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Public Order Bill poses new threat to protest rights
17 January 2023
The government has further strengthened its Public Order Bill as it passes into the Lords, offering the police powers to shut protests down pre-emptively.
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Quaker community born of lockdown marks 1001 nights of online worship
10 January 2023
Unlike Scheherazade's husband, Quakers attending Lighthouse Epilogue are unlikely to execute anyone. But something in the online meeting has kept them coming back for the mythical 1001 nights, with many more to come.
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Quakers call on the UK government to stop new Cumbrian coal mine
16 December 2022
More than 450 church leaders and Christian environmental campaigners have signed a letter calling on Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove to rethink a coal mine which received the go-ahead last week.
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Quakers send MPs chocolate and a climate wish list
16 December 2022
MPs have been sent a Christmas wish list and treat urging them contribute to the fund compensating for unavoidable climate impacts agreed at COP27.
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Vulnerable people who arrive on our shores should be treated fairly under international law, Quakers say
14 December 2022
Quakers believe that all people are precious, everywhere. Today they speak out yet again against the UK government's plans on migration which continue to embed policies of discrimination into the practices of the British state.
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UK Human Rights Act vital to all, Quakers say
10 December 2022
This Human Rights Day Quakers have joined 157 other organisations in calling on the UK government to protect the Human Rights Act.