6 Feb 08- The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Horst Kohler, paid a memorable visit to the Kigali Memorial Centre today. The President's visit allowed him to have a first-hand sense of the horrors of the past that led to the 1994 genocide in which up to one million innocent Tutsis and [...]
3rd-9th March 2008 On December 2nd 2007, actress and activist, Mia Farrow, launched Fund4Darfur, a new initiative of Aegis Trust to support survivors of the crisis in Darfur. From the 3rd to the 9th of March, a week of fundraising events will mark Fund4Darfur week, being held to raise money to support survivors of rape, [...]
This year Aegis Students is screening the powerful film “The Devil Came on Horseback” to thousands of students and other groups. We aim to reach over 40 locations and have received significant levels of interest; we are inviting all interested groups to screen the film. Award winning documentary film The Devil Came On Horseback exposes [...]
Kenya violence likely to escalate in absence of talks 3 Jan 08 – The Aegis Trust is deeply concerned at the violence being perpetrated in Kenya in the wake of the disputed presidential election. Men, women and children have been raped, burned alive, shot, or hacked to death with machetes. Hundreds of people have been [...]
13 Dec 07 – The Aegis Trust today released a short film about the Nanking massacre on the 70th anniversary of the fall of the city to the Japanese Imperial Army, 13 December 1937. Click here to view In a six-week period following the capture of Nanking, Japanese troops murdered around 300,000 unarmed PoWs and [...]
2 Dec 07 – Chiwetel Ejiofor and Clare-Hope Ashitey were among the stars joining Mia Farrow on Sunday night when she launched the Aegis Trust’s Fund4Darfur. Singer Annie Lennox has also lent support, providing a track from her new album to be used in a short film promoting the Fund. A new initiative from the [...]
29 Oct 07 – Vice President of the Methodist Conference Mrs Ruby Beech has praised the work of the Holocaust Centre and Aegis Trust, paying tribute to the founders and urging Methodists to visit the Holocaust Centre in greater numbers. Her comments came on Saturday during her first visit to the Holocaust Centre, accompanied by [...]
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5 Oct 07 – Activists and Darfuri survivors of ethnic cleansing rallied outside Parliament on 4th October to demand the Home Office put an immediate stop to the removal of Darfuri Africans to Khartoum. The demonstration, organised by Aegis Students in conjunction with the Darfur Union, coincided with a hearing by the House of Lords [...]
21 Sept 07 - 26-year-old Darfuri survivor, Abdo Yahya Abdullah, yesterday received a standing ovation from the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton following his speech to delegates about personal tragedy and loss in Darfur and the continued suffering Darfuri asylum seekers face in the UK. Abdo urged Britain’s third largest political party to back a conference [...]