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Quakers protest government drive to reopen immigration removal centres
19 October 2022
Why is the British government returning to locking up asylum seekers when alternatives are more humane and effective?
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Quakers fight deportation of Zimbabwean Quaker human rights defender
13 October 2022
Quakers in Stockton-on-Tees have rallied around a fellow Quaker who fears for her life if returned to Zimbabwe thanks to the UK government's hostile environment for asylum seekers.
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Quakers welcome parliamentary report condemning indeterminate sentences
11 October 2022
Quakers in Criminal Justice have endorsed a Justice Committee report on Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences which found them to be irredeemably flawed.
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Quakers reach out for co-operation on truth and integrity
4 October 2022
Quakers concerned about the decline of integrity in public life and beyond have released a declaration, asking others to work with them.
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Quakers stand by peaceful climate protestors
28 September 2022
Quakers across Britain are supporting peaceful protestors who took nonviolent action to demand an end to new oil and gas projects in the UK and have been found guilty of breaking an injunction.
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Quakers join international action for a loss and damage fund
22 September 2022
On Loss and Damage Action Day 2022 Quakers join people around the world in calling for polluters to pay up for the loss and damage being wrought on communities by climate breakdown.