Date: 2012-07-12 Source: http://libertyandhumanity.com Pan African conference addresses emerging crisis in child rights By Elizabeth Willmott-Harrop 12 July 2012 This article was published in abridged form on 6 August 2012: Adopting from Africa, Saving the Children? Think Africa Press, and 4 July 2012: Policy Makers’ Attention Needed to Counter Inter-country Adoption The Africa Portal, an online… Weiter »
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Adoption from Africa: Concern over ‘dramatic rise’
Date: 2012-05-29 Source: http://updatednews.ca The number of children from Africa being adopted by foreign nationals from other continents has risen dramatically, a report has said. In the past eight years, international adoptions increased by almost 400%, the African Child Policy Forum has found. “Africa is becoming the new frontier for inter-country adoption,” the Addis Ababa-based… Weiter »
NGOs up in arms against inter-country adoptions
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com Concerned over the alleged violation of fundamental rights of children, two children’s rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs), viz Thane-based Advait Foundation and Pune-based Sakhee have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court asking for a complete ban on inter-country adoption of children. The PIL, to be heard by the bench of… Weiter »
Time to suspend inter-country adoptions?
Source: http://www.firstpost.com by Danish Raza May 16, 2012 Mayank and Esha were to get new parents. Their mother, after an altercation with her husband, Ramphal, abandoned the siblings near Kashmere Gate bus terminus, Delhi. A frantic Ramphal traced his children to Holy Cross Social Service Centre- one of the seven recognised Indian placement agencies (RIPAs)… Weiter »
Mangalore: German Citizen’s Relentless Quest for Mother Yet to be Fulfilled
Source: http://www.daijiworld.com Friday, April 13, 2012 Mangalore, Apr 13: Chaya (32) alias Maria Chaya Schupp has been visiting the city often since 2004, in search of her mother. She comes every time with the renewed zeal to find her, in the expectation that her quest for her mother would be fulfilled, but has been returning home… Weiter »
Uruguay approves $513,000 settlement for disappearance, illegal adoption during dictatorship
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com By Associated Press, Published: January 24 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s president has approved a $513,000 payment to Macarena Gelman, who was illegally adopted during the dictatorship after her mother was tortured and disappeared. The payment complies with an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling that accuses Uruguay of delaying justice for crimes committed by… Weiter »
Call for re-opening ‘Prem Nivasa’ case
Source: http://www.asiantribune.com Mon, 2012-01-23 02:32 — editor By Janaka Perera Colombo, 23 January, (Asiantribune.com): Have all doubts about the case involving Blessed Teresa’s Home, ‘Prem Nivasa’ run by the Missionaries of Charity at Rawatawatte Moratuwa in Sri Lanka been cleared? According to the Patriotic Bhikku Front, Chinthana Parshadaya and Sinhala Bauddhayo the speed in which the… Weiter »
How Ethiopia’s Adoption Industry Dupes Families and Bullies Activists
Mirette and Elsabet Franklin, ages 4 and 6, biological sisters adopted in Ethiopia, listen to the singing of the national anthem during a U.S. naturalization ceremony / AP The Atlantic | December 21, 2011 As the “searchers” who track down adopted children’s histories increasingly uncover stories of fraud, corruption, and worse, these specialists are facing… Weiter »
They pose as single parents to circumvent domestic law
Source: http://www.deccanherald.com To adopt kids, foreigners shed live-in tag Sandeep Moudgal and Chethan Kumar, Bangalore, December 13, DHNS: As India gets stringent with its adoption laws, more so in the case of couples in live-in relationships, foreigners, especially the Westerners do not even mind shedding their ‚live-in‘ tag to adopt and take home their bundle of… Weiter »
NCPA raid on charity: Why the furor?
Source: http://www.asiantribune.com Sun, 2011-12-11 00:51 — editor Sri Lanka By Janaka Perera Colombo, 11 December, (Asiantribune.com): The National Child Protection Authority’s raid on Prem Nivasa, the Catholic-run Charity at Rawathawatte, Moratuwa has apparently disturbed a hornets’ nest. Is this the only organization in Sri Lanka that law-enforcement agencies have raided following complaints? There is no… Weiter »
