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Quakers urge review of protest convictions amid growing threat to civil liberties

Updated 9 July 2025

Quakers in Britain has written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper urging her to review the convictions of peaceful protesters arrested under unlawful regulations.

Quakers urge review of protest convictions amid growing threat to civil liberties

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8 questions Gavin Williamson needs to answer about army schools

Updated 9 April 2018

Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Defence, has commissioned a review of the benefits of schools with a 'military ethos'. The military's “skills, values, and can-do attitude can inspire today's young people to challenge themselves and reach their potential," according to Williamson.

8 Questions Gavin Williamson needs to answer about army schools

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Syria: 6 things you can do

Updated 19 April 2018

In recent weeks my mind has been occupied with thoughts of Syria. I have spent a lot of time reading the reactions of Syrian activists in the diaspora to the launch of airstrikes, and listening to what my Syrian friends thought, many of whom still have family living there. For those of us not directly impacted by the conflict, and who haven't experienced the unimaginable suffering and loss as a result, what can we do?

Syria: 6 things you can do

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Quaker faith in action in the 2010s: highlights from the decade

Updated 10 July 2024

British Quakers have been advocates for peace, equality, sustainability and integrity since the 17th century. So what have they been up to recently?

A decade of Quaker faith in action

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Marking 25 years since Srebrenica

Updated 10 July 2020

11 July 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. In 1995 8,372 mainly Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces. Srebrenica is a town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Marking 25 years since Srebrenica

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9 voices the Department for Education would ban from schools

Updated 8 October 2020

Recent Department for Education guidance tells headteachers in England to ensure external organisations, speakers and resources do not take "extremist" stances. These include a stated desire to abolish capitalism and "a failure to condemn illegal activities done in support of their cause". The guidance also bans "victim narratives that are harmful to British society".

9 voices the Department for Education would ban from schools

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Military stand-off over Ukraine: 5 things you can do

Updated 17 February 2022

On 25 January Quakers in Britain issued a statement urging all sides to "engage in urgent de-escalation and commit to resolving the stand-off over Ukraine peacefully". Since then, we have witnessed the continuation of the military build-up. Despite Russia's recent disputed announcement of a partial withdrawal of some troops, there is continued international concern that diplomacy may fail and that a terrible new war may break out.

Military stand-off over Ukraine: 5 things you can do

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Building a lasting peace: 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

Updated 15 May 2025

Most people over the age of about 35 with a connection to Northern Ireland will remember the Good Friday Agreement being signed. I do. I grew up just outside Belfast and at Easter 1998 when the Agreement was formalised I was 12 years old, on a canal boat somewhere in England. I wasn't blessed with keen political insight, but even I dimly grasped that what I was hearing on the radio was important.

Building a lasting peace: 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

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Why should we protest against DSEI?

Updated 3 August 2023

In 2019, when I was 15, I attended a protest against the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair (DSEI) alongside hundreds of peace activists, many of whom were Quakers. We gathered outside the ExCel centre in London to block the entrance, share art, sing, and hold meetings for worship in remembrance of the countless victims of war.

Why should we protest against DSEI?

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The long-term cost of war: how sending landmines to Ukraine undermines the fight for a mine-free future

Updated 22 November 2024

After I spoke on the radio back in 2023 about peace and pacifism in the context of the war in Ukraine, I had a Quaker get in touch with me. One problem with war, he said, was its corrupting nature "even on those whose cause, like the Ukrainians, is just". Over time, groups and countries can start to use tactics that they earlier condemned, such as the use of landmines.

The long-term cost of war: how sending landmines to Ukraine undermines the fight for a mine-free future