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Well-known adoption center says it has fallen victim to a conspiracy by Madhya Pradesh officials

A central Indian state has refused to renew the permit of a Christian orphanage, accusing it of running boys’ and girls’ hostels under one license.

The Department for Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh refused to renew the permit of the orphanage managed by Adharshila Sansthan (Cornerstone Institution), run by a Protestant couple, in Damoh district.

A woman adopted from Bangladesh in the 1970s filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Wereldkinderen, Terre des Hommes Netherlands and the Dutch State. The woman accuses these parties of having acted unlawfully in her adoption. Like the court ruling in 2021, the court of appeal today concluded that the case has expired.

The court of appeal upholds the court's ruling

After the court ruling in 2021, the woman lodged an appeal. The court of appeal today confirmed the ruling of the court that the case has expired.

The court took into account, among other things, that Terre des Hommes was not an adoption organisation, that it has not been established that employees of Terre des Hommes would have induced the woman's biological mother to give her up under false pretences, and that the woman waited too long to hold Terre des Hommes liable.

Like the court, the court of appeal was therefore unable to establish that Terre des Hommes was involved in or responsible for the course of events surrounding the adoptions from Bangladesh.

Application for initiation of investigation concerning human rights violations and incidents of historical significance in the field of international adoption 1.0 Introduction On behalf of the organization Danish Korea Rights Group (DKRG), we hereby submit an application to initiate an investigation concerning human rights violations and incidents of historical significance in the field of international adoption during the authoritarian rule in South Korea. DKRG is an organization for Danish adoptees from South Korea adopted to Denmark. At the time of writing, we represent more than 160 adoptees. DKRG is a non-profit interest organization that works for the rights of Danish adoptees from South Korea and for their rights to their own identity and personhood as adoptees and free individuals with their own ability and power to act as independent and free human beings. DKRG's inquiry to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the Republic of Korea is based on the fact that many adoptees in Denmark were adopted during the time of authoritarian rule in South Korea. We are adoptees who seek our Korean origins and wishes to examine our backgrounds as adoptees. Access to background information and historical facts for the adoptees are therefore of crucial importance and significance, and for some adoptees it is also important to be able to search for their origin. Both the access to background information for adoptees and the access to search for biological family are today hampered by the practice of adoption agencies, which dates back to the time of authoritarian rule, which is still de facto unregulated when it comes to post-adoption services and is important to ensure the human rights of adoptees.

Joint statement on illegal intercountry adoptions

Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib has been in contact with her fellow ministers in Ethiopia, India, Chile, Guatemala, Colombia, Congo and South Korea in connection with possible illegal adoptions. 

She stated this on Monday at a meeting with organizations representing adopted people.The minister gave the organizations an update on the investigation into the adoptions. This was requested in a resolution adopted in Parliament last year. For example, the archives of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs are being searched for traces of illegal adoptions. 

The Belgian consular posts in various countries are also involved in the investigation. They send their archives to Brussels, where they are analyzed.“We must do everything we can to tell the people involved the truth about their origins,” the minister said on Monday. Adoptions have allegedly been carried out over the past seventy years after kidnappings or with smuggled children, the resolution of June last year stated. If this is confirmed in the investigation, the Chamber will ask that Belgium officially recognize that such adoptions have taken place.Knack - Time To Read

The victims must receive help in their search for their biological relatives. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, the House may later decide to set up an investigation committee.

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Jimmy Lippert Thyden says he always knew he was adopted. He also knew that he had been born not in the United States, but in Chile. Raised in Virginia by very loving and committed adoptive parents, he says he never lacked anything. The 42-year-old who served in the US Marines is now an attorney who is married and has two young daughters.

“I was told that I was given up for adoption out of love,” Thyden said. “Given by a mother who loved me and wanted the best for me: a life full of opportunity, education and meaning.”

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) —

The adoption community in Tulsa is shifting, as a prominent adoption agency closes its doors.

Dillon International announced its decision to discontinue services on August 28 after serving the community for 51 years and matching more than 7,000 orphans with families.

As the first agency in Oklahoma licensed for international adoption, the closure of Dillon International comes as a shock to the community.

“We're very saddened to hear whenever our partner steps aside from social services, but especially one as large as and as impactful as Dillon,” Sarah Keywood, Oklahoma Lifeline casework supervisor, said.

NEW DELHI: Some of India's distinguished retired judges, including four former Supreme Court judges and two former HC chief justices, have written to the G20 members urging them to initiate a discussion in the forum for the repatriation of Indian children in foreign countries who have been removed from their parents by child protection agencies, reports Ambika Pandit.
In their letter, the judges ask for a compassionate solution in the form of repatriation of Indian children removed from their parents in western Europe, UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand. The signatories include Justice Ruma Pal, Justice Vikramajit Sen, Justice A K Sikri and Justice Deepak Gupta, formerly of the Supreme Court of India; Justice AP Shah, who was chief justice of the Delhi HC and Justice S Muralidhar who was chief justice of the Odisha HC. The letter includes a discussion of the international conventions under which children have a right of return to their country of origin, and a right to preservation of their nationality, identity, religion.

A Ukrainian adoptee who has been charged with the murder of his American parents was welcomed into the Christian family with open, loving arms, social posts reveal. 

Dima Tower, 21, allegedly stabbed and killed his adoptive parents Robbie Tower, 49, and Jennifer Tower, 51, in their home in North Port, Florida on Friday.

The religious couple, who worked as real estate agents in the area, were found on their living room floor lying head-to-head surrounded by blood. The 21-year-old allegedly displayed disturbing, violent behavior before the killings.

They adopted Dima seven years ago from an orphanage in eastern Europe, where he was beaten and 'bruised'. Since moving to the US, unearthed social media posts show how the Towers showered their son with love, attention, and support.

The trio played board games at home together, went on family trips across the US, held birthday party celebrations, played and watched sports together, and cooked with one another.