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Poignant ceremony marks International Conscientious Objectors’ Day

Updated 4 February 2025

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

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Walk with Me: faith organisations lead a second public silent peace walk

Updated 4 February 2025

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

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors

Updated 4 February 2025

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

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Powerful commemoration of every life lost in war

Updated 10 November 2025

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

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Quaker pacifist seized off Kyiv street

Updated 25 March 2026

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