Gloucester Friends Meeting House. Photo: John Hall.

Gloucester Quakers active in the heart of their city

Gloucester Quakers win award Quakers in Gloucester have been given a double boost recently as they have celebrated the reopening of their meeting house and the city’s Gay and Lesbian Community has named them as their “person of the year”. Gloucester Quakers’ 19th century meeting house was gutted by fire in 09/2012 after an arson…

A toy soldier in front of tea lights

Landmark ruling on right of COs in Europe

The European Court of Human Rights has affirmed the right to conscientious objection to military service in a judgment that has been published this month. This is the first time that the right of Conscientious Objectors (COs) has been explicitly recognised under the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment came in the case of Bayatyan…