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Quakers disappointed by reversal on climate commitments in King's Speech
8 November 2023
The King's Speech has left Quakers in Britain deeply disappointed and concerned about the UK's commitment to protecting human rights and to taking urgent action in response to climate breakdown.
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Quakers call on government to honour international climate finance pledge
2 November 2023
Quakers have joined more than 70 other organisations in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand the government reverse its climate finance changes.
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No Arms Trade in Telford, say local Quakers
2 November 2023
Six people, including four Quakers, have been charged following a protest at a defence fair in Telford on 1-2 November.
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Quakers host inaugural UK Reparations Conference
26 October 2023
Quakers in Britain played host to the UK's first reparations conference organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR), at Friends House in Euston last weekend.
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Human rights monitors safely home from Palestine
14 October 2023
Two Irish nationals in Palestine to monitor the human rights situation on behalf of British and Irish churches and NGOs have been evacuated.
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Don’t recruit children, Quakers say, amid reports of sexual assault at a military training centre
12 October 2023
Nine rapes were reported to the police at Harrogate's Army Foundation College last year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown.