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• Swarthmore Lecture: the challenge of doing justice

  1 August 2024

  Quakers should renew their efforts in the field of penal reform, Ben Jarman said at this year's Swarthmore Lecture on 27 July.

• Quakers open up decision making

  1 August 2024

  Quakers in Britain are to simplify their structures to make them more transparent and release time and energy for active work in the world.

• Quakers welcome measures to restore asylum rights

  29 July 2024

  The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has welcomed moves by the new Labour government to restore the rights of people seeking asylum.

• Just Stop Oil sentences too harsh, Quakers and others say

  23 July 2024

  Quakers have joined more than 1,100 lawyers, academics and celebrities in calling for an urgent meeting with the attorney general to discuss the “injustice" of lengthy sentences for peaceful protest.

• Quakers submit evidence on lack of UK progress on racism to the UN

  22 July 2024

  The UK must do more to tackle racism, Quakers in Britain said as the country faces a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

• Quakers welcome landmark day for Palestine and Israel

  19 July 2024

  Quakers in Britain have published a statement on a landmark day for Palestine and Israel.

• Quakers call for a ‘fundamental reset’ of UK policies towards Palestine

  11 July 2024

  Quakers joined 17 other UK charities outlining the key steps the new government must take in its first 100 days to address the conflict in Gaza.

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