A shocking case has come to light that a blind couple from Mohana Golegaon in Kalyan taluka was duped and given their newborn baby to a couple from Chhattisgarh state without any information.

A shocking case has come to light that a blind couple from Mohana Golegaon in Kalyan taluka was duped and their newborn baby was mutually adopted by a couple from Chhattisgarh state without informing them of any form. After the blind couple complained in this matter, after the intervention on behalf of the District Women and Child Development Department, a case was registered in Khadakpada Police Station against the doctor Anurag Dhoni, who runs the Ganpati Nursing Home Nave Clinic in Mohne, for carrying out the procedure of child adoption illegally and the doctor has been arrested.

A blind couple lives in Mohana Golegaon in Kalyan taluka. The couple has two children, a boy and a girl. As the blind woman became pregnant again for the third time, she went to the Ganpati Nursing Home in the village for a check-up by Dr. Anurag Dhoni. He told Dr. Dhoni that he did not want this baby this time. But now you are three months pregnant and doctor Dhoni told the blind couple that you cannot have an abortion. But after you give birth to this baby, interested parents of my acquaintance can adopt. In return, said parents will help you with all your hospital expenses and money for both your children's education. Not knowing the legal process, the blind couple gave their consent. But after delivery last month, without communicating with the blind couple, Dr. Dhoni gave the baby directly to a couple named Kaur from Chhattisgarh. After this, when the concerned blind couple asked about financial assistance and hospital expenses, the doctor categorically refused to give it. So give us back our baby, we will take care of him. But the doctor refused to deliver the baby.

When the neighboring family of the blind couple came to know about this whole situation, with their help, the baby was taken back to the blind parents after one to two weeks. After this, as soon as the District Women and Child Development Department came to know about this, they intervened and started taking action against the doctor. Against this background, a case has been registered against Dr. Anurag Dhoni for illegally adopting a baby in Khadakpada police station and he has been arrested. So it is very likely that he has cheated some people in the same way before.

After cheating the blind couple, Dr. Anurag Dhoni gave birth control pills to the concerned blind woman after giving birth. Due to this, strict action is being taken against the doctor who did such a shocking and reprehensible act and the matter is being investigated more thoroughly, said District Women Child Development Officer Mahendra Gaikwad.

As a teenager, Yaneth Menger already thought that her adoptive parents were hiding details about her origins. She now has indications that a lot of money was paid for her adoption. On Tuesday, her adoptive parents had to give a statement about it in court.

ZYaneth Menger (50) has not seen her adoptive father for even years. On Tuesday morning she meets him again for the first time, at the Noord-Nederland court in Leeuwarden. It is not a warm reunion, but a business meeting: the 76-year-old man, who walks behind a walker, has to testify under oath about Yaneth's adoption. Just like his ex-wife.

It is a rare occurrence: Dutch adoptive parents who have to answer to their daughter or son in the witness box for decisions made long ago, with what they see as nothing but good intentions.

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The hearing is part of a trend. Adult adoptees who were brought to this country as children are standing up for themselves more. They give critical interviews, request documents from the government, file petitions and file lawsuits against the state, agencies or their adoptive parents.

Hyderabad: Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana High Court allowed a batch of writ petitions challenging the actions of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the state directorate of women development and child welfare department and others in taking forcible custody of adopted minor children. The judge was dealing with a batch of writ petitions filed by several adoptive parents, alleging illegality on the part of the respondent authorities in forcibly taking away adopted children. The petitioners complained that the actions of the respondents were arbitrary and in violation of the Constitution. Counsels for the respondent authorities stated that investigation was undertaken pursuant to receiving a report from an individual alleging sale of children in the name of adoption. Counsel for the respondents relied upon Section 31 of the Juvenile Justice Act, and stated that the police authorities were authorised to produce the child in need of care and protection before the CWC. The judge observed that the Act authorised custody only of children in need and care; in the present batch, the children were adopted by persons capable of giving them a good life. In view of the same, the judge allowed the writ petitions and ordered that the custody of the adopted children be restored to the respective adoptive parents

PHNOM PENH — In November 2020, Linda Nguon, a French woman of Cambodian and Vietnamese origins, launched Banh Mi Media, an online platform celebrating Asian identities and cultures. "After eight years working in Asia, I felt the need to create a space that highlights the diversity of Asian identities, which are often overlooked in their uniqueness in France."

Caption: French Cambodians who recently took part in a talk in Phnom Penh on French and Canadians of Cambodian heritage. From left, Adana Mam Legros, Tifanny Doche, FONKi, Davy Chou, Linda Nguyon and Sok Visal. Photo: @Banh Mi media

She also wanted to enable a conversation on the importance of celebrating all identities equally, as well as create a space for the French-Asian community to share views. And she meant to give a voice to the children of Asians who grew up in Western countries but carrying their Asian or Southeast Asian heritage.

