Going Where Government Can’t: One Woman’s Mission to Help the Persecuted

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🗓️ 29 November 2023

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Baroness Caroline Cox has a long history of service in public office, but her passion for justice has led her not only to Great Britain's House of Lords but to war-torn, poverty-stricken nations around the world. “The mission is to work for people who are suffering oppression and persecution in areas which are largely unreached by the major aid organizations like the [United Nations],” Cox says of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, which she leads. Cox, who joins this episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast,” says her organization intentionally goes where others can’t because the U.N., for example, “can only go places with permission of a sovereign government.” The work is “risky” but also a “privilege,” says Cox, who is an independent member of the House of Lords who served as deputy speaker there from 1985 to 2005. “The majority we work with happen to be Christians because Christians are suffering a lot of persecution around the world today,” Cox says. The Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust also works with Muslims who are suffering in Sudan's Blue Nile State, as well as with Buddhists in Myanmar (formerly Burma), she notes. On the podcast, Cox also talks about her fight for the rights of Muslim women who are forced to live under Sharia law in the United Kingdom, as well as her advocacy work for persecuted religious groups across the globe. She also describes the response in the U.K. to the Israel-Hamas war. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, November 29th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.2	Baroness Cox of Queensbury currently serves as an independent member of the House of Lords
0:17.6	and has an extensive background of political service in the UK. She has fought against oppressive Sharia law operating in the
0:26.2	UK and has been an advocate for the rights of women, especially Muslim women. Her greatest
0:32.1	passion, however, is serving as chief executive of
0:35.6	heart, which stands for the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust. Through the trust,
0:40.8	Baroness Cox has traveled to war-torn countries around the world to bring aid and relief to victims of violence and tragedy.
0:49.0	And Baroness Cox is joining us on the show today to explain some of that work and to discuss a little bit about
0:55.6	the current situation in Israel and what the response to the war between Israel and Hamas
1:01.0	has been in the UK. Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
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1:49.4	It is my distinct privilege and honor today to be joined by the Honorable Baroness Cox of Queensbury.
1:57.0	Baroness Cox, thank you so much for being here today.
2:00.0	It's a great privilege. Thank you for inviting me and it's a date opportunity. We do a lot of humanitarian work and I always appreciate the opportunity to share the pain and the passion of what we do.
2:11.3	Yes and that comes through so clearly in your work
2:13.7	and I'm really looking forward to discussing that
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