Quakers from Telford, Wolverhampton and Malvern joined others to witness against the Specialist Defence and Security Convention arms fair (SDSC-UK) this month.
Chichester Friends hosted an interfaith prayer service for world peace this month. Around fifty people from numerous faiths (and no faith) and denominations met to witness for…
Teaching materials on Palestine and Israel have seen a ‘rapid uptake’ recently, according to the Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) peace education team.
Britain Yearly Meeting has joined American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation, and the Quaker United Nations…
Huddersfield Friends held their annual peace lecture earlier this month. It was titled ‘From Yorkshire to Brazil and Back Again: Getting better responses to violence against…
Sunday morning started with Friends considering a minute from Surrey & Hampshire Border Area Meeting (AM) on modern day slavery.
Next on the agenda was a letter of concern from Doncaster Friends calling on church leaders to show support for the city’s large Sudanese community, and Sudan as a whole.
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were also considered, with a minute from Central England AM. A representative from the Community Justice Group said that, with…
Two Irish nationals who monitor the human rights situation in Palestine, in a programme managed by Quakers in Britain, have been evacuated.
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