We are pleased to welcome Sara Alimardani to the Operations Team here at the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention. Sara holds a master’s degree in international relations and her interest lies predominantly in human security. She has done extensive research on war and conflict...
On 15 November 2010, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and Mémorial de la Shoah co-hosted the International Symposium on Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Paris, France. Samantha Power, a special assistant to President Barack Obama on human rights issues and authour of...
The Inter Press Service (IPS) has published an article about the role of hate speech and propaganda in fueling genocide, in which our executive director Christopher Tuckwood is quoted. This article follows on the heels of a recent United Nations event on “Dangerous Speech on the Road to Genocide”...
Information has just become available through a Persian language blog that Iranian intelligence agents raided Baha’is in the town of Nour on 3 November 2010. This attack occurred while the targets were celebrating the Baha’i Feast of Qudrat. All people in attendance were made to...
The Iranian human rights organization RAHANA has provided a summary of anti-Baha’i rights violations in the second week of November. Four events from last week highlight the ongoing persecution of Baha’is, including arrests, imprisonment, and denial of education. Most alarming is the 11 November...
The Toronto Emergency Management Symposium is an annual event where representatives from Canadian and American emergency services, emergency management agencies, private companies, and NGOs come together to discuss the latest issues in their field. The Sentinel Project’s executive director,...
We are pleased to announce the re-release of our May 2009 “Preliminary Assessment: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran,” which has now been redesigned in a new format. This document provides excellent background information to the new 2010 “Supplementary Report:...
Survival International, an NGO dedicated to defending the rights and ensuring the survival of indigenous peoples around the world, has posted the video below. Called “The Gunmen,” the video features members of the Guarani group living in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil telling how they are...
The Iranian human rights organization RAHANA has provided a summary of anti-Baha’i rights violations in the first week of November. Four events in this excerpt highlight the ongoing judicial harassment and imprisonment of Baha’is for charges related to their beliefs: November 1 Baha’i...
We are proud to be recognized in the 2010 GPN International Directory of Holocaust and Genocide Organizations as one of 4 organizations from Canada. To read more about this Directory, you can visit http://www.genocidepreventionnow.org/.
The Sentinel Project is proud to announce the release of a new report on our Iranian Baha’i situation-of-concern. Unfortunately, this “Supplementary Report: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran” does not contain good news, as it demonstrates that the high level of...
On 31 October 2010, the Sentinel Project core team gathered together in Toronto to conduct our Annual Strategic Review (ASR). The aim of this meeting was to examine our progress over the past year, highlight strengths and weaknesses, and set goals for the year ahead. On the topic of strengths, the...
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