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Quakers hold the silence for their beliefs
28 September 2023
This year's Quaker Week began (suitably) with silence as hundreds of Quakers across England and Scotland held climate vigils.
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Peace groups unite to oppose world’s biggest arms fair
14 September 2023
Quakers maintained a strong dissenting presence outside the world's biggest market for weapons as it emerged that the UK government had invited countries on its own watch list.
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Quakers protest human cost of arms trade
7 September 2023
Quakers are protesting outside a huge arms fair in east London which is going ahead despite appalled opposition from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
UPDATE: Several Quakers were arrested on Thursday, 7 September, during Meeting for Worship at No Faith in War Day.
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Quakers urge government to roll-out UN-backed schemes to support asylum seekers
24 August 2023
The UK government should broaden access to community-based schemes endorsed by the UN instead of treating asylum seekers with hostility, Quakers said.
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Protect the right to boycott unethical companies, Quakers urge MPs
21 June 2023
Quakers have joined nearly 70 civil society organisations in calling on MPs to reject the government's controversial anti-boycott bill, tabled this week.
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Major UN Committee calls for end to UK military recruitment of children
6 June 2023
United Nations child rights experts have called on the UK to stop recruiting children into the armed forces.