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    Evening Herald (Plymouth), UK
    January 9, 2009 Friday



    Leading human rights campaigner to give talk

    A champion of human rights with strong ties to Plymouth is to give a
    presentation in the city about her work.

    by CARL EVE Herald Reporter

    Baroness Caroline Cox - who was created a Life Peer in 1982 and was
    deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005 - will give a
    presentation at the Guildhall on March 5 from 7.30pm.

    Often known as the Battling Baroness, both her parents hail from
    Devonport and her mother was a pupil at Devonport High School for
    Girls.

    As a young girl she was evacuated to Plymouth from London during the
    Blitz.

    A founder of Hart-UK - Humanitarian Aid and Relief Trust - she has
    travelled the globe reporting on human rights violations, garnering a
    plethora of accolades, awards and honours.

    She has been honoured with the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit
    of the Republic of Poland; the Wilberforce Award for her humanitarian
    work; the International Mother Teresa Award from the All India
    Christian Council and the anniversary medal presented by Lech Walesa,
    the former President of Poland, at the 25th anniversary of the Polish
    Solidarity Movement.

    Baroness Cox's humanitarian aid work has taken her on many missions to
    conflict zones, including the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh;
    Sudan; Nigeria; Uganda; the Karen, Karenni, Shan and Chin peoples in
    the jungles of Burma; and communities suffering from conflict in
    Indonesia.

    She has also been instrumental in helping to change the former Soviet
    Union policies for orphaned and abandoned children from institutional
    to foster family care.

    Reservations are recommended although the tickets are free from either
    [email protected] or call 01752 263163 or 01752 302576.
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