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Quaker pamphlet to counteract militarisation of British schools
9 March 2023
Quakers have produced a resource to help schools offer a balanced perspective after their research found widespread targeting of schoolchildren by the armed forces and arms companies.
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New migration bill is inhumane, Quakers say
8 March 2023
Quakers in Britain have described the government's new migration bill as 'inhumane' because it would subject thousands of vulnerable people to destitution, detention and deportation.
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Marking a year of war in Ukraine
23 February 2023
As the war in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary, Quakers mourn the loss of life, devastation and suffering and continue to call for a cessation of fighting, for Russian withdrawal and for all parties to observe international law.
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Loving Earth textiles highlighting threats to natural world comes to Westminster
22 February 2023
A Quaker-led textile exhibition about the survival of the planet is on show to politicians in Portcullis House.
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Groups working to protect democracy nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Quakers
22 February 2023
Quakers in Britain and America have nominated coalitions in the USA and Kenya for their work in building democracy for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Quakers call on prime minister to rule out opening UK’s largest oil and gas field
21 February 2023
Quakers in Britain have joined 200 others in writing to Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman urging the government to reject Equinor's plans to open the Rosebank oil field.