Australia, September 2016 Recommended reading: An Adopted Person’s Perspective Dr. Catherine Lynch JD. Speech at Symposium on Forced Adoption Accompanying Powerpoint
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Kym rated it it was amazing
11 November 2014 Source: www.goodreads.com Very eye-opening and informative book on Romania’s child protection policies/practices during a time of tremendous external pressure for Romania to release their children for international/overseas adoption. Great resource for anyone who cares about children’s rights and children’s welfare and who want to know more about the policies behind what is… Read more »
Das verlorene Kind – Auslandsadoption in Indien (Doku)
January 2014
De adoptie van uw kind
23 February 2013 – Brandpunt (Dutch TV) Web-only bij Reportage Kinderen te koop Roelie Post van de organisatie Against Child Trafficking legt uit wat Nederlandse adoptieouders kunnen doen als ze onzeker zijn over het adoptieproces van hun kind.
Janine Vance author of The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption
June 2012 Roelie Post’s book, Romania for Export Only: the Untold Story of the Romanian ‘Orphans’, exposes the formation of an unjust legalized system called inter-country adoption, in which children are taken from their families and sent to foreigners. By reading the book, I was given insights into how adoption lobbyists forcefully and subtly manipulate… Read more »
Romania re-opens the export of children?
According to the Romanian newspaper Jurnalul National Romania is ready to re-open the export of its children. On Wednesday the Romanian Parliament voted for changing the adoption law. I have not yet been able to finish reading all the amendments, but it is clear that this would be a start in opening the doors. It… Read more »
Wikileaks on US promotion of export of children
Now that all Wikileaks’ cables are out in the open, I was able to find more cables about the Romanian adoption battle. In the coming days I will blog more about this, so stay tuned… In my book Romania for Export Only I mentioned the letter sent by then US Deputy Secetary of State Richard… Read more »
Teodor Baconschi: Government’s position is firm, Romania will not resume international adoptions
Commenting on Wikileaks, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister reconfirmed Romania’s commitment to no not resume the export of children. From Hotnews.ro Baconschi Photo: Agerpres The Romanian Government’s position not to allow the resumption of international adoptions remains firm, although there is “lobbying” from several European countries and the U.S., said Foreign Minister Baconschi on Sunday to Pro TV, according to Mediafax.
US to Romania: no adoptions = no visa waiver
The below quote is from my book ‘Romania, for Export Only’ Thursday, 27 July 2006 […] According to the Bucharest Daily News, President Bush and President Basescu had discussed the possible lifting of the visa obligation for Romanian citizens. President Bush had said the visa regime for Romanian visitors might become a bit more flexible,… Read more »
US State Department: Work to Unblock Romanian Adoptions
The Italian adoption agency Amici dei Bambini reported recently on yet another attempt to re-open Romanian adoptions. Work to unblock intercountry adoptions (in Italian). Apparently the US State Department has invited the Romanian Office for Adoptions in recent days to attend a series of meetings during which were examined in detail the procedures of the… Read more »