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Be the Friendly Face of Brum
Peace Hub is celebrating Birmingham as a welcoming city, proud to be a place of safety – and you can join the call to make Brum a City of Sanctuary! Asylum seekers are fleeing from persecution in their home country, and come to Britain to ask for safety. At Peace Hub, we want to show…
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Stand Up for the Right to Refuse to Kill
Ha Hyeong hwan and Kim Seong min were imprisoned for 18 months in May 2014 for refusal to undertake compulsory military service in South Korea. Pop into Peace Hub to send a solidarity message to Hyeong and Seong —your words will give them hope during tough times. Conscription in South Korea All South Korean men…
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Equality Week – Letter Writing for the Living Wage
6th-15th March is Quaker Equality Week, when Quakers across the country will be joining with others to act for equality. You are warmly invited to join Peace Hub’s contribution to Equality Week: Letter Writing Workshop: The Living Wage 11:00 – 14:30 Wednesday 11th March 2015 at Peace Hub, 41 Bull St, B4 6AF The Living…
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UK arms to Egypt
Why is Peace Hub using Egypt as an example to call for an arms embargo on countries using repression? In 2013 10 licences were granted by the UK to export arms to Egypt, mostly components for military vehicles and imaging cameras. While these supplies may seem less harmful than guns or bullets, the Egyptian security…
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Make your Mark on the Arms Trade
Peace Hub’s Peace and Justice Theme for November 2014 is: UK Arms Exports Make your mark to help end arms sales to repressive regimes Over 250 UK companies produce products for the arms trade. In order to export these products, each company must apply to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for an Arms Export Licence. …