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Meeting for Sufferings: Meeting for Sufferings Annual Report
The draft Annual Report of Meeting for Sufferings for 2016, which had been prepared by the clerk working with the Arrangements Group, was given to Sufferings for approval.
Meeting for Sufferings: Recent arrests
Two Friends have been added to the court and prison register. Ian Bray, of Huddersfield Meeting (Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Meeting), was arrested on the 19 November 2016 with fourteen others during a nonviolent direct action against the expansion of Heathrow Airport. He was given a twelve-month conditional discharge and a fine...
Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting Gathering 2017
Sufferings heard that the aim of Yearly Meeting Gathering 2017, to be held in Warwick 29 July – 5 August, was to ‘create an inclusive, warm and loving atmosphere’ that would nurture Friends in their witness in living ‘in the Kingdom of God here and now.’
High Court hearing on arms exports
This week the High Court in London has been hearing a judicial review into the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in the ongoing bombing of Yemen.
Hereford Expo protest
Herefordshire Friends joined protesters in Hereford on 1 February to express their concern about the first Herefordshire Defence and Security Expo being held in the Courtyard Theatre, Jim Wood told the Friend.
Scottish Friend addresses Irish peace conference
Scottish Friend Alastair McIntosh was a speaker at the annual Féile Bríde peace conference held in County Kildare in Ireland on 4 February.
Building trust at climate talks
Faith and science communities met earlier this week at Friends House in London as Quakers set out to build communication and support between them. Two interfaith luncheons were held, hosted by Quakers in Britain and the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Record suicides in prisons
A record number of people, 119, killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales last year, according to official data published by the Ministry of Justice.
Trident peace activists found guilty
Five peace activists were found guilty on 26 January in Reading Magistrates’ Court of wilful obstruction of the highway.
Quaker arrested on peace protest
A London Friend was arrested at a BAE site in Lancashire on 29 January.