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Hain gets behind Darfur Divestment campaign

17 June 07 - At 5pm Tuesday 19 June, Labour deputy leadership candidate Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, will address a public meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Genocide Prevention, called to discuss targeted divestment and sanctions on over the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Darfur. Massive investments by companies The [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:35+00:00June 17th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

International Divestment Campaign Launched Today

            8 June 07 Could you be indirectly financing the genocide in Darfur? That’s quite a sobering thought. It’s also a distinct possibility. Today, Aegis Trust and partners launch an international campaign for the divestment of funds, including your pension and your savings, that are invested in foreign companies whose [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:35+00:00June 8th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

DARFUR: TIME TO PROTECT

March 9th 2007 will see a range of events taking place on campuses throughout the UK to raise awareness of the situation in Darfur and prompt students to take action. We have several universities on board with this but we want you to join us. Please get in touch to organise an event at your [...]

2015-10-02T07:44:33+01:00March 9th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

ICC Darfur indictments – Aegis response

27 Feb 07 - The Aegis Trust welcomes the ICC's indictments today of Ahmad Harun, Sudan's State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and formerly State Minister of the Interior, and Ali Kushayb, one of the leaders of the Janjaweed, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. "The indictment of Harun is particularly significant since [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:36+00:00February 27th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Collectif Urgence Darfour: no French welcome for Bashir

14 Feb 07 – The Aegis Trust wholeheartedly supports its colleagues in France at the Collecif Urgence Darfour in the statement they have issued opposing the coming visit to France by Sudanese President Omar Bashir. The Urgence Darfour statement follows: Sudanese President Omar Bashir is not welcome in France The Council for General Affairs and [...]

2015-10-02T07:44:52+01:00February 14th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Raise the Alarm for Darfur, 10 December 2006

Raise the Alarm for Darfur, 10 December 2006                                                              Keep checking this page for updates...   University Contact name Contact details Derby Sam Boarer derbyaegis@hotmail.co.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Manchester Jessica Wong manchesteraegissociety@hotmail.co.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:36+00:00December 10th, 2006|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Janjaweed defector first interviewed by Aegis Trust

17 Oct 06 - A defector from the ‘Janjaweed’ Arab militia in Darfur, first interviewed by the Aegis Trust, features in tonight's editions of BBC Newsnight and tomorrow’s edition of The Times. For his own safety and the safety of his family in Darfur, the defector's name is withheld and his face is masked. Although [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:36+00:00October 17th, 2006|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments