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Latest news
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Quaker peace education gathers momentum
1 February 2024
Quaker peace education is gathering momentum with the piloting of a three-day sustainable model for peer mediation training.
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Quakers join over 260 organisations calling on House of Lords to block Rwanda Bill
30 January 2024
Along with 260 charities, faiths and civil society bodies, Quakers in Britain called on the House of Lords this week to block the “deeply harmful" Rwanda Bill.
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UK must take urgent action after ICJ genocide ruling, Quakers say
30 January 2024
Quakers have welcomed, with a heavy heart, the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), that there is a plausible risk Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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Peace is Every Step: thousands join silent peace walk
22 January 2024
Quakers and other faith groups took to the streets of London in a silent walk for peace on Sunday, 21 January.
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Quakers in Britain condemn UK and US airstrikes in Yemen
17 January 2024
Quakers have called on the UK government to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, following the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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Quakers brief MPs and peers on right to boycott
11 January 2024
Quakers in Britain briefed parliamentarians on the anti-boycott bill before its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 January.
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Celebrating four centuries of Quakers
10 January 2024
Four hundred years after the birth of Quaker co-founder George Fox, celebrations are planned throughout 2024 to recognise that Quakers are still working for justice with peace.
