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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
09 Dec 06 - Statement by Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, in response to the Prime Minister’s statement on Darfur today. See also his comment piece in The Times. The Sudanese Government and the rebel movements ‘will be judged on the basis of actions, not just words’, the Prime Minister says [...]
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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 [...]
12 Oct 06 - The Aegis Trust welcomes the bill passed today by the French National Assembly, making it a crime to deny that mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during and after World War I amounted to genocide. Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, stated: “It’s fundamental that Turkey should recognise [...]
18 Sept 06 - The global ‘Day for Darfur’ yesterday saw tens of take part London Day for Darfur Demonstration Photograph Gallery The global ‘Day for Darfur’ yesterday saw tens of thousands of people take part in 57 events across 41 countries to call for effective international protection of Darfur’s African population, who for three years [...]
On the 28th of April 2006 over 100 Darfuri refugees, Aegis Society Students and members of the public from across the U.K. demonstrated outside Downing Street.