4 June 2010 - Rob Waugh of the Yorkshire Post has done a sterling job in using Freedom of Information requests to uncover the numbers of suspected war criminals who have been turned down on their application for British citizenship. The raw numbers are below. This is the first time that the Government has provided [...]
Following lobbying by the Aegis Trust, one party has pledged to pursue a specialist convention on Crimes Against Humanity. In its election manifesto the Labour party writes: "We will advocate a new international convention to enable the prosecution of perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity." A specialist crimes against humanity convention would, like the [...]
9 Jan 2010 – Today, thousands of activists gathered at events in 15 countries in a global coordinated effort, calling on world leaders to take urgent steps to prevent a return to severe and widespread conflict in Sudan. See film of the London rally here. Sudan365 (www.sudan365.org), a year of campaigning for Sudan, has been [...]
10 December 2009 - We're very flattered to have been jointly nominated, with Redress, for the Liberty-JUSTICE Human Rights Awards. Both organisations have been put forward for: "For their pivotal role, through concerted lobbying, in obtaining key changes to British law relating to crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, and in obtaining justice for [...]
3 Nov 09 - Survivors of the Darfur crisis who sought refuge in the UK and are still fighting their asylum cases are celebrating yesterday’s Home Office decision to concede that their removal to Khartoum would be unsafe and that they should all be granted asylum. An Operational Guidance Note (OGN) issued by the Home [...]
23 Oct 2009 - Following concerted lobbying from a coalition of peers, leading legal figures and human rights NGOs, the Government yesterday tabled a fresh amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill that will help close a legal loophole which has in the past allowed genocide and war crimes suspects to visit the UK or [...]
22 Oct 09 - A coalition of peers, leading legal figures and human rights NGOs are calling on the Government to close a serious loophole in UK laws on genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. At the moment, while a person suspected of torture can be arrested and tried in the UK if they are [...]
6 Oct 09 - Ahead of an international conference on Sudan in Moscow today and tomorrow, 23 advocacy organisations, including the Aegis Trust, sent the following letter to foreign ministers participating in the talks: "We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the situation in Sudan, which remains violent and volatile and is in [...]
4 June 08 – In a 17-minute film released today by the Aegis Trust with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights First, and circulated to UN diplomats on the eve of the ICC’s six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, survivors from villages attacked by Sudanese Government forces and Janjaweed militia [...]
13 May 08 - Disturbing reports received by the Aegis Trust in the past 24 hours indicate that in addition to the beatings and detention of hundreds of Darfuri civilians in Khartoum following the recent rebel attack, some Darfuri residents – including men and women – have been shot by the security services, both on [...]