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• Quakers highlight refugee welcome

  4 June 2026

  Quakers in Britain are encouraging meetings to mark Sanctuary Sunday on 21 June, part of Refugee Week.

• New report highlights UK imprisonment of protesters

  27 May 2026

  A report by Defend Our Juries and Queen Mary University of London reveals the scale of imprisonment of protesters, including Quakers, who take direct action on the climate crisis and Palestine.
  

• Quakers oppose Defence Universities Alliance

  27 May 2026

  Quakers in Britain have joined nine other groups in endorsing a statement from Demilitarise Education that opposes a worrying step in the militarisation of higher education.
  

• Quaker statement on antisemitism and Islamophobia

  20 May 2026

  We believe that every human being is entitled to a space in the world which enhances their dignity - Australia Yearly Meeting epistle 2003

• Giving voice to those who refuse to fight

  19 May 2026

  Quakers in Europe marked International Conscientious Objectors' Day last Friday with a new report giving voice to people who have refused to fight.

• 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.

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