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• Stansted 15 appeal upheld

  29 January 2021

  Today a group of nonviolent activists, known as the Stansted 15, have had their appeal upheld against being convicted under counter terrorism legislation.

• Nuclear weapons are illegal

  21 January 2021

  From Friday 22 January nuclear weapons are banned under international law. Quakers are joining an array of statements, witness and worship, to welcome this historic milestone.

• Quakers lobby Lords on Overseas Operations Bill

  20 January 2021

  Quakers in Britain and Quaker Concern for the Abolition of Torture (Q-CAT) have briefed Peers ahead of a debate on the Overseas Operations Bill.

  Quakers believe the Bill will have a significant, negative impact on key values of truth, justice and peace – in the UK and abroad.

• Migrants Day plea for justice

  17 December 2020

  Shortly ahead of International Migrants Day, working together, Quakers in Britain, American Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs and Quaker United Nations Office have developed a statement on migration drawing on Quaker foundations and work with migrants and on migration.
  

• Quakers welcome historic Nuclear Ban Treaty

  17 December 2020

  The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) – also known as the Nuclear Ban Treaty − is entering into force as international law on 22 January 2021, having been ratified by Honduras, the 50^th state, in October. It comprehensively prohibits participation in any nuclear weapon activities.

• Highlight of Quakers' year moves online

  10 December 2020

  Book the dates now: Yearly Meeting in Session 2021 will be held, largely, between 31 July and 8 August. This will be an online event for hundreds of Quakers to gather in stillness to listen to stories of experience and to the promptings of love and truth.

• Human Rights matter for all

  10 December 2020

  Today − on global Human Rights day − Quakers in Britain are joining 110 organisations in writing an open letter to the Prime Minister and political leaders, urging them to respond proportionately to COVID-19, protect people's rights and the rule of law and stand by the Human Rights Act.

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