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Home office urged to help Russian pacifists
Offering asylum to Russian pacifists will help halt the war in Ukraine, a leading pacifist group has said.
Freedom from Torture auction raises £7,500
The Quaker-supported charity Freedom from Torture has raised £7,500 auctioning the work of the the late Iraqi artist Ausama al Khalil. The designer and painter was a survivor of torture, which left him with severe pain and disability.
Yearly Meeting (YM), 2022
Around 180 Friends met online for the first session of Yearly Meeting 2022, which opened with an introduction from clerk designate Siobhán Haire. Siobhán has also recently been appointed as deputy recording clerk to Britain Yearly Meeting (see News, 5 May), and some Friends were interested to see how she would...
Hitchin Friends reveal peace sculpture
A stainless steel sculpture called Unity was installed in Hitchin Meeting’s peace garden last month.
Quakers speak out on cost-of-living crisis
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has launched an appeal aimed at helping people in the cost-of-living crisis.
Living Witness hosts climate gathering
The Quaker charitable trust Living Witness has organised a summer gathering aimed at unifying action on the climate crisis. The ‘All Change! Making paths on shifting ground’ event started as an idea when Friends identified a need to come together and unify their thinking on the crisis in an area...
Put peace at the heart of education, say Friends
A new report from Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) shines a light on how peace education in schools can tackle problems ranging from mental health challenges to violence.
Quaker on prison remand for breaking injunction
A Quaker has been imprisoned on remand for breaking a protest injunction.
Quakers lead musical protest against HSBC
A Bristol Friend led a peaceful protest against the bank HSBC demanding that it stop fossil fuel investment. Quaker Jo Flanagan took part in the musical protest targeting the institute’s annual general meeting (AGM) on 29 April. Quaker Julia Bush told the Friend: ‘HSBC is the world’s sixth biggest...
Friends pledge $500,000 in slavery reparations
A US Quaker Meeting has said that it plans to give $500,000 as reparations to black neighbours over the next decade.