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East Africa peace work threatened by unprecedented challenges
The conflict in Ukraine, coronavirus pandemic and climate change are all putting intolerable pressure on peace work in East Africa, peacebuilders say.
East Africa peacebuilding work threatened by unprecedented challenges
Quakers celebrate the courage of nuclear-ban nations
Quakers have joined over 100 faith groups, calling on states to ban nuclear weapons and upholding the 65 who already have.
Quakers celebrate the courage of nuclear-ban nations
Poignant ceremony marks International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
Quakers and others marked International Conscientious Objectors' Day on 15 May at the annual ceremony of remembrance in Tavistock Square.
Poignant ceremony marks International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
Walk with Me: faith organisations lead a second public silent peace walk
Quakers and other faith groups walked in solidarity through the streets of London on Sunday, 23 June, in a silent call for peace.
Walk with Me: faith organisations lead a second public silent peace walk
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Quakers in Britain welcomes the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to friends and partners Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Powerful commemoration of every life lost in war
This Remembrance Sunday, Every Casualty Counts, hosted by Quakers in Britain, remembered all those killed in wars by projecting a Virtual Cenotaph onto the front of Friends House.
Powerful commemoration of every life lost in war
Quaker pacifist seized off Kyiv street
Update: 23 March 2026. Quaker and conscientious objector Yurii Sheliazhenko has been released from military custody in Ukraine after being forcibly detained last Thursday. Yurii was beaten, pepper-sprayed, dragged by his feet and hair and humiliated during his detention.
Quaker pacifist seized off Kyiv street
We need to reclaim security for everyone
As a peace campaigner, it can feel like there is so much we need to resist at the moment: rising military spending, growing risk from nuclear weapons, and increasing public support for military intervention against the backdrop of the Ukraine invasion.
We need to reclaim security for everyone
Why should we protest against DSEI?
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?
The climate can't afford the cost of war
It is impossible for me to imagine a sustainable society when we are still selling and exporting weapons and hosting large military equipment shows such as the DSEI Arms Fair.
The climate can't afford the cost of war