We’re excited to offer our new Human Rights and Technology training course over five weeks (two hours of evening class per week) starting on 15 January 2013. Students will learn the relationship between technological tools and human rights through a combination of theory and real-world case...
The Rohingyas have been subjugated to mistreatment for years, but a recent wave of targeted ethnic violence towards the community has led to a humanitarian crisis in Rakhine. Since the unrest began in June, thousands of Rohingyas have been forcibly relocated to refugee camps, hundreds have been...
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 developments that correspond to each...
In 2011, Sentinel Project launched ThreatWiki – a genocide risk tracking and visualization platform to help monitor communities at risk of genocide around the world. We are proud to announce today a major update. ThreatWiki is a platform that helps the Sentinel Project Research Analysts to...
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 scars of the genocide still...
After visiting the Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar, Germany in 1945, Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces recounted, “The things I saw beggar description. The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were so...
Great news! We’ve got our own t-shirts and would be glad to have you show your support for us! Details: The t-shirt will have the Sentinel shield and our name logo on the front. The back will have our message, “Genocide is Preventable” with our shield logo and the Sentinel...
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 created to raise awareness about...
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 targeted ethnic killings and...
We have some exciting news about a great opportunity for University of Toronto students in the Peace, Conflict, and Justice program to get involved with the Sentinel Project. Thanks to the efforts of Alex Dyzenhaus, one of our own team members, and Wendy Wong, the director of the Trudeau Centre...
Over 200 Kenyans have been killed in ethnic clashes since January, according to the head of Kenya’s Red Cross, warning the unrest follows patterns of violence seen ahead of previous elections. Kenya is gearing up for a general election in March, the first since late 2007, when the country...
September 21 is Peace Day. The day is dedicated to peace, or specifically to the absence of war. It provides an opportunity for people across the world to take part in activities that promote and further peace and unity. It was established in 1981 to coincide with the opening session of the United...
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