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Quakers address the monarch at Buckingham Palace
10 March 2023
Quakers from Britain and Ireland visited Buckingham Palace on Thursday, 9 March, to exercise their historic right to address the King.
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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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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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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 urge UK Foreign Secretary to consider signing the nuclear prohibition treaty
20 January 2023
On the second anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Christian peace organisations are calling on the UK government to back the ban on the weapons.
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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.