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• Quakers disappointed by reversal on climate commitments in King's Speech

  8 November 2023

  The King's Speech has left Quakers in Britain deeply disappointed and concerned about the UK's commitment to protecting human rights and to taking urgent action in response to climate breakdown.

• Quakers call on government to honour international climate finance pledge

  2 November 2023

  Quakers have joined more than 70 other organisations in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand the government reverse its climate finance changes.

• No Arms Trade in Telford, say local Quakers

  2 November 2023

  Six people, including four Quakers, have been charged following a protest at a defence fair in Telford on 1-2 November.

• Quakers join Christian calls for an end to violence in Israel and Palestine

  27 October 2023

  Quakers in Britain have signed a joint statement with church leaders and Christian organisations, convened by Christian Aid.
  

• Quakers host inaugural UK Reparations Conference

  26 October 2023

  Quakers in Britain played host to the UK's first reparations conference organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR), at Friends House in Euston last weekend.

• Quaker organizations call for a ceasefire and humanitarian protections in Gaza

  18 October 2023

  Quakers in Britain have joined American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation and the Quaker United Nations Office in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

• Human rights monitors safely home from Palestine

  14 October 2023

  Two Irish nationals in Palestine to monitor the human rights situation on behalf of British and Irish churches and NGOs have been evacuated.

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