Remembering Queen Elizabeth II – a champion of peace
The Aegis Trust’s Chief Executive Dr James Smith and Executive Director Freddy Mutanguha have today released the following statement: Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, on behalf of all at the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial, we wish to express deepest condolences to His Majesty King Charles III and the whole Royal Family. […]
UK Holocaust memorial should examine white supremacist roots shared by Nazism and the transatlantic slave trade
Nazism and the transatlantic slave trade shared roots in white supremacism. Linking the UK’s new National Holocaust Memorial with the Buxton Memorial alongside it would help us understand and address this continuing threat, writes Aegis Chief Executive Dr James Smith in the New Statesman.
Genocide and the church: Pope’s call for forgiveness welcomed
Receiving Rwanda’s President in the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis expressed ‘profound sadness’ over the genocide against the Tutsi and ‘implored anew God’s forgiveness for the sins and failings of the Church and its members, among whom [were] priests, and religious men and women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelical mission’ […]
Sir John Hurt remembered by genocide survivors in Rwanda
Sir John Hurt, one of the UK’s best-known actors, has passed away aged 77 after an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer. From his screen debut in 1962, the BAFTA-winning actor took on a diverse array of roles, appearing in over 120 films – not counting his many stage and television appearances. He was working right […]
Breaking Point: fostering conditions for violence
Aegis Chief Executive Dr James Smith reflects on the murder of Jo Cox MP and EU referendum campaign through the lens of the recent acts of massive violence. Yesterday would have been Jo Cox’s 42nd birthday. What should have been a family celebration was instead an occasion of national grief: a moment in which many […]