Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and thank you for all your support over this past year. Please take the time to read the Christmas message from Baroness Caroline Cox here. (Andrew Haigh)
Celebrating the work of The Right Honourable The Baroness Cox, of Queensbury. "please call me Caroline"
Baroness Cox: A Christmas message for 2020
Start: Christmas is a time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ who brought light into a dark world. When he was born, angels lit the sky and sang praises. A bright star shone in the sky and led the wisemen to bring their gifts to the baby Jesus. These and other wonderful events occurred in a time of great darkness when Herod was ruling with the typical harshness of the Roman empire. Jesus‘s birth did not take place in a comfortable home but in a crude stable and Mary had to undergo birth in very dark circumstances.
Nagorno-Karabakh – a lesson in faith and hope in the face of adversity by Caroline Cox
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Pictured here is Fr Hovhannes |
Pictured here is Fr Hovhannes and 800-year old kharckar, or stone cross, about to be sent away to Armenia to save destruction by Azerbaijan. This article is a must read and would recommend you clicking on the link below to read the whole article. But for me this paragraph is my favorite:
"This Advent let us condemn atrocities and lend friendship and brotherhood to those who need it, including to those people of Nagorno-Karabakh who are suffering in this difficult time. For as St Paul said, when one part of the body of Christ suffers, every part suffers with it."
Baroness Cox : Six Written Questions for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Nagorno-Karabakh Armed Conflict:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons about (1) an investigation into whether chemical weapons have been used by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and (2) securing assistance to protect civilians against the effects of such an attack.
Answered 8 December 2020 By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
The UK Government has had no such discussions with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. We have seen no evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We continue to monitor the situation closely.
Baroness Cox Questions for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nigeria: Christianity
1) To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided assistance to any programmes which support Christian communities in Nigeria's Middle Belt region since 2018; and if so, which programmes.
Baroness Cox: Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict
Answered 19 November 2020 By Baroness Sugg (Conservative, Life peer)
The UK did not veto a proposal for a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region at a meeting of the UN Security Council. A Presidential Statement was proposed at the Security Council and whilst the Council was united in seeking an end to the conflict, members were unable to reach an agreed version of the text.
Baroness Cox will share her impressions following her visit to the Republic of Artsakh
Impressions from Artsakh Baroness Caroline Cox in conversation with ANC UK
Baroness Cox: Question about the Integrated Communities Strategy
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards their commitment in the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper, published on 14 March 2018, to “explore the legal and practical challenges of limited reform relating to the law on marriage and religious weddings”.
The Advocate-General for Scotland (Lord Stewart of Dirleton) (Con) [V]
[Inaudible]—difficulties in addressing this issue that mean we are doing so with the greatest care. The Law Commission separately is looking at aspects of the problem and has consulted with a wide range of groups with an interest. The Government continue the exploration both of limited reform and of non-legislative options. Any proposals affecting how religious groups are permitted to conduct marriages must be thoroughly assessed for fairness.
Baroness Cox (CB) [V]
My Lords, I remain deeply concerned, because there is no evidence of any significant progress since the publication of the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper over two years ago. Given the strong recommendations of the Casey review, the sharia law review, the new Civitas report and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the Private Members’ Bills I have submitted since 2011, with cross-party support and the support of Muslim women’s groups, will the Minister give an assurance at last that government legislation will be introduced as a matter of urgency? So many Muslim women in this country are suffering in ways which are totally unacceptable and, as I always say, would make our suffragettes turn in their graves.
Graphic and Harrowing account from (Baroness) Caroline Cox – in Armenia – meeting fleeing refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh
12 November 2020
‘MY HOME IS IN RUINS. I HAVE NOTHING LEFT’
Baroness Cox: Armenians are still deeply disturbed about the future and the lack of international support for their rights and the survival of their historic land.
Baroness (Caroline) Cox – who has sent this report from Armenia
Baroness Cox holding government to account on Nigeria in October / November 2020
Baroness Cox Question for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nigeria: Christianity
Baroness Cox Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nigeria: Overseas Aid
Baroness Cox Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nigeria: Christianity
Nagorno Karabakh: Statement by Baroness Cox and Dr. John Eibner Calling for End to Military Aid to Azerbaijan
Baroness Cox voting record in Parliament October 2020
A new feature on Baronesscox.com will be a monthly view of how Lady Cox has voted on important issues. Your MP and members of the Lords votes on changes to British law on your behalf. When parliament is in session, they may do this a dozen times a week.
Baroness (Caroline) Cox, the Co Chair of the APPG on Armenia has today issued a briefing note to UK Parliamentarians detailing continuing atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh.
