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• “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”: challenging the UK’s prison system

  23 October 2024

  Challenging appalling conditions in the UK's prisons and the ugly public discourse around prisoners were two key Quaker focuses during this year's Prisons Week.

• Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors

  17 October 2024

  Quakers in Britain welcomes the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to friends and partners Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors.

• Quakers in Britain marks first year of work on reparations

  9 October 2024

  Quakers in Britain has completed its first year of work on reparations, addressing the legacies of the transatlantic chattel slave trade, colonialism, and economic exploitation.

• October 7, one year on: a Quaker statement

  7 October 2024

  This is a grim anniversary, a dark milestone for many. When those we love are dead, every day can be hard, but some days are especially hard.

• Quakers warn UK government’s defence review misses key security issues

  2 October 2024

  The UK government's narrowly focused defence review ignores vital non-military solutions for a safer UK and world, Quakers warned this week.

• Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice

  25 September 2024

  Quakers in Britain are uniting with peace and climate justice movements worldwide to highlight the connections between their causes.

• Quakers join calls for the UK to review its trade agreement with Israel

  24 September 2024

  Quakers in Britain are calling on the UK to review its trade relations with Israel due to serious breaches of international law and human rights in occupied Palestine.

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