Quakers in Britain are joining events to mark the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to urge the government to work for a global ban on nuclear weapons.
This year, 6 and 9 August mark the 71st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two Japanese cities destroyed by atomic bombs with a combined death toll estimated at more than 225,000 people.
Pax Christi members around the world will be commemorating the 71st anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place on 6 and 9 August 1945.
In a message commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all who are striving to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Religious leaders from many faiths gathered yesterday at an interfaith commemoration service held to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, CND is hosting a screening of the classic anti-nuclear war film The War Game, including a discussion with the film's orig