Source: http://www.irishcentral.com New investigative report reveals how Irish nuns profited from child adoption scheme By: JAMES O’SHEA | Published Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 7:29 AM | Updated Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 10:19 AM Irish nuns who sent and essentially sold orphans to America during the fifties and sixties benefited by up to $50 million in… Weiter »
Kategorie: United States
Ranch becomes focus for Russian adoption outrage
Source: https://www.foxnews.com Jul 11, 2012 3:12am HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Russian government officials arrived with a Moscow television crew in tow at the gates of a ranch for adopted children in remote northwestern Montana and demanded to be let inside. Among them was Russian children rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, the man who was calling… Weiter »
Ghana To Streamline Inter-Country Adoption
Source: http://news.peacefmonline.com 4 June 2012 Ghana is to reform its adoption system with the establishment of a Central Authority (CA)at the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) to receive a list of all adoptable children to be entered into a national database. The CA as part of its mandate would receive all applications for inter-country adoption,… Weiter »
Struggle to adopt girl suddenly eases
Source: http://m.newsok.com Sunday, June 3, 2012 BY WAYNE GREENE – Tulsa World “It’s a miracle. It’s nothing short of a miracle,” said Baney. “It just doesn’t happen this way most of the time.” After more than two years of struggles with the U.S. government that left the Baney family stretched across the globe, Grace was… Weiter »
International case of missing orphan has local ties
Author: Jaccii Farris, Reporter, jaccii.farris@wfmz.com Published On: Jun 02 2012 03:18:44 Is it a case of kidnapping or an international custody dispute? Is it a case of kidnapping or an international custody dispute? In 2011, 69 News was there as a group of Lehigh Valley residents arrived in earthquake ravaged Haiti to help rebuild an… Weiter »
Sierra Leonean Parents Fight Non-Consensual Adoptions
Source: http://www.voanews.com June 01, 2012 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Dozens of parents in Sierra Leone say their children were given up for adoption in the United States without their consent, during the west African country’s horrific civil war in the 1990’s. The results of a government inquiry may reunite them with their children. Mariatu Mansaray… Weiter »
Deported woman seeks MEA’s help
Source: http://www.firstpost.com May 28, 2012 In a letter to Krishna, Jennifer Edgell Haynes, claims that she was a victim of child trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation after she was adopted by an American couple when she was seven years old. Seeking the minister’s help. “Until three years back I believed I was a citizen of… Weiter »
Can America Alienate Kairi Shepherd?
Source: Times Now 22 May 2012
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 »
Govt may help Kairi Shepherd
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Govt-may-help-Kairi-Shepherd Cheta Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 20, 2012 The Indian government may provide help to 30-year-old Kairi Shepherd, who faces threat of deporation from United States after a local court rejected her claim for residency. Kairi Shepherd was just three months old when she adopted by Erlene Shepherd from an orphanage in… Weiter »
