Marina Smith MBE, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum – the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention – has passed away on June 26th 2022 at the age of 87 following a short illness and an extraordinary life of service to humanity. Born in Kolkata, India, on November 16th 1934, Marina moved [...]
https://youtu.be/e0W8rDQPXHU Statement from the Aegis Trust on hate speech and incitement to genocide in D.R. Congo Without urgent action there is a very high risk of widespread violence in D.R. Congo against Kinyarwanda speakers. Violence is not new in DRC, where over 100 militia groups exist, and where the Congolese army, FARDC, has [...]
Today Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial to honour the memory of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi, meeting survivors and learning about their experiences. The final resting-place for 250,000 victims of the genocide, in which a million people were killed in [...]
The Aegis Trust welcomes the recent series of visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina by high profile UK politicians, and is particularly encouraged by the visit of the UK’s Minister for Europe and North America, the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP. The UK’s decision to help support Bosnia’s threatened election process, a crisis that was playing [...]
In response to the reports of mass graves and acts of brutality against Ukrainian citizens by Russian armed forces, the Aegis Trust has joined Holocaust Museums from four countries - including its sister organisation, the UK National Holocaust Centre - raising their voices together to speak out. In a joint statement, the organisations condemn these [...]
As the Kigali Genocide Memorial hosts the launch of Kwibuka 28 – the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi – the Aegis Trust urges people worldwide to remember with Rwanda. In a ceremony commemorating the start of the genocide, the President and First Lady of Rwanda lit the flame of remembrance at [...]
At 10.30am UK time, Wednesday 9th March, all members of the public are invited to attend an emergency meeting on ethnic and religious persecution in India, being held online by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Genocide Prevention and the APPG on Freedom of Religion or Belief. To attend, register at this link: https://www.bit.ly/IndiaMeeting A joint [...]
Join the Aegis Trust's Peace Runners course today Run for Peace this May to raise funds for the Aegis Trust and join our Peace Runners Course right here to learn more about the work of the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial, find out about the history of genocide, meet survivors and discover how the [...]
In the first three episodes of 'Peace at Risk in Bosnia', released by Aegis in December, we explored the roots, context and potential solutions for the present crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where a return to armed conflict is threatened 26 years after the Dayton Peace Accords ended war and genocide in the country. Join [...]
The following is an English translation of an interview conducted with Aegis CEO Dr James Smith by Ibrahim Sofić for Aljazeera Balkans, first published by Aljazeera in BHS here. Ibrahim Sofić: Nationalism, separatism, fascism and other "isms" are very present in BiH and for many the situation is very similar to that of the 1990s. [...]
