by Sentinel Project | Nov 3, 2010 | General News
On 31 October 2010, the Sentinel Project core team gathered together in Toronto to conduct our Annual Strategic Review (ASR). The aim of this meeting was to examine our progress over the past year, highlight strengths and weaknesses, and set goals for the year ahead....
by Sentinel Project | Nov 3, 2010 | General News
On 28 October 2010, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide hosted an event about the role of hate speech in the genocidal process. Guests at the talk, entitled “Dangerous Speech on the Road to Genocide,” saw...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 2, 2010 | General News
The Sentinel Project team is inviting all of our blog readers, Twitter followers, and Facebook members to help us out with information gathering. While we are still looking for committed volunteers to take on specific roles in fundraising, technology, public...
by Sentinel Project | Oct 31, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Our research team has been working hard on a supplement to the Baha’i threat assessment of 15 May 2009. This new report will cover the key developments in the Iran SOC since that time and will be released tomorrow.
by Sentinel Project | Oct 25, 2010 | General News
The Sentinel Project is pleased to welcome two new additions to our team in South America. Marcelo Valenca, based in Brazil, will be our primary correspondent for South America as contacts are developed in other countries. Bruna Lima, also in Brazil, will be assisting...
by Sentinel Project | Oct 23, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The International Federation for Human Rights has released a report outlining Iranian government discrimination towards ethnic and religious minorities, including Baha’is. Read the report here.
by Sentinel Project | Oct 2, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Iran Press Watch has conveyed a report from an Iranian opposition website that Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i and former aide to Shirin Ebadi, has been sentenced to two years in prison by an Iranian court. Sobhani was once the secretary of the Human Rights Defenders...
by Sentinel Project | Sep 21, 2010 | General News
New technologies and media are central to the Sentinel Project’s mission. However, just as these developments can help to prevent genocide, they can also be used to perpetrate it by inciting hatred and organizing violence. In her article “Putting Hate...
by Taneem Talukdar | Sep 20, 2010 | General News
As our research team continues to develop the risk assessment process, our engineering team has been working on putting together the core software platform to support the final anticipated process. This is a quick update about progress being made on this. From a...
by Sentinel Project | Sep 18, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
In a surprising development, reports out of Iran indicate that the harsh sentences handed down to seven Baha’i leaders last month have been reduced. Though the reason for this move is not yet known, lawyers representing the seven were informed two days ago that...
