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Quakers from around the world gather in South Africa
5 August 2024
Quakers from around the world landed in South Africa on Monday, 5 August, for the first world plenary in eight years.
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Quakers welcome historic ruling on Palestine but warn of imminent danger of wider war
2 August 2024
Quakers have welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) landmark ruling that the Israeli presence in all occupied Palestinian territory must end.
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Swarthmore Lecture: the challenge of doing justice
1 August 2024
Quakers should renew their efforts in the field of penal reform, Ben Jarman said at this year's Swarthmore Lecture on 27 July.
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Quakers open up decision making
1 August 2024
Quakers in Britain are to simplify their structures to make them more transparent and release time and energy for active work in the world.
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Quakers welcome measures to restore asylum rights
29 July 2024
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has welcomed moves by the new Labour government to restore the rights of people seeking asylum.
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Just Stop Oil sentences too harsh, Quakers and others say
23 July 2024
Quakers have joined more than 1,100 lawyers, academics and celebrities in calling for an urgent meeting with the attorney general to discuss the “injustice" of lengthy sentences for peaceful protest.