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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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Stop persecuting conscientious objectors in Russia and Ukraine, Quakers say
7 December 2023
Quakers in Britain have joined other faith and civil society groups calling on the Russian and Ukrainian governments to respect the rights of conscientious objectors.
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Government must go further on indeterminate sentences, Quakers say
6 December 2023
Quakers have cautiously welcomed recent changes to the much-criticised Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.
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Funding for loss and damage must be in billions, Quakers say
5 December 2023
Quakers in Britain and others in the Make Polluters Pay coalition have cautiously welcomed a landmark deal to help pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster.
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Support a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and Israel, Quakers and others tell world governments
1 December 2023
Quakers and other religious leaders have condemned governments for their complicity in continued violence through their opposition to a ceasefire.
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Quakers celebrate the courage of nuclear-ban nations
29 November 2023
Quakers have joined over 100 faith groups, calling on states to ban nuclear weapons and upholding the 65 who already have.