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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
17 October 2024
Quakers in Britain welcomes the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to friends and partners Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors.
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Quakers in Britain marks first year of work on reparations
9 October 2024
Quakers in Britain has completed its first year of work on reparations, addressing the legacies of the transatlantic chattel slave trade, colonialism, and economic exploitation.
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Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice
25 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are uniting with peace and climate justice movements worldwide to highlight the connections between their causes.
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Quakers join calls for the UK to review its trade agreement with Israel
24 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are calling on the UK to review its trade relations with Israel due to serious breaches of international law and human rights in occupied Palestine.
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Quaker Week 2024: Four centuries on, Quakers say "We're still here"
24 September 2024
Quakers are celebrating the continued flourishing of their simple, radical, spiritual faith this Quaker Week, four hundred years after the birth of one of their founders.
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US Quaker Emily Provance to deliver 2025 Swarthmore Lecture
18 September 2024
New York Quaker Emily Provance will give next year's Swarthmore Lecture, focusing on the meaning of Quaker community and the challenges of cooperation.