Royal Wootton Bassett Academy hosts talk by Aegis Special Representative on Crimes Against Humanity
At the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, 7.00pm Wednesday 10 July, Mukesh Kapila – the whistleblower who as UN Sudan chief in 2004 first brought Darfur to global attention – will give a public talk on his memoirs, ‘Against A Tide of Evil’; a no-holds-barred insider account of a crisis that still keeps rolling. Now Special […]
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy hosts talk by Aegis Special Representative on Crimes Against Humanity
At the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, 7.00pm Wednesday 10 July, Mukesh Kapila – the whistleblower who as UN Sudan chief in 2004 first brought Darfur to global attention – will give a public talk on his memoirs, ‘Against A Tide of Evil’; a no-holds-barred insider account of a crisis that still keeps rolling. Now Special […]
Notts students abseil for Aegis
27 June 13 – Groups of students from Notts schools and universities will be abseiling from one of the city’s most recognised landmarks on Sunday (30.6.13) for the Aegis Trust, which is based in Nottinghamshire. The students will be taking part in the 33-metre abseil from the Clock Tower at intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham […]
Sweden to fund $6.8m three-year peace-building programme in Rwanda
14 June 2013 – The Swedish Embassy in Rwanda today announced funding for an ambitious new Rwanda-wide peace-building programme. The Rwanda Peace Education Programme is designed to counter behavioural risk factors for genocide by promoting social cohesion, pluralism, personal responsibility, empathy, critical thinking and action to build a more peaceful society. Centring on a mobile […]
Genocide survivors welcome UK arrest of Rwandan suspects
31 May 2013 – Responding to yesterday’s arrest in the UK of five Rwandans suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, Freddy Mutanguha – Rwandan Country Director of the UK-based Aegis Trust for genocide prevention – says word of the move is being warmly welcomed by survivors. “These arrests have given survivors renewed hope for […]
Darfur whistleblower launches memoirs in Geneva
25 April 2013 – Ten years ago, British diplomat Mukesh Kapila became head of the UN in Sudan. Within a year of taking the post, he would publicly declare the Sudanese Government guilty of ethnic cleansing in Darfur. At the Geneva Press Club, 17.30 – 19.30 on Thursday 2 May, the whistleblower who first brought […]
USC Shoah Foundation integrates Rwandan genocide testimonies secured by Aegis
19 April 2013 – Aegis’ American partner the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education – has added a collection of testimonies of survivors and rescuers from the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide to its Visual History Archive. Holding over 52,000 filmed Holocaust survivor testimonies, this marks its first integration of testimonies […]
Aegis takes Darfur debate to Rome
10 Apr 13 – Aegis’ Special Representative on Crimes against Humanity, Professor Mukesh Kapila, has continued the international tour for his new book, “Against A Tide of Evil”, in a series of lectures at Rome’s Universities. Giving his insider account as the UN Sudan chief who blew the whistle on ethnic cleansing in Darfur in […]
Rwanda’s 19th genocide commemoration: Peace-building education to be expanded from Kigali Genocide Memorial
Following the lighting of the flame, President Kagame visited a new ‘Peace room’ at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where students including the children of survivors and perpetrators take part in peace-building education. There he viewed a mobile exhibition created by the Aegis Trust to take this education programme into Rwanda’s rural communities. “Remembrance of […]
The EU and mass atrocity prevention: Aegis to participate in UK report launch
19 Mar 13 – The Aegis Trust will take part in next week’s UK launch of a report by the Task Force on the EU Prevention of Mass Atrocities. Titled ‘The EU and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities – An Assessment of Strengths and Weaknesses’, the report can be downloaded here. Speakers Dr James Smith, […]