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Quakers protest human cost of arms trade
7 September 2023
Quakers are protesting outside a huge arms fair in east London which is going ahead despite appalled opposition from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
UPDATE: Several Quakers were arrested on Thursday, 7 September, during Meeting for Worship at No Faith in War Day.
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‘In perpetual purgatory’: Quakers fear for lives of offenders with indeterminate sentences
6 September 2023
The government should re-sentence all remaining IPP prisoners, Quakers say, as new figures show hundreds recalled to prison despite not being charged with a further offence.
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Quakers petition prime minister on right to boycott
31 August 2023
Quakers in Britain joined others to hand in a petition at 10 Downing Street urging prime minister Rishi Sunak to scrap the anti-boycott bill.
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Quakers urge government to roll-out UN-backed schemes to support asylum seekers
24 August 2023
The UK government should broaden access to community-based schemes endorsed by the UN instead of treating asylum seekers with hostility, Quakers said.
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Quakers call on government to stop demonising asylum seekers
17 August 2023
The government must recognise that of God in everyone, Quakers said this week as the 'hostile environment' towards those who seek our help continued to bear its dreadful fruit.
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Quakers condemn passage of the government’s “senselessly cruel” illegal migration act
19 July 2023
As the government's illegal migration bill passes the Lords, Quakers in Britian have joined 289 organisations to uphold and stand alongside those affected.