by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Mar 27, 2020 | Conferences
As the COVID-19 virus affects more and more countries around the world – 199 countries to date – questions are starting to be raised about the preparedness of the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh for the onset of the pandemic. Although cases have...
by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Jan 17, 2020 | Conferences
Over a million Rohingya refugees currently live in the Cox’s Bazaar region of Bangladesh. Although Rohingya people have fled into Bangladesh due to state-sanctioned genocide in Myanmar since the 1970s, the largest and latest exodus began in August 2017, when 742,000...
by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Oct 10, 2019 | Conferences
As the humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh continues unabated, and as Rohingyas face a precarious future in Myanmar, in the lead-up to the federal election, Canadian foreign policy becomes even more critical for concerned observers. On October 7th, the first official...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 9, 2019 | Conferences
By Barnabas Samuel, Sebit Martin, and Christopher Tuckwood ————————————————– A critical part of starting any new initiative is for the Sentinel Project team to gather...
by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Aug 23, 2019 | Conferences
A photo of the Myanmar/Bangladesh border, separated by the Naf River Over the past couple of months, criticisms have flared up over the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar. In...
by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Aug 13, 2019 | Conferences
A view from the side of the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands, which houses the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague Academy of International Law, and the Peace Palace Library Addressing the seemingly...
by Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Jun 3, 2019 | Conferences
Diasporas can play a significant role – both positive and negative – in the development and politics of their countries of origin. For example, academic researchers have established that diasporas improve the lives of their home communities by maintaining cultural...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Oct 26, 2018 | Conferences, General News, Team Announcements, Technology
Do you speak multiple languages and want to help build a more hate-resistant world? If you answered “yes” then we need your help with improving our ability to monitor hate speech around the world. We need native speakers of various languages (see below) to...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Jun 21, 2018 | Conferences
Earlier this year, Una Hakika project coordinator John Otunga was selected as the co-winner of the Commonwealth Digital Challenge operated by the Thomson Foundation with funding from the Elizabeth R Media Fund. The competition aimed to provide young and aspiring media...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 9, 2017 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Technology
Call for participation: The Sentinel Project has launched a new research project focused on the use of drones for development and humanitarianism in the Global South. We’re looking for people and organizations working with this technology around the world to...
by John Green Otunga | Aug 9, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika
(Continued from Part 1) With all of this in our basket and realising the project’s limitations as a team, we started discussing ways to enhance the existing technology used in our work. This led us to realise the great potential in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles...
by John Green Otunga | Aug 4, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Una Hakika
As the twilight begins in a Tana Delta village, someone awakes and steps outside to answer the call of nature. She stops, then turns to run back to her hut, panting and trembling. “I have seen them. Three armed men are crossing our village.” Those few words ignite...