Baroness Cox Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nigeria: Violence
Baroness Cox Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict
Asked 14 October 2020
China: Human Rights: Baroness Cox Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 23 September (HL7966), what plans they have to support calls for the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate reported human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HART USA Report 2019
The new annual report from HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) Baroness Cox's charity has been published and I wanted to share with you some of the highlights of the report in a series of posts.
I thought it would be good to first share the report from HART USA as the largest readership of this website (www.baronesscox.com) is USA. (Andrew Haigh)
Here is the report of HART USA -
HART USA was officially launched in February 2019 as a project of Leaders in Transformation (LIT), a registered 501(c)3 charity organisation in the US. HART USA seeks to help as a fundraising vehicle to support the work of Baroness Caroline Cox and the incredible HART partners around the world.
Thank you for your support of Baroness Cox.com this month
On behalf of Baroness Cox I wanted to say Thank You for all your supportive comments and tweets on social media this (October) month. This month was a record month for visitors and a selection of them is below.
We also launched @BaronessCoxNews on Twitter which now also promotes Caroline's parliamentary press releases and my work here and as many charities that Caroline is a patron of or has a connection with. Thank you to all those who have recently followed.
Baroness Cox Question for Department for International Trade Uighurs: China
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 23 September (HL7967), what plans they have to introduce legislation to ban the import of all goods mined, produced, or manufactured in Xinjiang, unless there is evidence that the goods were not produced using forced labour.
Asked 12 October 2020
Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) URGENT STATMENT
October 21st, 2020
Reports of renewed offensives:
- The shelling of Shushi cathedral, a civilian and cultural heritage site, which constitutes a war crime under international law.
Does Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Fall Within the UN Remit for the Right to Self-Determination?
Does Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Fall Within the UN Remit for the Right to Self-Determination?
Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) may not under international law have yet become a, ‘sovereign and independent state’. However, it is a functioning autonomous democratic State system with instruments of State and a viable economy.
Armenia/Azerbaijan Conflict and the historical Background and the Current status of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)
Armenia/Azerbaijan Conflict and the historical Background and the Current status of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)
Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and the Right to Self-Determination
Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and the Right to Self-Determination
BREAKING: Azeri Attacks Threaten Nagorno Karabakh’s Only Disability Rehab Centre
In the midst of the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) lies a profound symbol of hope – The Lady Cox Rehabilitation Centre – an internationally recognised ‘Centre of Excellence.’ Founded in 1998, following the end of the Nagorno Karabakh war, the Centre has 73 staff and annually treats approximately 160 inpatients and 384 outpatients. Staff make approximately 155 home visits per year to patients in the region. In 2018, the Centre provided 12,889 physical therapy sessions, 4,284 psychologist sessions, 3,166 speech therapy sessions and 2,302 hydrotherapy sessions. Its inspirational staff, led by the Centre’s Founder and Director Vardan Tadevosyan, have helped to break the stigma of disability which was widespread throughout the former Soviet Union.
Nagorno-Karabakh House of Lords Questions 7th October
Baroness Cox (CB) [V]
My Lords, is the Minister aware that legal experts, such as Geoffrey Robertson QC, argue that Azerbaijan’s repeated claims to sovereignty over Karabakh can be refuted? It has always been predominantly occupied by ethnic Armenians. A referendum was held in 1992 with an overwhelming vote for independence, and Azerbaijan’s previous attempt at ethnic cleansing justifies Nagorno-Karabakh’s claim for self-determination under the UN charter. Azerbaijan’s continuing attempt now at ethnic cleansing involves violations of international law, including targeting civilians with tanks, helicopters, heavy artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems, including Smerch, and cluster bombs. What are Her Majesty’s Government doing to more actively promote an urgent ceasefire?
Baroness Cox latest: Azerbaijani-Turkish large scale aggression against Nagorno Karabakh URGENT CALL TO CEASE HOSTILITIES.
Azerbaijani-Turkish large scale aggression against Nagorno Karabakh raising genocidal fears and risking regional escalation. URGENT CALL TO CEASE HOSTILITIES.
It is impossible to overstate the significance of the large scale aggression against Nagorno Karabakh by Azerbaijan and the extreme danger presented to the whole region by this escalation. Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh has been an autonomous region since 1991, is 94% Armenian Christian, and has been seeking self-determination for decades. There has been a history of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh against the Armenian population, and widespread teaching of Armenophobia and hate-speech in Azerbaijani educational and political discourse.
Baroness Cox Personal Update and commentary on the Azeri-Armenian war
It is with profound concern that we are following the deeply disturbing escalation of the conflict by Azerbaijan against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
It is impossible to overstate the significance of these events and the extreme danger presented to the whole region if they escalate further. We are in hourly contact with friends and partners on the ground in Armenia and in Nagorno Karabakh, as well as with the Armenian Embassy in London. In Stepanakert, residents have been sheltering in bomb shelters from shells that have targeted civilian areas. There is a palpable, and given past and recent history, a justifiable fear of a potential genocide if Azerbaijan were to succeed in reclaiming the Nagorno Karabakh territory.
