Iran Press Watch reports a story from the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) about the seizure of agricultural land belonging to Baha’is in Ivel, Mazandaran Province. This land has, at the instigation of some local community members, been donated to the office of the Supreme Leader,...
The Baha’i International Community sent a letter last week to Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary, highlighting anti-Baha’i persecution. The letter requests that “the Baha’is in that country be granted their full rights of citizenship, in...
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) has released a report outlining the campaign of discrimination against certain students initiated under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion in Iranian Higher...
The Advocate General of Argentina, in concert with a humanitarian organization, has called upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH). The CIDH is a branch of the Organization of American States, and its attention has been called in this case following the killing of two people from...
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...
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