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• Quakers back jailed Indigenous climate leaders

  19 May 2026

  Quakers in Britain has signed an international statement calling for the release of two women imprisoned in Russia for their work defending Indigenous rights and the climate.

• Quakers challenge politics of fear

  14 May 2026

  The Government's legislative agenda is being shaped by a dangerous turn towards security, threat and control, Quakers in Britain has warned, at the expense of civil liberties, protest rights and compassion for migrants and refugees.

• Quaker research helps trigger seizure of UK arms bound for Israel

  13 May 2026

  A Quaker researcher has helped expose an illegal arms shipment from the UK to Israel, which has been seized by Belgian authorities and is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

• Quakers join national campaign to celebrate everyday acts of hope

  11 May 2026

  Quakers across Britain are being invited to sign up to a major UK-wide campaign celebrating the everyday kindness taking place in communities around them.

• The Salter Lecture 2026 – The Middle East: a moral catastrophe?

  6 May 2026

  A leading British-Israeli journalist has warned of a catastrophic breakdown in international law and shared values, in this year's Salter Lecture.

• Young Quakers help shape the faith's future

  6 May 2026

  For Quakers, children's voices carry weight alongside those of adults and this weekend that commitment was on display at Britain Yearly Meeting May 2026.

• The world has avoided nuclear war through luck, faith leaders warn

  5 May 2026

  The world has avoided nuclear catastrophe through luck, not good management, warn more than 100 religious groups calling for urgent action on nuclear disarmament.

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