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• 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.

• Quakers call for urgent prison reform

  1 May 2026

  Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) have set out a series of urgent demands for prison reform, including action on the racially discriminatory use of a painful chemical spray on prisoners.

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