Policy & Advocacy

Lib Dems give Darfur survivor standing ovation – and vote through tough resolution

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 [...]

2020-03-16T21:30:35+00:00September 21st, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

Day for Darfur IV, London 16 Sept 2007

Day for Darfur IV, London 16 Sept 2007: photo galleries {mosloadposition user10} Over a thousand demonstrators gathered on Sunday 16 September outside the Sudanese Embassy before marching on Downing Street as part of a global day of action for Darfur. They were there to warn that a recent Security Council resolution has left some in [...]

2015-10-02T07:42:08+01:00September 16th, 2007|Policy & Advocacy|0 Comments

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