Gemma Tumelty re-elected National President of NUS
Gemma Tumelty was re-elected National President of the National Union of Students by over two thirds of voting delegates at NUS’ annual conference. Gemma won her election in Blackpool, meaning that she will serve another year until July 2008, when she will have completed her maximum two year term. She commented- “I am absolutely delighted […]
Rolls Royce pulls out of Sudan citing Humanitarian Concerns
London (April 19th, 2007) – Rolls Royce announced yesterday their decision to withdraw from Sudan citing “increasing international humanitarian concerns”. Their decision follows increasing calls for companies to divest from Sudan and exert financial pressure on as the Government of Sudan as the crisis in Darfur worsens. This news is of particular significance to Aegis […]
Survivors bury loved ones 13 years on
14 Apr 07 – Today survivors buried 1,454 victims of the Rwandan genocide in mass graves at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. The burials followed Rwanda’s official week of mourning marking the 13th anniversary of the 1994 genocide. Thousands of mourners marched in quiet procession from St. Famille Church and other areas of central Kigali to […]
News from Nottingham Trent University – April 2007
Nottingham Trent Aegis Society has been very active this term with many events either happening or being planned. We started the term with a ‘Pub quiz’ with the winning team collecting £50; we raised £80 in the process. In March arrangements were made to have a Darfuri guest speaker for the Awareness Day for Darfur […]
News from Oxford University – April 2007
It’s been another busy and exciting term for Oxford Aegis Society: We kicked it off with the Hands Up For Darfur Day (03/02/07) at the Oxford Union in conjunction with Hands Up For Darfur. The event included a screening of Shooting Dogs, informational stalls for groups working in Sudan (like Kids for Kids, Medecins Sans […]
Aegis Trust exposes torture of rejected Darfur asylum seeker
29 Mar 07 – Following removal by the Home Office to Khartoum on 5 February 2007, Sadiq Adam Osman – a survivor of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, who had previously been interviewed about his experiences by the Aegis Trust, and had taken part in demonstrations in London about the Darfur crisis – was brutally tortured […]
DARFUR: TIME TO PROTECT
March 9th 2007 will see a range of events taking place on campuses throughout the UK to raise awareness of the situation in Darfur and prompt students to take action. We have several universities on board with this but we want you to join us. Please get in touch to organise an event at your […]
ICC Darfur indictments – Aegis response
27 Feb 07 – The Aegis Trust welcomes the ICC’s indictments today of Ahmad Harun, Sudan’s State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and formerly State Minister of the Interior, and Ali Kushayb, one of the leaders of the Janjaweed, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. “The indictment of Harun is particularly significant since […]
UK Holocaust Education needs Investment
UK Holocaust Education needs Investment 16 Apr 07 – Serious concerns have been raised internationally about the state of Holocaust education in the UK in the wake of media stories following publication of a DfES-funded report, ‘Teaching Emotive and Controversial History’. The report, published by the Historical Association, found that some teachers had dropped the […]
Collectif Urgence Darfour: no French welcome for Bashir
14 Feb 07 – The Aegis Trust wholeheartedly supports its colleagues in France at the Collecif Urgence Darfour in the statement they have issued opposing the coming visit to France by Sudanese President Omar Bashir. The Urgence Darfour statement follows: Sudanese President Omar Bashir is not welcome in France The Council for General Affairs and […]