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• Quakers re-enact 1670 City of London meeting to highlight threat to jury system

  8 April 2024

  Quakers re-enacted a meeting for worship in Gracechurch Street, London, which led to the now-threatened right of juries to rule according to their convictions.

• Quakers join global Christian leaders in call for Gaza ceasefire

  2 April 2024

  This Holy Week, Quakers added their voice to that of more than 140 faith leaders calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to foreign military support for Israel.

• Teach for Peace

  26 March 2024

  As violent conflict surges around the globe, Quakers in Britain has produced a new free peace education pack to help secondary school teachers prepare learners to build peace, not war.

• Israeli peace activist speaks in Friends House

  21 March 2024

  Resisting militarism in Israel, particularly during the current violence in Gaza, was discussed at Quaker offices in Euston earlier this month.
  

• Quakers condemn crackdown on right to protest

  11 March 2024

  Quakers have joined 45 other groups in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to warn of the chilling effect of new legislation and policing powers.

• Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government

  6 March 2024

  As the Government announces a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget, Quakers have joined 90 other organisations in calling for real tax reform.

• Quakers in Criminal Justice urge Labour party to move away from punitive rhetoric

  4 March 2024

  With a general election due by next January, Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) have urged the Labour party to look beyond retribution to evidence-based rehabilitation.

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