"Avoiding generalizations, breaking away from stereotypes, and celebrating diversity,” Nguon said, were her goals for launching Banh Mi Media. This, and enabling a dialogue on the importance of viewing all identities equally, she added. So, in addition to podcasts, the platform also involves blog articles and in-person events. She has interviewed French Cambodian film director Rithy Panh and entrepreneur Sok Visal.

PUDUCHERRY: A Puducherry resident who was trying to adopt a child was cheated of Rs 1.07 lakh by an online group posing as an adoption agency. The victim, Sinode, had reached out to the group after spotting a Facebook advertisement for child adoption under the name ‘Anbu Illam’ said Inspector (Cyber Wing) BC Keerthi.

Sinode responded to the ad and was soon contacted by the fraudsters. They sent him photographs of more than ten children, asking which one he would like to adopt. Believing the scheme to be genuine, Sinode continued the conversation. Over the span of a month, the group tricked him into transferring Rs 1.07 lakh, in various installments, under the guise of handling “legal proceedings” for the adoption.

The scam came to light when Sinode realised that despite the payments, no real progress was made, prompting him to report the matter to cyber police. Authorities are now investigating the case to trace the fraudsters.

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.

Ricki Mudd was born in 1993 in China during the one-child policy era. She remembers her early childhood only in fragments, but has been told she had spent some of it hidden in a bag.

At age 5, she was adopted from a Chinese orphanage, one of the more than 150,000 children China sent overseas. Most were girls. In the West, they were one of the most visible consequences of the one-child policy, which ended in 2016. This month, Beijing put an end to foreign adoptions. 

China is grappling with a demographic crisis, with dropping birthrates and a rapidly aging population. The policies to control the population have given way to new ones in the opposite direction. But a legacy of the one-child policy is a dearth of women of childbearing age.

Because of a government decree that led to forced abortions and sterilizations, millions of girls were never born or were hidden from authorities. In the process, China’s gender ratio became increasingly skewed, with 117 boys born for every 100 girls in 2004, compared with 106 in 1980, United Nations data showed. 

A U.N. Population Fund study based on China’s 2010 census estimates the country’s “missing girls,” or females who in regular circumstances would have been born but who were absent from the population, at 24 million.

Intercountry adoption often appears to be the ultimate humanitarian deed —offering parentless children the chance for a better life in a safe and loving home. However, the reality is more complex. Dr. Elvira Loibl, assistant professor at the Department of Criminal Law at Maastricht University’s Law Faculty, uncovered significant weaknesses in the Dutch intercountry adoption system. Her research played a pivotal role in the decision to suspend all intercountry adoptions in the Netherlands as of May 2024. In recognition of her work and its far-reaching impact, the Edmond Hustinx Foundation awarded her this year’s prestigious prize.

It was ten years ago that Loibl encountered the topic of illegal intercountry adoption. “It was a coincidence, actually. I knew I wanted to pursue  a criminological study for my PhD, and while exploring potential topics, I read about illegal intercountry adoptions,” she starts off. “When I was working on my dissertation, I never imagined my research would have so much impact. In the same month my dissertation took place, the Joustra Commission was established.” Another coincidence that led to a chain of events that reshaped the intercountry adoption system in the Netherlands.

Edmond Hustinx Prize

The Edmond Hustinx Prize for Science has been awarded annually since 2011 by the Edmond Hustinx Foundation to highlight the impact of scientific research in South Limburg. The Edmond Hustinx Prize for Science is worth 15,000 euros and is awarded during the opening of the academic year of Maastricht University.

Romania and the United States, through the head of the prime minister’s chancellery Alexandru-Mihai Ghigiu, and the US ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec, have signed a five-year Child Protection Framework Partnership valued at USD 10 million.

The purpose of the partnership is to create a victim-centered prevention strategy and protect child victims of trafficking, according to the US ambassador.

“Many adult human trafficking victims around the world, including in the United States, were first exploited as children,” Kathleen Kavalec said.

Kavalec also stated that the US State Department will contribute up to USD 10 million over a five-year period to implement activities in Romania under the CPC partnership. She also mentioned that several NGOs will contribute to the implementation of this partnership.

Also present at the signing, Romanian interior minister Cătălin Predoiu noted that globally, abuse phenomena, including online, against children have increased alarmingly.

Siri and his guesthouse provide a good base for a search of the biological parents of adopted children. Siri has already gained much experience in this type of search. He works cautiously with feeling for the situation. He has a lot of contacts in Sri Lanka and if necessary travels all over the island in search of information. He also provides a service for Tros, a Dutch broadcasting company for programs about reuniting parents and children. He has been very successful and has already reunited many biological families.