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Quakers in Britain are shocked and deeply saddened by the major escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine
11 October 2023
As of 11 October 2023, more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and more than 900 in Gaza. Over 2,700 people have been injured in Israel, and 4,250 in Gaza. More than 260,000 Gazans have been displaced from their homes. Up to 150 people have been taken hostage by Hamas. Behind these rising numbers of deaths and casualties are individual lives ended or changed irrevocably. We mourn those lives already lost and call for an immediate de-escalation.
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Quakers hold the silence for their beliefs
28 September 2023
This year's Quaker Week began (suitably) with silence as hundreds of Quakers across England and Scotland held climate vigils.
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Quakers risk prison to defend vital legal precedent
21 September 2023
The ancient right of juries to rule according to their convictions, established during the trial of two Quaker preachers in 1670, is under threat.
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Quakers in media stunt for Make Polluters Pay Action Day
19 September 2023
Climate and faith organisations including Quakers in Britain protested outside Parliament on Tuesday, calling on the government to tax oil and gas giants.
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Peace groups unite to oppose world’s biggest arms fair
14 September 2023
Quakers maintained a strong dissenting presence outside the world's biggest market for weapons as it emerged that the UK government had invited countries on its own watch list.
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Swarthmore Lecture 2024 to focus on prisons and punishment
12 September 2023
Next year's Swarthmore Lecture, a key date in the Quaker diary, will be delivered by prison expert Ben Jarman.