It’s up to grandmothers to right the wrong-doings of younger people who are ‘just doing their job’. In the case of the two Slovak boys who were supposed to be adopted, she organised demos outside the UK Embassy in Bratislava which TV and press took up in Slovakia.
Now, Belgium TV has aired the story thanks to Nigel Cooper who is a Belgian resident since he came to work there as a NATO Security Specialist. However, he has since been banned from the UK as he explains in this video. His story was on Belgian news in June 2012, starting at 21:15 of this video. The program points out:
the secrecy surrounding family courts including the ban of media reporting
the claim that the father consented to what he calls abduction
John Hemming MP NOT having confidence in the judgements of Social Services: “they make a lot of mistakes.”
Reproducing footage of the French film, these Belgian videos are in support of his daughter – which is of course representative of many, many other ‘cases’: aired on 12th March 2013
Broadcast on 15th March 2013 but not visible in the UK: More
The latest article in The Telegraph about the family courts is not by but about Christopher Booker! It illustrates how commitment and perseverance to one’s issue may actually get you somewhere, some time… Open up family court hearings, says senior judge – A senior judge has made an important ruling in favour of transparency in the family courts: to allow Christopher Booker to be as rude as he likes to be, because of freedom of speech, and to provide access to court papers, i.e. to remove a gag or injunction. Mr Booker said and wrote “the decision to lift the injunction was a victory for common sense and the rule of law.”
Mr Justice Mostyn is the current President of the Family Courts and he has set a crucial precedence with a ruling about the right to breastfeeding that refers to a milestone case before the European Court in Strasbourg: taking a baby at birth is a “Draconian and extremely harsh measure”.
But the battle to lift the veils of secrecy that shroud the “secret courts” we already have is very far from over, and behind those veils far too many cruel abuses of justice will continue to flourish unreported.
Lord Justice Munby has now called for “greater transparency, and radical and comprehensive reform of the family court system.” More
I do enjoy symbols and signs to give meaning to life. When one of my first emails on New Year’s Day was “My boys are in Slovakia” I was therefore hopeful for a New Year of ‘successes’ in our struggles to reverse injustices – from fraudulent bankruptcies and home repossessions to having children put into ‘care’, getting them adopted and being imprisoned on top!
However, in an unprecedented way, this story ended with the return of the children – mainly due to the involvement of the Slovak government. Not just the Embassy here in London. That was not enough:
If you are not aware of the Slovak parents whose two boys were taken, start by reading this page and then search for ‘slovak’ on Victims Unite!
As the final straw for your spectrum of emotions between outrage and sadness, please read this story of 10 Nov and this article of 13 Nov 2012 in a Slovak paper – with the aid of Google’s translation - and watch the subtitled film on that page.
The mother says “not without my children” or “BEZ DETÍ NEODÍDEM”. Googling for those words will give you lots of links.
Irvana has been using the game of the film Life is Beautiful to ‘explain’ to her sons why they cannot come home yet: they have to collect points beforehand
she explained that “these people, they are so clumsy, they spilled the points,” so they have to collect again
one boy wants to come home by train, the other one by plane…
This article in Slovak News in English raises suspicions about wrongful adoptions internationally! I just find it strange that the emphasis is on adoptions rather than ‘care’.
It helps to unite, whether as parents whose children were taken, as supporters who were jailed or as survivors of abuse.
This Saturday, starting with a march at Hyde Park Corner, the rally will, as in 2011 and in 2010, be a great opportunity for networking, sharing experiences and, together, feeling stronger than on our own.
The day when #paedobritain and #stopabusenow were trending.
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