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Museum Calls Attention to Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma at Special Event at US Senate
February 16, 2018
In an effort to highlight the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya community by the Burmese government, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) hosted a photo exhibition, Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, which was on display in the Senate Russell Rotunda from February 12 to 16, 2018.
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Simon-Skjodt Center Deputy Director Testifies at Hearing on Mass Atrocities Prevention
February 6, 2018
Simon-Skjodt Center Deputy Director Naomi Kikoler addressed the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission regarding atrocity crimes and how to prevent them.
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Simon-Skjodt Center Deputy Director Addresses UK Parliament Members on Syria
February 2, 2018
Read testimony Simon-Skjodt Center Deputy Director Naomi Kikoler delivered to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Syria United Kingdom.
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Museum Calls Attention to Crisis in South Sudan with Special Exhibition
December 12, 2017
The Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide partnered with photojournalists Jason Patinkin and Simona Foltyn to bear witness to the deadly conflict in South Sudan and the spillover effects into the broader region. This exhibition showcased photographs, video, and testimony Patinkin and Foltyn gathered in South Sudan and at refugee camps in northern Uganda.
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New Exhibition on Syria Opens Today
December 5, 2017
On December 5, the Museum opened a new exhibition entitled, “Syria: Please Don’t Forget Us.” The exhibition provides information on the conflict in Syria where the Syrian government is perpetrating well-documented crimes against humanity against its own citizens. Using video, music, and testimony, it tells the story of one man’s journey to raise awareness about the Syrian government’s practice of arresting and detaining in secret its own citizens.
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Which countries are most likely to see new mass killing in 2018?
November 30, 2017
To help us forecast atrocity risk in 2018, please participate in our annual wiki survey, an innovative opinion aggregation method that presents countries head-to-head and simply asks respondents to choose which is more likely to experience a new mass killing in the new year. The survey will run for one month, until December 31, 2017.
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Assessing Risks of Mass Atrocities in Bangladesh
November 29, 2017
Bangladesh has made considerable social and economic progress in recent years, but sharp divisions between major political parties, past violence around the 2014 election, increased authoritarianism, impunity for security forces, localized patronage politics, and exceptionally high stakes for the coming election indicate a threat of violence that could reach a greater scale than in the past.
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Simon-Skjodt Center and Fortify Rights Release New Report on Mass Atrocities Against Rohingya
November 20, 2017
The report finds crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and mounting evidence of genocide against the Rohingya minority in Burma.
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Ambassador Nikki Haley Delivers Remarks on South Sudan at US Holocaust Memorial Museum
November 15, 2017
Ambassador Nikki Haley discusses the crisis in South Sudan, what she witnessed on her recent trip to the region, and what needs to be done put an end to the violence and bring peace to the world's newest nation.
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Opinion Pool Indicates Increasing Risk of Atrocities in Zimbabwe after Apparent Coup
November 15, 2017
The recent coup in Zimbabwe indicates an increase in the country's risk of mass killing, according to the Good Judgment Open opinion pool run by the Early Warning Project of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding.
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