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Lancashire Quakers make first formal apology for role in enslavement
11 June 2025
Lancashire Quakers have become the first in Britain to issue a formal apology for their historic involvement in the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of African people.
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Salter Lecture 2025: Abimbola Johnson calls for a pause in policing
10 June 2025
At this year's Salter Lecture, barrister and racial justice advocate Abimbola Johnson invited her audience to reimagine policing through a Quaker lens of reflection, restraint, and accountability.
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Quakers welcome interfaith letter after police raid on Westminster meeting house
19 May 2025
Quakers in Britain have welcomed strong support from other faiths after the police raid on Westminster Quaker meeting house in March.
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Quakers welcome Court of Appeal ruling on anti-protest laws
8 May 2025
Quakers have welcomed a court ruling that the UK Government broke the law when it gave police extra powers to restrict protests that caused “more than minor" disruption.
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Quakers call for change in law targeting Gypsy and Traveller communities
30 April 2025
Quakers in Britain have joined over 20 organisations in calling on the government to scrap a law they say unfairly targets Gypsy and Traveller communities.
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Quakers support exhibition on complex fight for abolition
29 April 2025
A new exhibition about the contested history of the fight to end the transatlantic trade in enslaved people features items from Quakers in Britain collections.