Baroness spoke in the House of Lords about the Trade Bill on 29th September
My Lords, I will speak very briefly, just to put on record the issues I would have highlighted in my speech if I had not ineptly failed to identify the amendments to which I intended to speak, for which I apologise. I will have much more to say when we reach Amendment 68, on genocide, at later sittings.
Baroness Cox speaks to Arman, a law student about Azerbaijan and Armenia and the realities on the ground
Baroness Cox latest statement on the escalation of conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
Baroness Cox written question for Department for Education on National FGM Centre: Finance – answered on 18th September 2020
Answered on 18 September 2020 by:
Baroness Berridge Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) (Minister for Women), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education
Baroness Cox Letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP Concerning Sanctions Imposed on Syria
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State.
We write, first, to commend the introduction of a sanctions regime to target those involved in serious human rights violations. Such a forensic approach, you suggest, will send a clear and direct message to perpetrators of abuse without punishing the wider population of a country.
Baroness Cox Letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Concerning Conflict on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border
Dear Dominic,
I write to express my deep concerns about the serious risk of escalating conflict at the Armenia-Azerbaijani border – a matter of especial concern in the midst of a global pandemic.
Azerbaijan recently deployed artillery batteries close to civilian populations in Tavush, north-eastern Armenia, far north of the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. I understand that four Armenian sergeants and officers were killed on 14 July. Ten servicemen are receiving medical treatment, one of whom remains in a critical condition.
Baroness Cox Statement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border Clashes
“Recent military aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia is deeply disturbing. The tragic war in which Azerbaijan tried to carry out ethnic cleansing of the historically Armenian enclave which Stalin placed in Azerbaijan should not be forgotten or repeated. This territory, Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) deserves international recognition of independence as much as recently independent nations such as East Timor, Eritrea and Kosovo. However, this has not been achieved because of intransigent opposition by Azerbaijan.
(The Baroness Cox of Queensbury 15/07/2020.)
Baroness Cox, Supports Open Letter To Protect Jasmine from FGM and allow her to stay in the UK
Baroness Cox said in the Guardian Newspaper: “Rather than digging its heels in over this case, the Home Office should use this opportunity to send a clear message to perpetrators that the UK does not tolerate FGM; that we will always champion the voice of the victim; and that we will do everything we can to ensure girls like Jasmine have the opportunity to make the most of their potential, without fear of being hurt by those closest to them.”
Baroness Cox on Twitter, Zoom and Skype
Here are some of the recent tweets and engagements she has taken part in using Zoom, Skype and other social media platforms during this time.
Baroness Cox campaigns for Syria
Baroness Cox campaigns for Syria
Baroness Cox Easter Message for Benefice of Witney Parish England
Baroness Cox is looking forward to seeing everyone at Woldingham School
Baroness Caroline Cox visit to European Parliament Genocide of Armenians in Baku, Sumgait and Artsakh must be recognized
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During the 1920s the Nagorno-Karabakh region was assigned to Azerbaijan by Stalin. Armenians and Azerbaijanis lived together relatively peacefully until conflict broke out in 1988, as the USSR was dissolving. The conflict included the attempted ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of the region. In May 1994 a ceasefire was brokered, but a formal peace treaty has never been agreed.
Efforts to foster a lasting peace, including greater international engagement, increased dialogue and confidence-building measures, are urgently needed.
SOUTH SUDAN: UN PEACEKEEPERS ‘ABANDON’ VILLAGE ONE HOUR BEFORE 32 CIVILIANS MASSACRED
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briefs the Ngok Dinka people of #Abyei in Juba |
The herders arrived on tuk-tuks and motorbikes, armed with assault rifles and two RPG-7s. They killed 32 villagers and abducted 15 children, aged between 2 and 12. They also burned 22 tukuls (homes) and destroyed the local church and clinic.
Baroness Cox visited the village just hours after the attack. Many homes were still burning as she witnessed the digging of mass graves for the charred and mutilated bodies.
Survivors shared with her the following testimonies:
“Six of our elders spoke with the UN on Tuesday night to warn them about an imminent attack by the Arab militants. The next day, all six of the elders were killed. Why didn’t the UN protect us?”
Please read on and the latest update below from : Her Majesty’s Ambassador to South Sudan. Formerly UK Sudans’ Envoy; British High Commissioner Solomon Islands; HMA Senegal & CG in Cape Town #SSOT