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• Stop selling arms to Israel, Quakers tell UK government

  12 December 2023

  Quakers have joined calls on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel due to the “clear risk" that the weapons might be used in violation of international law.

• Stop persecuting conscientious objectors in Russia and Ukraine, Quakers say

  7 December 2023

  Quakers in Britain have joined other faith and civil society groups calling on the Russian and Ukrainian governments to respect the rights of conscientious objectors.

• Government must go further on indeterminate sentences, Quakers say

  6 December 2023

  Quakers have cautiously welcomed recent changes to the much-criticised Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.

• Funding for loss and damage must be in billions, Quakers say

  5 December 2023

  Quakers in Britain and others in the Make Polluters Pay coalition have cautiously welcomed a landmark deal to help pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster.

• Support a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and Israel, Quakers and others tell world governments

  1 December 2023

  Quakers and other religious leaders have condemned governments for their complicity in continued violence through their opposition to a ceasefire.

• Quakers hold West Bank Quaker school in the Light after three alumni shot in the USA

  29 November 2023

  Quakers in Britain have offered their support to Ramallah Friends School in the wake of the shooting of three former students in Vermont.

• Quakers celebrate the courage of nuclear-ban nations

  29 November 2023

  Quakers have joined over 100 faith groups, calling on states to ban nuclear weapons and upholding the 65 who already have.

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