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Quakers cited in Lords debate on right to boycott bill
21 February 2024
Quakers in Britain's “powerful" briefings on the anti-boycott bill were recognised in the House of Lords this week during its second reading.
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Quakers join over 260 organisations calling on House of Lords to block Rwanda Bill
30 January 2024
Along with 260 charities, faiths and civil society bodies, Quakers in Britain called on the House of Lords this week to block the “deeply harmful" Rwanda Bill.
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Quakers brief MPs and peers on right to boycott
11 January 2024
Quakers in Britain briefed parliamentarians on the anti-boycott bill before its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 January.
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Stop persecuting conscientious objectors in Russia and Ukraine, Quakers say
7 December 2023
Quakers in Britain have joined other faith and civil society groups calling on the Russian and Ukrainian governments to respect the rights of conscientious objectors.
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Government must go further on indeterminate sentences, Quakers say
6 December 2023
Quakers have cautiously welcomed recent changes to the much-criticised Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.
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Funding for loss and damage must be in billions, Quakers say
5 December 2023
Quakers in Britain and others in the Make Polluters Pay coalition have cautiously welcomed a landmark deal to help pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster.