by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 28, 2013 | Burma, General News
August 27, 2013 – A failed attempt to initiate violence by 969 members, including Buddhist monks, illustrated something of the method of ethnic cleansing in Burma. A masked man in Thandwe attacked a Buddhist woman. While there was no way to determine the...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 18, 2013 | Burma
A confidential source inside Burma reported to the Sentinel Project on the Eid violence which began August 9. The most concerning information relayed is that despite the official abolition of NaSaKa announced by Thein Sein in mid-July 2013, the force, which has been...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 9, 2013 | Burma
Shortly before July, Time Magazine announced its intention to publish a cover story naming Wirathu, a militant nationalist Burmese monk, “The Face of Buddhist Terror.” Until July, Wirathu was relatively obscure outside Burma, and although most were aware...
by Nora Rowley | Jul 29, 2013 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
The Development of Burma’s Authoritarian Rule and Depopulation of Targeted Ethnic Minorities including Rohingya Muslims of Arakan State Written by Nora E. Rowley M.D. M.P.H. August 22, 2012 Crimes and Human Rights Violations by Burma’s Ruling and...
by Danny Hirschel-Burns | Jul 9, 2013 | Burma, General News, Team Announcements
*A version of this post originally appeared on Sentinel Project Intern Danny Hirschel-Burns’ personal blog, The Widening Lens. The Rohingya in Rakhine state, a Muslim ethnic group in a predominantly Buddhist country, are one of the most persecuted minority...
by Sentinel Project | Aug 20, 2012 | Burma, General News, Indonesia, Situations of Concern
The Sentinel Project is expanding the scope of its monitoring work to include situations of concern (SOCs) in four new countries. These countries were selected by balancing their apparent risk levels with our own resources and ability to have a positive impact. The...
