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 | 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 | Feb 26, 2021 | General News, Situations of Concern
As we noted in our August 2020 statement, under the pretext of anti-terrorism operations, Chinese central government authorities continue to severely persecute the Uyghur community in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. That previous post highlighted the fact that,...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 14, 2021 | Conferences, General News, Situations of Concern
Open Letter of Concern to Governments on Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide Against Uyghurs in China January 14, 2021 We, the undersigned human rights and genocide prevention organizations, and individual practitioners, are deeply concerned over mounting evidence...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 31, 2020 | General News, Situations of Concern
The Chinese government is currently implementing a campaign of persecution against the Uyghur minority group in the Xinjiang region using a disturbing system of mass surveillance, concentration camps, forced labour, and ideological “re-education” alongside other...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Nov 23, 2015 | General News
There is a crisis in Burundi and not enough is being done to stop it. The ongoing violence in has finally started to attract a lot of international attention in recent days with some observers comparing it to neighbouring Rwanda before the genocide [1], while United...
by Erin Kirkpatrick | Feb 8, 2013 | General News
Technology has opened many doors and has provided us the opportunity for memorializing our lives in many different ways, but what consequences await such an approach? And more importantly, how does this affect our ability to remember the people, events, and...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 22, 2012 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern
The Sentinel Project has updated its annual assessment on the risk of genocide in Kenya and has maintained Kenya as a situation of concern with the “High” risk rating established in 2011. Our teams of analysts have revised the original report to reflect recent...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 1, 2012 | General News
Between April and June 1994, more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed over the span of approximately 100 days, leaving the entire country in ruins and its people reeling in the aftermath. Today, Rwanda is a more stable country but the...
by Sentinel Project | Sep 25, 2012 | General News
The volunteers at the Sentinel Project were recently invited to a new public photo exhibit, called “I’m Still Here” at the Oz Studios in Toronto. Featuring the works of Emily Cavan, a freelance writer and humanitarian aid worker, the exhibit was...
by Sentinel Project | Sep 10, 2012 | General News
A group of 67 of the world’s top genocide experts from 10 different countries are calling on the Obama Administration to launch an immediate humanitarian intervention in Sudan. On 27 August, an open letter was issued by Operation Broken Silence detailing the...
by Sentinel Project | Apr 25, 2012 | General News
On Sunday, April 22, 2012, I was given the opportunity, with Abhishek, to attend the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide commemoration ceremony. Although much of the ceremony was conducted in Armenian, which I unfortunately do not understand, I was fortunate...
