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Time to tackle hidden hunger
30 January 2018
New figures released today show the extent of 'hidden hunger' across Britain. Quakers in Britain are part of a coalition calling for a national measure of food insecurity to tackle it.
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No safe hands for unsafe weapons
5 January 2018
An international gathering of Nobel Peace Prize winners and peace activists met in Friends House this week to face a challenge: how to get nuclear states on side with the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.
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Faith leaders say no to nuclear weapons
14 December 2017
In a week when the Nobel Peace Prize has been presented to ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons, leaders from all faiths across the UK are calling on the government to affirm the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Marking the Nobel Peace Prize anniversary
11 December 2017
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee, representing British and Americans Quakers.
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Standing up for human rights
10 December 2017
Amid great constitutional change and uncertainty and on UN Human Rights Day, Quakers in Britain are joining more than 140 civil society groups in an open letter to the prime minister. They are seeking commitment to “stand firm on universal human rights standards as the foundation of a forward-looking UK".
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Quakers condemn US recognition of Jerusalem
6 December 2017
Quakers in Britain have made this statement responding to the announcement from the president of the United States concerning Jerusalem.