months. Security has been enhanced in most counties and fewer incidents of violence have been noted. However, this does not give Kenya a clean slate in terms of security. The reason...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Oct 6, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
At the end of 1932, genocide began in Ukraine. The Soviet-Russian government had made the decision to subjugate the Ukrainians by starving them. It was not a coincidence that 1932 was also the year that Moscow ceased publishing demographic data. The government was...
by Adrian Gregorich | Sep 23, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
“On August 22nd 2012, the Pokomos came to Reketa village and they killed 56 people. That morning I was in Dide Waride, and we tried to go and save our people in Rekata. When we came to Reketa we had seen 56 people dead. All of them speared, and some of them were cut...
by Adrian Gregorich | Sep 16, 2014 | Kenya, Una Hakika
Can you tell us about your typical day as a coordinator for the Una Hakika project? Its my custom to begin my day by thanking God, knowing well that each day is another opportunity given to take my life a notch closer to my goals. I’m encouraged each day knowing that...
by Christine Mutisya | Sep 11, 2014 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
Unrest has been experienced in northern Kenya due to multiple incidents of inter-ethnic clashes and terror attacks. This has not received public attention in comparison to recent attacks in Lamu and residents of those areas feel sidelined by the government. The...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 31, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
August 2014’s Burma update explores the issue of why countries with a history of Western colonial influence are at a higher risk of genocide. The divide-and-rule tactic of all tyrants of previous epochs had required the creation or exploitation of some...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 25, 2014 | General News, Technology
A central concept in the work of the Sentinel Project is the importance of security. Nowhere is this more relevant than ensuring the safety of individuals who work with us or contribute to our field operations. Because those who assist conflict prevention often face...
