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Quaker school student held without charge
A student at a Quaker school in Palestine has been held without charge by Israeli military.
Quakers put priorities to new PM
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has written to Rishi Sunak, the new prime minister, urging him to focus on the climate, cost-of-living, peace, and truth.
QCEA urges release of political prisoners
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has been participating in informal exchanges with Egyptian civil society and other organisations coordinating action around the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt this month. The meetings have been held to learn how QCEA can ‘best support local claims and concerns around the summit’,...
Actor Mark Rylance backs white poppies
The Peace Pledge Union (PPU)’s white poppy campaign launched last week with the backing of Mark Rylance.
Ecocide is crime against peace, say Friends
Hampshire & Islands Area Meeting has decided that it will put forward to Meeting for Sufferings a concern that ecocide should become law and be made part of the Statute of Rome.
Anti-frackers vow to carry on
Anti-fracking campaigners, including Friends, are gathering to discuss resistance to the government’s plans to reverse the ban on fracking.
Public Order Bill passes milestone
Quakers are expressing dismay that a bill which would drastically limit the right to protest has passed through parliament.
New fund for young climate activists
Quakers have helped set up a new memorial fund to support young climate activists.
BYM reports on party conference season
The leaders of both major parties – one, of course, now changed – seemed committed to tackling the climate crisis, but had different solutions to achieving this, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) said, after staff attended Labour and Conservative Party conferences.
Friends raise issue of military emissions
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has welcomed an intervention during a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) raising the issue of military emissions.