21 November 2019 Today I got a question about Cambodia, about the investigations the Dutch Embassy did there in 2003. And yes, I have that report. Dutch Embassy report LINK Letter on behalf of the Dutch Minister announcing to stop adoptions from Cambodia (and Guatemala) : LINK As far as I know, this was the… Read more »
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Romania’s children are coming home
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Debate in Dutch Parliament about ACT’s founder Roelie Post
During a debate in the Dutch Parliament, Members Pieter Omtzigt (Christian Democrates) and Renske Leijten (Socialist Party) brought up the case of EU whistleblower Roelie Post. Prime Minister Rutte said it was a sensitive case. And he passed the case to Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok. A motion was handed in: “Noting that Mrs…. Read more »
French pressure on Romania: for export
Here we go. Again. In the middle of the dramatic adoption of Sorina, French TV channel ARTE launches yet another campaign to re-open intercountry adoption from Romania. Let’s not forget that there are 314.000 children in the French child protection system. And that in the Dutch child protection still many older children are put in… Read more »
The end of Democracy, Rule of Law. And European values
28 July 2019 For Alexandra and Sorina In Caracal, Romania, 15 year-old Alexandra was brutally murdered. Authorities let it happen, while she and neighbours called 112. No police available at night, and the next day they waited for hours in front of the crime scene, failing a search warrant. In Baia de Arama, Romania, 8… Read more »
Romanian children exported, 2004. History repeats itself in 2019.
19 July 2019 French documentary from September 2004. Romanian children taken from their foster families. To be adopted abroad. History repeats itself. Fifteen years later. #UnitedforSorina Guess who was present at the lobby meeting at the US Embassy in Bucharest? SERA.
Should children in fostercare be adopted abroad? #TogetherforSorina
19 July 2019 That was the main question during Romania’s accession to the European Union. Is fostercare and residential care suitable care. Or do children need to be adopted. The EU insisted Romania’s child protection laws needed to be in line with the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)…. Read more »
Baby Brokers
16 July 2019 The current upheaval about the adoption of Sorina, puts the whole adoption history back into the spotlights. Recently the Romanian newspaper Adevarul (Truth) published an opinion piece written by the lawyer of the adoptive parents. Then I remembered: that newspaper is now owned by Mr. Cristian Burci. Mr. Burci can be seen… Read more »
Sorina’s drama, how it could happen
14 July 2019 Many may know my story. The life of a whistleblower. Read about it here. The European Commission still continues to try to fully destroy my professional and personal life. I am still here though. To tell my story, which is the story of Romania’s children. A story I tell with pain in… Read more »
Amy’s wil: een film over kinderhandel in Denemarken
26 januari 2019 Ik heb deze week even mijn veilige onderduikadres verlaten. Maandag en dindsdag was ik in Kopenhagen voor de première van de film ‘Amy’s Vilje’ (Amy’s wil). De film gaat over een meisje uit Ethiopië,, geadopteerd in Denemarken. Amy wil dat haar moeder weer haar moeder wordt. Ze wil de adoptie opheffen. Maar… Read more »