Source:http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca 31/01/2011 6:14:00 PM David Crary, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 13 per cent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1995 due in large part to a virtual halt to adoptions from Guatemala because of corruption problems. China remained America’s No. 1… Weiter »
Kategorie: United States
Painful affairs of child adoption in Nepal
Date: 2011-01-29 Source: http://piratebricks.com Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Feature Story, Nepal (AHN) – Last September, American couple Haydn Hilling and his wife Edvige desperately wanted to take home their adopted Nepali child, Kailash. Though the American couple that hails from Louisiana spent more than one-and-a-half years getting the necessary paperwork required for the… Weiter »
“We don’t know all cases of Russian child abuse abroad” – Ombudsman
Date: 2011-01-28 Source: http://english.ruvr.ru Jan 28, 2011 15:14 Moscow Time Russia’s Children’s Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has called for a halt to adoptions of this country’s children by foreign families until bilateral agreements to regulate adoptions are signed. Without such bilateral agreements Russia is unable to lok after the Russian children adopted by foreigners… Weiter »
EOCO probes sale of kids at orphanage
Source:http://news.myjoyonline.com Thursday, 27 January 2011 Attorney-General, Martin Amidu The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has begun investigations into allegations of child trafficking at the Hohoe Christian Orphanage. The Deputy Executive Director of the EOCO in charge of Operations, Mr Charles Nii Adama Akrong, told the Daily Graphic that his office had reports that the… Weiter »
Russian child rights ombudsman urges foreign adoption freeze
Source: http://en.rian.ru © RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sysoev 10:00 26/01/2011 Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has called for a halt to adoptions of the country’s children by foreign families until bilateral agreements to regulate adoptions are signed. The move comes after a U.S. woman told a talk show last month that she raised her seven-year-old… Weiter »
Missouri high court sides with immigrant in adoption appeal
Date: 2011-01-25 Source: http://www.kansascity.com The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Supreme Court has sided with a Guatemalan immigrant in a child custody case, ruling that the state failed to follow its laws in terminating her parental rights and allowing her son to be adopted by someone else. Tuesday’s decision does not automatically return… Weiter »
Russian authorities say received no reports of adopted orphan abuse
Source: http://en.rian.ru/society/20110124/162270669.html 24 January 2011 Authorities in the Russian Far Eastern city of Magadan say they have received no reports of abuse of a seven-year-old boy by his adoptive U.S. mother.
Russia may ban US adoptions
Source: http://english.ruvr.ru 23 January 2011 Russia says it will ban adoptions by American parents unless an agreement to that effect is signed between the sides, Russian Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov said commenting upon another case of violence against Russian kids in the US. In late December, a shocking video appeared on the Internet… Weiter »
Adoption, national or international?
Author: Oana Craciun 23 January 2010 – informal translation Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution by which it sent the European states a clear message to encourage adoptions, both domestic and international, so that abandoned children to grow up in families, not centers. The Resolution comes after a petition from the Italians, that… Weiter »
Russian ombudsman investigates another adopted child abuse case
Source: http://en.rian.ru 22/01/2011 Russian children rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Saturday elaborated on one more case of abuse of a Russian boy adopted by U.S. parents. Astakhov said in late December he received a letter from a woman who has seen a TV show in which a certain Jessica Bigley from Anchorage, Alaska, unveiled her… Weiter »
