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Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 19 Sept 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 22 September 2015

ACLED has released a new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 19 September 2015. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

Select Publicly Available Political Violence Datasets — Regional-Level

Africa, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Data Management, Middle East, Political StabilityBy ACLED 21 September 2015

ACLED has compiled a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the regional-level. This table — found below — can also be downloaded here. For a list of select publicly available political violence datasets offering data at the national-level, see the blog post on this topic.… Details

Targeting Civilians in South and Southeast Asia

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Governance, Political Stability, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy Hillary Tanoff 17 September 2015

South and Southeast Asian countries have witnessed 561 violent events targeting civilians in 2015 so far. Over half of these events, 293, cannot be verifiably linked to any specific group. Yet the remaining 268 events can be traced to specific rebel groups and political militias.… Details

Zarb-e-Azb: One year On

Analysis, Asia, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Violence Against CiviliansBy Fatima Zeb 17 September 2015

The Pakistani Armed Forces launched operation Zarb-e-Azb on June 15th 2014. Hailed as the first “comprehensive operation” (The News June 15 2014) in Pakistan, the state deemed it a required response after the joint Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) June 8th 2014 attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.… Details

Thailand — August 2015 Update

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Violence Against CiviliansBy Claire Cella 16 September 2015

The Southern Muslim Insurgency in Thailand has grown less lethal since August 2014 (Crisis Group, 2015). In the first 8 months of 2015 there have only been 15 civilian deaths related to the conflict, whereas 2014 saw at least 50 civilian deaths (International Business Times 2014; ACLED data for 2015).… Details

Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 12 Sept 2015)

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 15 September 2015

ACLED has released a new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 12 September 2015. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well as from ACLED’s weekly real-time conflict data release.… Details

Large Scale Violence against Civilians in Asia in 2015

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Political Stability, Violence Against CiviliansBy Sarah Kaiser-Cross 15 September 2015

After the terrorist attack last month in Bangkok, ACLED reviewed the recent large scale (ten +) attacks on civilians in South and South East Asia. From January to August in 2015, six large terrorist attacks have occurred against civilians in the South and Southeast Asian states that ACLED covers.… Details

“Developed” Protests in Developing Contexts

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Government Repression, Political Stability, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Anna Waterfield 15 September 2015

Peaceful protests constitute 87% of recorded events in Cambodia and Vietnam. This may be reflective of the issues currently engaging these societies, but also, local media reporting is limited by strict state censorship.… Details

Land Conflicts in India

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Governance, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Resources, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against CiviliansBy Nina Kaysser 15 September 2015

Reigniting the long-standing issue of land acquisition, the proposed amendments to the new 2013 Land Acquisition Act by the Modi-led BJP government in December 2014, have led to nationwide farmer’s protests in India (The Economic Times 2013, BBC 2015).… Details

ACLED Realtime Asia Data — January – August 30, 2015

Asia, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Data Management, Local-Level Violence, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Unidentified Armed Groups, Violence Against CiviliansBy ACLED 14 September 2015

ACLED releases up-to-date Asian conflict data on a monthly basis. The latest data — covering Asian conflict from January through August 2015 — can be found here. (For previous Asian data releases, see earlier posts on the topic.)… Details