Survivors and dignitaries have heaped praise on the co-founder of Laxton's Holocaust Centre for his "outstanding work" after he received a national honour. Actress Maureen Lipman joined Holocaust survivors and supporters of the National Holocaust Centre on Friday, March 21 in a surprise celebration for Dr James Smith. The co-founder of both the centre and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Inspire more young people to stand up against the root causes of genocide by supporting the Aegis Trust 2012 Appeal, enabling young people in Rwanda to understand the dangers of prejudice and exclusion. It costs just $20 for each young person to attend an Aegis Trust peacebuilding workshop, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Since [...]
Heloise Agelou, founder of racehorse management company Hagelou www.hagelou.com – in partnership with International Thoroughbred Consultants (I.T.C) – hosted a charity event at the Royal Windsor Racecourse on Monday 10th October, benefitting the Aegis Trust. 160 guests, including Clive Owen and Sir Michael Parkinson (pictured, holding the 'Winner's Egg' by Sarah Faberge, [...]
Sir Richard Branson has personally donated a week for two on Necker Island to an auction benefitting the Aegis Trust. The once in a lifetime prize, which is to be taken during a celebration week, is to be introduced by Clive Owen at an exclusive event at Royal Windsor Racecourse on 10th October hosted by Heloise [...]
Jean Francois Gisimba with Clive Owen and Carl Wilkens This Autumn, I feel very privileged to be working with Carl Wilkens and Jean-Francois Gisimba, two personal heroes of mine. They, together with Jean-Francois’ brother Damas, were responsible for saving the lives of over 400 Tutsi and moderate Hutu during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Hundreds of [...]
8 April 2011 - Wartime hero Denis Avey, who recounts how as a prisoner of war he twice broke into Auschwitz III and also helped to save the life of a Jewish inmate, last week launched his memoirs at The Holocaust Centre (home of the Aegis Trust) together with Rob Broomby, formerly the BBC’s Berlin [...]
Monday, 22 March 2010- Lubanga Chronicle #71 Truth or Lies? The Questions continue Prosecution Witness 15 continues giving evidence. Throughout his testimony, the witness has claimed that an intermediary who cooperated with the Office of the Prosecutor induced him to fabricate lies. Witness 15 gave a similar account when he appeared in court for the [...]
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 For the first time in the history of international criminal justice, a victim takes the stand to give evidence in person. He has not been called by the Prosecution, nor by the Defence. He comes to this Court at his own request, "to tell the world" about the abuses that occurred [...]
