by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 18, 2013 | Burma
A confidential source inside Burma reported to the Sentinel Project on the Eid violence which began August 9. The most concerning information relayed is that despite the official abolition of NaSaKa announced by Thein Sein in mid-July 2013, the force, which has been...
by Danny Hirschel-Burns | Aug 16, 2013 | General News
*This is the second of two blog posts that examines local, nonviolent responses to mass atrocities. This post examines specific strategies communities can use. For the first post, click here.”During mass atrocities, most civilians survive with little outside...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 15, 2013 | General News
The following blog series by the Sentinel Project’s Steven Kiersons explores how the physical sciences and Western philosophy contributed to the modern phenomenon of genocide and totalitarianism. Kiersons illustrates how the rise of scientism following the...
by Sean Langberg | Aug 13, 2013 | General News
Click here to read the entire report on localized early warning systems. For decades, people around the world concerned about the outbreak of mass atrocities and genocide have chanted the “Never Again” refrain. Dozens of reports, conferences, and symposiums have...
by Troy Powell | Aug 13, 2013 | General News, Iran, Team Announcements
What happens when intervention and humanitarian efforts are blocked at the highest levels of government? Despite the technological progress society has enjoyed, the unprecedented spread of information and the ongoing development of international laws, interventions...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 9, 2013 | Burma
Shortly before July, Time Magazine announced its intention to publish a cover story naming Wirathu, a militant nationalist Burmese monk, “The Face of Buddhist Terror.” Until July, Wirathu was relatively obscure outside Burma, and although most were aware...
by Danny Hirschel-Burns | Aug 8, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
*This post is the first of two that look at nonviolent, local responses to mass atrocities. This post looks at the causes of mass atrocities and the reasons for nonviolent, local responses.”Local communities, especially when geographically isolated, often need...
by Sentinel Project | Aug 1, 2013 | General News
By Dr. Faustin Z. Ntoubandi(Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)Introduction The obligation to prevent and to punish as formulated in Genocide Convention Article1 (See Note III) calls for specific actions from State Parties. The nature of suchactions can be...
by Nora Rowley | Jul 29, 2013 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
The Development of Burma’s Authoritarian Rule and Depopulation of Targeted Ethnic Minorities including Rohingya Muslims of Arakan State Written by Nora E. Rowley M.D. M.P.H. August 22, 2012 Crimes and Human Rights Violations by Burma’s Ruling and...
by Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer | Jul 27, 2013 | General News
At the Sentinel Project, we are big advocates of making the data we are creating openly available for everybody that wants access to it. Making our data available allows people of the public to learn from our data, create data visualization, gain new insights or...
