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Author: Tony Wilson
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New Human Rights Watch report utilizes Security Force Monitor chain of command research
Image: Burkina Faso from OpenStreetMap (CC BY-SA 2.0) Today Human Rights Watch launched a new landmark report, supported by chain of command research by Security Force Monitor, on the conflict in Burkina Faso. The Burkina Faso military...
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Under Whose Command? Myanmar Army Chain of Command and Allegations of Abuse
Today we launched a new report “Under Whose Command?” which reveals for the first time, the chain of command of the Myanmar Army over twelve years and the connections from senior army commanders to hundreds...
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Methodology: Connecting US Sales to the Saudi-Emirati Led Coalition
This methodology guide is a companion piece to the joint Washington Post Security Force Monitor investigation into U.S. support for the Saudi-Emirati led coalition. The Post-SFM joint investigation shows that only 39 air force units from coalition countries could have conducted airstrikes in Yemen, and that during seven years of war the U.S. approved contracts that likely benefited 38 of the 39 airstrike units.
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Security Force Monitor data used in damning Global Witness report into Myanmar military control of billion dollar ruby trade
Security Force Monitor provided pro-bono support to Global Witness conducting forensic analysis of public sources to help their investigators pinpoint the military units on the ground that directly control and benefit from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone mining business.
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Three excellent reasons you should apply to join Security Force Monitor as our Senior Developer
We're looking for a creative and curious Senior Developer to work with us to expose military and police forces implicated in human rights abuses. Read on to find out more.
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Spring Update: Data on 10 New Countries in WhoWasInCommand.com, including countries of Saudi-Emirati coalition in Yemen
We are pleased to announce that our coverage of police, military and other security forces dramatically expands to 10 new countries.
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#EndSARS and Nigerian Army units in the Lagos area: updated data
We have updated our data on the units and command chain of the Nigerian Army in Lagos in response to the reports of killings by the Nigerian Army of #EndSARS protesters in Lekki and Alausa,...
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Major update: Six new countries added to WhoWasInCommand.com
WhoWasInCommand.com is the largest public database of security force units and personnel ever created. Today, it gets even bigger and more useful to human right researchers, litigators and investigative journalists.
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Connecting data points through time (or not)
Answering the question “who was where when?” is central for investigations into allegations of human rights abuse(s). Because of this perhaps one of the most defining, and complicaticating, features of the Security Force Monitor’s data is that almost everything we research is connected to time.
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Learning from our users – first feedback on our prototype
In mid-April we publicly released the first version of our web application for feedback. We sought out advice from human rights researchers, international criminal litigators, investigative journalists, and policy advocates – spending over an hour...