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Quakers warn new protest powers "dangerous and unnecessary"
8 October 2025
Quakers in Britain have warned that new government plans to tighten protest laws even further are "not only unnecessary but dangerous".
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Police spend £3m on failed climate protest case
1 October 2025
A court has dismissed charges against 15 climate protesters, including four Quakers, accused of planning to "lock on" at the UK's largest power station, Drax, in August 2024.
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UK recognition of Palestine: a first step to right a historic wrong
21 September 2025
Quakers in Britain welcomes the announcement by our government today to formally recognise the State of Palestine.
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Quakers join international campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel's illegal settlement project
16 September 2025
Quakers in Britain has joined more than 80 civil society organisations in a new campaign, Stop Trade with Settlements.
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Quakers join UK churches in urgent call to pray for peace in the Middle East
15 September 2025
Quakers in Britain are joining faith-based organisations across the UK in inviting churches to unite in praying for peace in the Middle East, amid escalating violence in Israel and Palestine
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Quakers denied intervention in court challenge over faith rights in terror law case
11 September 2025
Quakers in Britain has been refused permission to give evidence in a landmark legal challenge to the UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group.