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NGOs urge UN Security Council to secure aid access to starving Sudanese

13 Nov 2012 – The Aegis Trust has joined over 80 prominent human rights organizations to sign an open letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging it to impose deadlines and consequences on the Government of Sudan in order to secure protection and humanitarian aid for displaced communities in the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan, [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:32+00:00November 13th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Why parliamentarians have a crucial role in preventing genocide

In the 7th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in Malta, 12-13 October 2012, Aegis' Special Representative Dr Mukesh Kapila outlined Aegis' vision for a new global parliamentary grouping dedicated to the prevention of crimes against humanity. The full text of his address follows.   Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00October 19th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Agreement between the Sudans does not address South Kordofan / Blue Nile catastrophe

28 Sept 2012 - Outcomes of the Presidential Summit between Sudan and South Sudan announced on 27th September 2012 are an important step in reaching peace between the two neighbouring countries. The ongoing human rights catastrophe however, and its devastating humanitarian consequences in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions of Sudan, remain unaddressed. In [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00September 28th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

As Sudan blocks aid to South Kordofan / Blue Nile, 123 organisations urge UN Security Council to press for access

On 21 September 2012 (International Day of Peace), the Aegis Trust, along with 123 other Non-Government Organisations, issued a joint letter to each member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding that Sudan allow immediate and ongoing humanitarian access to the Blue Nile and South Kordofan – where Aegis documented evidence of war crimes [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00September 21st, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Peace-building in Rwanda: Freddy Mutanguha speaks in the UK

8 July 2012 - Genocide survivor and Director of Aegis in Rwanda, Freddy Mutanguha, has just completed a speaking tour in the UK about the Aegis Trust's Kigali-based Peace-building Education Programme. Almost half of Rwanda's population today is too young to remember the genocide 18 years ago - but how the country handles that legacy [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00July 8th, 2012|Peace education|0 Comments

On eve of South Sudan’s 1st anniversary, Sudanese united in London: Omar Bashir must go

6 July 2012 - In this short film released today, Aegis captures the moment the Sudanese community in the UK came together on London’s streets for the first time in a unified call for President Bashir – the only head of state in the World currently wanted for genocide – to leave office and answer [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00July 6th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Sudan in crisis: take action with the Aegis Trust

The Aegis Trust invites all supporters to sign this petition and join Sudanese refugees walking at 1.30pm Saturday 30 June from Lancaster Gate to Downing Street to deliver a letter to David Cameron calling for assertive diplomatic action to secure humanitarian access to all areas of Sudan affected by conflict – particularly the Blue Nile [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00June 28th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

One year into ethnic cleansing, bold measures needed to help Sudan’s Nuba

5 June 2012 - Nuba 2012: Return to Genocide? is a short film released today by the Aegis Trust on the first anniversary of a massacre by Sudanese Government forces in Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan State, which marked the start of the new wave of ethnic cleansing against the Nuba. Featuring Dr Mukesh Kapila on [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:33+00:00June 5th, 2012|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments