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Quakers cited in Lords debate on right to boycott bill
21 February 2024
Quakers in Britain's “powerful" briefings on the anti-boycott bill were recognised in the House of Lords this week during its second reading.
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Quakers urge government to continue funding Inter Faith Network
13 February 2024
Horrified at the imminent closure of the crucial Inter Faith Network (IFN), Quakers are urging the government to reconsider its funding withdrawal.
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Letter to the Prime Minister from the Humanitarian and Human Rights Sector on Rafah
13 February 2024
Alongside other charities and faith organisations, Quakers in Britain have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to use the UK's diplomatic pressure to urge Israel to change course.
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Quaker peace education gathers momentum
1 February 2024
Quaker peace education is gathering momentum with the piloting of a three-day sustainable model for peer mediation training.
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UK must take urgent action after ICJ genocide ruling, Quakers say
30 January 2024
Quakers have welcomed, with a heavy heart, the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), that there is a plausible risk Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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Quakers join over 260 organisations calling on House of Lords to block Rwanda Bill
30 January 2024
Along with 260 charities, faiths and civil society bodies, Quakers in Britain called on the House of Lords this week to block the “deeply harmful" Rwanda Bill.