Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. It may surprise you to find coverage of this event on a genocide-prevention blog, but there’s actually a big overlap between the two tragedies of genocide and AIDS. To see this connection clearly, we need only examine the continuing aftermath of the...
In this last post of our blog series on the humanitarian use of drones we look at two closely related issues that call into question the current use of armed drones and raise a serious point of discussion for the humanitarian use of this technology. These two issues are transparency and...
Over the first 3 months of 2012, our sources show instances of Stages 1 (Classification) 3 (Dehumanization) 4 (Polarization) and 5 (Preparation) of Gregory Stanton’s Eight Stage model of the genocidal process. Events and analysis of this quarter were highlighted with concerns addressing...
A few weeks ago we discussed the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for social good, and presented ways in which drones could contribute to genocide prevention. But while there is great humanitarian potential for drones, several challenges lie ahead. Chief among these is a lack of safeguards...
I wrote about a series of events, witnessing the universal father-son bonds and the impact when they were lost by deadly attacks upon Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine. Father-and-Son Moments Lost Written April 2013 A bearded man and little boy with the same eyes share a yoghurt drink on a bench in...
The crippling government and Rakhine abuse of Rohingya has been building for decades. When I was first in Burma and Rakhine State I witnessed many many shameful abuses of kind and peaceful Rohingya people. The following is an episode that exposed the deep psychological wounds of persecution upon...
As I begin my blog about Human Rights in Burma, focusing on the Rohingya I would like to share various writings about my experiences with Rohingya. Written February 2013. “We want peace,“ were the Rohingya’s sentiments expressed to me again, as I recently...
The following blog series by the Sentinel Project’s Steven Kiersons explores how the physical sciences and Western philosophy contributed to the modern phenomenon of genocide and totalitarianism. Kiersons illustrates how the rise of scientism following the discoveries of Galileo essentially...
A confidential Sentinel Project source inside Burma has summarized the latest in government and civilian attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. As the source states, one of the most disconcerting revelations of the past 30 days is a government plan to expel Rohingya Muslims from the...
October saw a potential shift in inter-communal fighting which spread from primarily resource sharing conflicts between agriculturalists and pastoralists to a deepening rift between religious communities as a result of the Westgate Mall attack in September. Government responses and general...
by David Kalmats Violence that has been occurring on a routine basis since the June of 2012 spilled into October. Muslims in the coastal town of Thandwe started the month by evading mobs of Buddhist men whom, armed with machetes raided a string of villages with the intent of inflicting damage to...
Today I have the exciting task of announcing the biggest milestone in the Sentinel Project’s history as an organization so far. Beginning immediately, we are launching a two-year field project in the Tana Delta region of Kenya together with our partners at iHub Research in Nairobi. This work is...
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