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• Just Stop Oil sentences too harsh, Quakers and others say

  23 July 2024

  Quakers have joined more than 1,100 lawyers, academics and celebrities in calling for an urgent meeting with the attorney general to discuss the “injustice" of lengthy sentences for peaceful protest.

• Quakers submit evidence on lack of UK progress on racism to the UN

  22 July 2024

  The UK must do more to tackle racism, Quakers in Britain said as the country faces a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

• Quakers welcome landmark day for Palestine and Israel

  19 July 2024

  Quakers in Britain have published a statement on a landmark day for Palestine and Israel.

• Quakers call for a ‘fundamental reset’ of UK policies towards Palestine

  11 July 2024

  Quakers joined 17 other UK charities outlining the key steps the new government must take in its first 100 days to address the conflict in Gaza.

• Quakers call on new government to stand by promise to clean up public life

  10 July 2024

  Quakers in Britain has pledged to work with the new government and opposition parties to restore trust in our democracy.

• Pity of War sculpture unveiled at National Memorial Arboretum

  4 July 2024

  As over 100 conflicts rage around the world, and the death toll in Gaza and Israel rises to more than 35,000, the first memorial to civilian casualties of war has been unveiled.

• Sign up to Faith Will to leave a lasting legacy of Quaker change

  1 July 2024

  Quakers in Britain have joined three other denominations and Christian Aid in encouraging people to talk about leaving gifts in their wills to the charity, and to their church or Quaker meeting.

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