by Steven Kiersons, MA | Oct 3, 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 David Kalmats | Oct 3, 2013 | Burma, General News
September began with the government-appointed body (the Sangha Maha Nayaka committee) that oversees Burma’s Buddhist monkhood “issuing a directive intended to check the influence of a monk-led movement accused of stoking violence against minority Muslims.”[1] The...
by Sentinel Project | Oct 2, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
Iranian pro-democracy demonstrators in 2009 used social media to organize and document their protests. Here, an opposition supporter films a protest on her mobile phone. (Source) Technology is changing the nature of human rights We’re excited to offer the latest...
by Adrian Gregorich | Sep 27, 2013 | Burma, General News, Team Announcements
An image of a group of men cutting the neck of a woman and pouring her blood into a basin has been posted on Wirathu’s Facebook page in an attempt to incite animosity toward Muslims in Burma. Various elements of the image, including certain parts that are more in...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Sep 26, 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 Adrian Gregorich | Sep 24, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
Satellite imagery has immense potential as a tool for humanitarian agencies. The Sentinel Project could use up-to-date satellite images to pinpoint locations that are poised on the brink of genocide or where genocide is already making the movement of targeted...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Sep 19, 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 Troy Powell | Sep 16, 2013 | General News, Iran, Team Announcements
By: Troy Powell & Shayan Edalati “New Analyst Shayan Edalati lends his analysis, to the situation facing the Iranian Bahá’ís in January 2012. This report, will be the first in a series of updated revisions, which introduce a new format for our monthly...
by Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer | Sep 10, 2013 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new live visualization of the situation in Burma, though we are equally dismayed at the escalating persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority that it displays. Nonetheless, the Sentinel Project team is confident that this...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Sep 9, 2013 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
The Sentinel Project has released a report assessing the risk of genocide against Muslim minorities in Burma and has found the risk level to be high in light of intensified persecution. The initial enthusiasm surrounding recent political reform in Burma has recently...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Sep 5, 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 Sacha Stein | Aug 30, 2013 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
This month marked the 25th anniversary of the 8/8/88 Uprising, a nationwide strike that led to protests across Burma by activists calling for a transition from military rule to democracy. Pro-democracy demonstrations had also taken place earlier that year and led to...
