by Steven Kiersons, MA | Nov 11, 2013 | General News
A confidential Sentinel Project source inside Burma has summarized the latest in government and civilian attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. As the source states, one of the most disconcerting revelations of the past 30 days is a government plan to...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 11, 2013 | General News
October saw a potential shift in inter-communal fighting which spread from primarily resource sharing conflicts between agriculturalists and pastoralists to a deepening rift between religious communities as a result of the Westgate Mall attack in September....
by David Kalmats | Nov 6, 2013 | Burma, General News
by David Kalmats Violence that has been occurring on a routine basis since the June of 2012 spilled into October. Muslims in the coastal town of Thandwe started the month by evading mobs of Buddhist men whom, armed with machetes raided a string of villages with the...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Nov 4, 2013 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
Today I have the exciting task of announcing the biggest milestone in the Sentinel Project’s history as an organization so far. Beginning immediately, we are launching a two-year field project in the Tana Delta region of Kenya together with our partners at iHub...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Oct 28, 2013 | General News
In past instances of genocide, hate-speech has drawn its power to inspire violence from some kind of popular appeal. In many cases, its purpose is to dehumanize to facilitate inhuman action. In Rwanda, Tutsis were referred to as “cockroaches;” in Burma,...
by Troy Powell | Oct 23, 2013 | General News
In my last blog piece, I wrote about the benefits, and drawbacks of military intervention in humanitarian affairs in the context of punishment or punitive bombing. It turns out that in theory there are some preliminary benefits, however when examined in practice (i.e....
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 22, 2013 | General News
In last week’s edition of this series, we examined how drone strikes violate human rights and took a closer look at instances when civilians were harmed. When most people hear the word “drone,” it is usually these negative images that come to mind, and...
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 17, 2013 | General News
Saadullah was injured in a drone attack in 2011, losing his eye and both legs. Last week Pakistani girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai visited US President Barack Obama at the White House. Malala had been targeted by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’...
by Troy Powell | Oct 15, 2013 | General News
As I write this, approximately 7 million people have been displaced from the country of Syria due to the bloody civil war that continues to rage on. About 50% are under the age of 18 according to some estimates and as the world looks on with dismay and disgust, many...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Oct 10, 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 discoveries...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 9, 2013 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern
The Sentinel Project has expanded its research focus from solely the Tana River Delta region of Kenya to the entirety of Kenya in order to more accurately depict and assess the complex ethnic, economic and political conditions within the nation. This report identifies...
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 7, 2013 | General News
One of the biggest obstacles to the prevention of genocide and other large-scale human rights abuses is obtaining accurate information about lead-up events in time to do something about them. Placing human observers on the ground is a key means of gathering this...
