by The Sentinel Project | Jun 2, 2023 | Early Warning, General News, Technology
Are you a Reformer? A Challenger? Or are you a Helper? Take the quiz and find out what type of human rights defender you are. Today, we invite you to find out and support the extraordinary and life-saving work of the Sentinel Project by taking the Human Rights...
by Nishadi Gunatilake | Apr 24, 2022 | Early Warning, General News, Misinformation, Sri Lanka, Technology
The Sentinel Project ran a pilot misinformation management project in Sri Lanka from July 2021 to December 2021. This article examines the trends and patterns of misinformation observed in 2021 as a result of the project’s monitoring work, summarises some of the...
by John Green Otunga | Feb 28, 2022 | Early Warning, Kenya, Misinformation, Technology, Una Hakika
The Sentinel Project is building a network of like-minded stakeholders to collaborate on preventing and mitigating violence related to Kenya’s 2022 general election. Often seen as a beacon of stability in its region, political upheaval in Kenya can have ramifications...
by Raashi Saxena | Jan 31, 2022 | Conferences, Early Warning, Technology
The Sentinel Project recently organised a workshop at the 16th annual UN Internet Governance Forum held in Katowice, Poland. Our session titled “The Challenges of Online Harms : Can AI moderate Hate Speech?” brought together human rights experts with...
by The Sentinel Project | Aug 31, 2021 | Early Warning, General News, Technology
Building on the extensive work of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Xinjiang Data Project, the Sentinel Project is working to analyze satellite imagery of locations of alleged detention and re-education facilities within the Xinjiang region. These...
by The Sentinel Project | Aug 30, 2021 | Early Warning, General News
In early 2021, three graduate students – Alessandra Mooney, Allie Phillips, and Maddie Warman – from Georgetown’s Conflict Resolution MA program worked with the Sentinel Project to produce a framework for identifying what subnational factors make specific...
by The Sentinel Project | Apr 26, 2021 | Early Warning
This interview addresses the current crisis in Ethiopia, particularly in the Tigray region. Since November 2020, intense fighting between the central government under Abiy Ahmed and members of the former regime, along with their many allies, has caused “thousands of...
by The Sentinel Project | Apr 16, 2021 | Early Warning, Misinformation, Somalia, Technology
With contributions from Ahmed Gelle of the Manaal Relief Foundation The Sentinel Project recently launched a misinformation management pilot project together with an organization in Somalia called the Manaal Relief Foundation (MRF). The pilot project is taking place...
by The Sentinel Project | Mar 25, 2021 | Conferences, Early Warning, General News
Mass atrocities such as genocide are not spontaneous events but rather planned, intentional actions, which means that they are also predictable and preventable. This basic premise is a foundational principle of the Sentinel Project’s mission as we seek to assist...
