Comment by Dr James Smith, CEO Aegis Trust, 21 Aug 07 - The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently ruled on a complaint against the Save Darfur Coalition and Aegis Trust regarding how the death toll in Darfur has been represented. ASA identified a 'division of informed opinion' on the mortality in Darfur and stated [...]
Interested in finding out how to campaign against mass murder, rape & pillage in Darfur. Want to help prevent the reoccurrence of genocide elsewhere? Aegis Students warmly invites you to attend its annual summer conference, taking place at the University of Derby on September 17th 2007. Aegis Students is an exciting student movement that aims [...]
17 July 07 – Ten teenagers from West Bridgford Comprehensive School in Nottingham today visited the Holocaust Centre, home of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention, to present a cheque for over £2,000. This is the final part of a grand total of over £10,000 raised in the past year by students and community groups [...]
We hope you are all having a fantastic summer. The growth of Aegis Students has been immense this last year. There are now eleven functioning societies and many more in early stages of development, bringing about the need for a larger National Executive Committee to coordinate the student movement in this coming academic year. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Derby Society Wins Awards Derby Aegis Society was nominated for 6 awards at the University of Derby Students' Union Awards ball on the 26th April 2007 for its contribution to student activities within the university over the past academic year. We scooped up 3 awards on the night for ‘most charitable club or society’, ‘outstanding [...]
10 May 07 - For the first time since opening, the Holocaust Centre (situated between Laxton and Ollerton, in north Notts) is running a full summer of weekend talks by survivors of Nazi concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Belsen. Every Saturday and Sunday, from now to the end of September, members of the public [...]