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.
To celebrate their first year as a student society, Derby Aegis Society organised a dinner for its members.
With the AU still set to end its Darfur mission by 30 September unless transfer to a UN peacekeeping mission can be achieved, the Aegis Trust is calling for diplomacy to secure Sudan’s agreement for this – but also for the UN Security Council to plan for intervention without Sudan’s consent in the event that [...]
4 Sept 06 - Responding this morning to news of Sudan’s expulsion of the African Union Mission in Darfur, Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, stated: "Ordering the AU Mission to leave will make it virtually impossible for aid agencies to continue operating in Darfur. Three million people, predominantly Darfur's black Africans, are [...]
18 Aug 06 - Thousands to Wear Blue Hats in Call for UN protection for Darfur In exactly 30 days’ time, campaigners will hold the biggest campaigning day for Darfur since the start of the conflict. Thousands of people in dozens of cities will call on their governments to do more to protect civilians in [...]
17 Aug 06 - The Annual Aegis Student Summer Conference was held in London on 17th August. Opening the conference, Aegis Trust Chief Executive, Dr James Smith, said, ‘We have to create public interest [in preventing genocide] and that is where you can play a really important role. He told the conference, ‘At the end [...]
17 Aug 2006 - Speaking at the National Aegis Students Summer Conference in London, NUS President, Gemma Tumelty, gave her support to the Global Day of Action for Darfur taking place on 17 September. Participants in the events marking the Day will wear “blue hats,” the internationally recognized symbol of UN peacekeeping forces. Gemma [...]