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Quakers call for change in law targeting Gypsy and Traveller communities
30 April 2025
Quakers in Britain have joined over 20 organisations in calling on the government to scrap a law they say unfairly targets Gypsy and Traveller communities.
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Quakers support exhibition on complex fight for abolition
29 April 2025
A new exhibition about the contested history of the fight to end the transatlantic trade in enslaved people features items from Quakers in Britain collections.
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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
28 March 2025
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
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Government urged to reverse decision to close off citizenship to people arriving irregularly
18 February 2025
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has criticised new Home Office guidance that makes it even more difficult for refugees to become British citizens.
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Quakers share expertise to help heal social divisions
5 February 2025
In the wake of far-right racist riots and growing divisions, Quakers have offered their expertise in building community cohesion.
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Quakers call for radical overhaul of sentencing
22 January 2025
The government must focus on reforming and rehabilitating offenders and addressing the root causes of crime if it is to fix the prison system, Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) said.