Category: Printed media

WOMEN WITH GUTS

Dutch Feminist Monthly Magazine:  OPZIJ – Summer 2013 July/August 2013 In my fight against the trade in children, I will not bow to intimidation (informal translation from Dutch) As Dutch civil servant at the European Commission Roelie Post was confronted with child trafficking for adoption. But if one dares to touch that issue, one gets to do… Read more »

India’s orphans, for export only?

India’s Orphans, FOR EXPORT ONLY? Reflection on intercountry adoptions, after reading ‘Romania for Export only, the untold story of the Romanian orphans’ by Anant Asthana Business of selling children in the garb of “Adoption” goes on and it is hard to dismantle this adoption-mafia which has come up in India. The author is a lawyer in… Read more »

Battle of international adoptions reaches peak

Source: http://www.jurnalul.ro The European Commission Forges Official Report Autor: MIRCEA OPRIS 3 decembrie 2010 The European Commission has falsified an official report, released only partially exactly one year ago, during the Conference on Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe, in Strasbourg from 30 November to 1 December 2009. Exclusively for Jurnalul National several experts testified… Read more »

The European Commission Forges Official Report

EXCLUSIVE Battle of international adoptions reaches peak by Mircea Opris 3 December 2010 The European Commission has falsified an official report, released only partially exactly one year ago, during the Conference on Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe, in Strasbourg from 30 November to 1 December 2009. Exclusively for Jurnalul National several experts testified about… Read more »

Raport oficial falsificat de Comisia Europeană

Source:    http://www.jurnalul.ro Bătălia adopţiilor internaţionale a ajuns la apogeu Autor: MIRCEA OPRIS  3 decembrie 2010 Comisia Europeană a falsificat un ra port oficial, prezentat parţial exact cu un an în urmă, la Congresul despre Drep turile Copilului de la 30 noiembrie-1 decembrie 2009, la Strasbourg.  În exclusivitate pentru Jurnalul Na ţional, câţiva experţi care au întocmit… Read more »

When they closed the Romanian “baby shops”

Thu, 2010-06-03 15:49 Informal translation.  Original article :    Cuando cerraron los “baby shops” de Rumania When they closed the Romanian “baby shops” “There have been moments when we took more into account the interests of the parents then those of the children” “The Irene Foundation, the Romanian associate of the Spanish agency ADECOP, was the… Read more »

Cuando cerraron los “baby shops” de Rumania

Source: Periodismo Humano 31.05.2010 · Luna Bolívar “Hubo momentos en los que tuvimos más en cuenta los intereses de los padres que los de los menores” “La Fundación Irene, la socia rumana de la agencia española ADECOP, era la mejor en el manejo de la corrupción” “Si EE UU había logrado excepciones a la prohibición de las… Read more »

‘Child wanted, cash paid’ The shady world of adoption – By Thomas Schuler

Atlantic Times: The following article is from our March 2010 issue. Former EU official Roelie Post campaigns worldwide against foreign adoption. She says the line between foreign adoption and child trafficking is too often blurred. She also sees potential danger in plans to introduce a trans­national “European Adoption” authority. When Roelie Post, along with a… Read more »

Fragen nicht erwünscht

Kommunales //  05.03.2010 Nicht immer läuft bei Auslandsadoptionen alles rechtlich einwandfrei ab – das belegen auch Schicksale von in Bayern aufgewachsenen Kindern Die Zustände in vielen Kinderheimen in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern sind erbärmlich. Ob Adoptionen ins Ausland der richtige Lösungsweg sind, ist jedoch äußerst umstritten. Foto: ddp Anisha ist 19 Jahre und stammt aus Hyderabad in Indien…. Read more »