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Quakers take historic step
11 March 2026
Quakers in Britain this weekend brought their Meeting for Sufferings – a body that has met for more than 350 years – to an end as they move into a simplified structure for modern times.
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Westminster Quaker Meeting House suffers second Met Police raid
6 March 2026
For the second time in less than a year, Metropolitan Police officers have raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House, arresting young activists.
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Children’s art for peace in Quaker central offices
4 March 2026
Eighty years after the Korean peninsula was divided by war, an exhibition of drawings by children on both sides of the divide is on show in Quaker central offices, London.
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Quakers nominate Concordis International for Nobel Peace Prize
24 February 2026
Quakers in Britain and the United States of America have nominated Concordis International for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising two decades of community-led peacebuilding.
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Shadi Khoury faces months in Israeli military prison
17 February 2026
A former Ramallah Friends School student has been sentenced by an Israeli military court to 32 months in prison and a 12,000-shekel fine.
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Palestine Action proscription unlawful
13 February 2026
Quakers in Britain welcomes the High Court's recognition that the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act was unlawful. We call for the immediate lifting of the proscription order which remains in place.