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Police Raid Quaker Meeting, Arrest Six Women in UK

4/3/2025

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In a shocking display of force, more than 20 police officers stormed the Westminster Quaker Meeting House on March 27, 2023, arresting six women at a Youth Demand meeting. The police invoked the contentious Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, prompting Quakers to decry the raid as a troubling attack on their sacred space and a chilling sign of the crackdown on peaceful protest in the UK.

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In a shocking display of force, more than 20 police officers stormed the Westminster Quaker Meeting House on March 27, 2023, arresting six women at a Youth Demand meeting. The police invoked the contentious Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, prompting Quakers to decry the raid as a troubling attack on their sacred space and a chilling sign of the crackdown on peaceful protest in the UK.