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  • Jan 10, 2011
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January 10th, 2011
Sentinel Project Uses Satellite Images To Monitor, Perhaps Deter, Humanitarian Abuses

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People act differently when they are being watched. It’s a fact that authoritarian regimes have long exploited to suppress dissent. But watchfulness can also work to the good and perhaps even stop atrocities. That’s the premise behind the Satellite Sentinel Project, a collaboration between Google, the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and celebrity-backed NGOs. Read More