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• Quakers submit video evidence on lack of UK progress on racism to the UN

  14 August 2024

  The UK must do more to tackle racism, Quakers in Britain said as the country faces a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

• Quakers concerned for protestors facing long sentences

  13 August 2024

  Quakers are calling on the government to restore the right to protest and freedom of speech.

• Quaker peace work aims to turn the tide in East Africa

  11 August 2024

  Quakers and Quaker-related peace workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have undertaken training in peacebuilding.

• Quakers reach out to new government ministers

  7 August 2024

  Quakers in Britain have written to members of the newly-appointed cabinet to raise key priorities.

• 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.

• Quakers call for peacebuilding in violent times

  5 August 2024

  Quakers in Britain are shocked and saddened by the recent violence on our streets.

• 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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