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Overseas adoption racket: How children are sneaked out by the hundreds

Source: http://m.firstpost.com On Tuesday, child rights activists and families who have lost their children to overseas adoption demanded a stay on inter-country adoption until a child protection mechanism was put in place. Hundreds of children are victims of the overseas adoption racket in India. AFP. by Danish Raza 20 Feb 15:40 pm IST That afternoon is… Weiter »

Concern over ‘trafficking’ of children in the name of adoption

Source: http://m.thehindu.com 20 February 2013 , By Staff Reporter Demanding that international adoption be stopped from India till comprehensive laws are put in place to prevent ‘trafficking’ of children in the name of adoption, parents of children who were fraudulently or forcefully taken away and put into inter-country adoption held a meeting in the Capital on… Weiter »

‘Ban inter-country adoptions’

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com Bangalore:  Feb 19, 2013 DHNS Activists urge overhaul of laws in bid to curb child trafficking Child rights activists demanded an overhauling of adoption laws and a ban on inter country adoptions citing instances of child trafficking. Around 10 parents from various states came to talk about their experiences of child trafficking related to… Weiter »

India’s Orphans FOR EXPORT ONLY?

India’s Orphans FOR EXPORT ONLY? by Anant Asthana Business of selling children in the garb of “Adoption” goes on and it is hard to dismantle this adoption-mafia which has come up in India. Author is a lawyer in Supreme Court of India. This column is narration of his experiences and views while he is now looking into… Weiter »

Indian family in fight to repatriate stolen daughter

Source: http://www.theage.com.au Date February 19,  2013 Fatima (left) and Salya attend the High Court in India in 2010. AN INDIAN mother, whose child was kidnapped and illegally adopted to  Australia, has accused the country’s officials and the girl’s adoptive parents  of blocking the now teenager from having contact with her and of making no  effort… Weiter »

Plight of Missing Children (India)

Date: 2013-02-17 Source: http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com CSt. Correspondent reporters@sakaaltimes.com Seeking Justice City based NGO will bring to notice tragic tales about the lives of a large number of missing children at an international conference on adoption from February 19 at Delhi Pune: City-bases NGO Sakhee along with Against Child Trafficking (ACT), Brussels and HAQ-Centre for Child Rights, Delhi… Weiter »

Argos: rechter Ethiopië verklaart adoptie Nederlands meisje Betty ongeldig

Source: http://weblogs.vpro.nl Nieuwsbericht: Ethiopische rechter verklaart adoptie onwettig Geplaatst op 15 februari 2013       door Barbara Schreuders Nieuwsbericht Argos (HUMAN, VARA, VPRO) Een rechtbank in de Ethiopische hoofdstad Addis Ababa heeft deze week de adoptie van een 14-jarig meisje door Nederlandse adoptieouders ongeldig verklaard. Dit meldt het onderzoeksprogramma Argos (Radio 1) vandaag (vrijdag 15 februari 2013) dat… Weiter »

Ethiopian girl had her adoption revoked

Politiken | 14.02.2013 | Page 7 Betty and her mother after the Court hearing. ADOPTION A Dutch adoption case, which looks like the two Danish cases has ended happily – at least for the girl Betty, who is now her real parents daughter again.

Ethiopian Adoptee Wins Legal Case to Revoke Adoption

Source: http://www.voanews.com Marthe Van Der Wolf February 11, 2013 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — An Ethiopian court has revoked the adoption of a girl by a family in the Netherlands. This is the first time a foreign adoption has been revoked in Ethiopia’s long history of overseas adoption.