Facts The association "Le Rayon de Soleil de l'enfant etranger", accused of "serious" abuses, had its authorization withdrawn by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday 10 February.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday February 10 that it had withdrawn its accreditation from the association "Le Rayon de Soleil de l'enfant etranger" (RDSEE), implicated for irregularities in procedures for adopted children. This clearance was withdrawn "due to his past activities" , said a diplomatic source.

On its website, RDSEE confirms that it “will cease its International Adoption activities on December 27, 2023” , as already specified in a decree published in the Official Journal on December 28, 2022.

“The ministry, in taking this decision, considered that the repeated attacks against the RDSEE in certain media did not allow (it) to fully carry out its mission. We contest this decision, a first complaint having been filed in July 2020 and no other complaint being known to date , ”says RDSEE on its site.

An association accused of "drift"

A little girl named Aya, whose mother did not survive, was rescued in Jenderis, Syria, more than 10 hours after the 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the region

A child born in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 20,000 people, will soon have a new home.

The baby, who's been given the name Aya, was rescued in Jenderis, Syria, more than 10 hours after the 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the region, the Associated Press reported.

The child was orphaned by the quake, which killed her mother Afraa Abu Hadiya, her father and her four siblings, according to the BBC.

Aya was likely born shortly after Monday's earthquake, and was still attached by umbilical cord to her mother when she was rescued, per the reports.

JOHANNESBURG - An adoption nightmare, or human trafficking? In Zambia in Southern Africa, eight Croatians have been arrested twice on the same human trafficking charge. The eight are accused of child trafficking in general, and in particular of having forged adoption papers for four children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who they wanted to take to Croatia.

Charges against the Croatians were dropped earlier this month, but they were re-arrested on the same charge at the airport as they tried to leave the country 48 hours later.

Croatia’s Justice Minister Ivan Malenica has condemned the re-arrest as "strange", saying at a press conference reported by Croatian news site N1 that he is concerned about this "very serious situation," as he claims adoption papers for the children are not forged.

"Those documents were issued in Croatia according to a valid procedure," he told reporters in Zagreb, Croatia. "In addition to the adult Croatian citizens, naturally, we are continuing to care for the children as well."

The eight Croatians – four couples – have all pleaded not guilty. The seemingly regular couples are also professionals with jobs including an administrator, an electrical technician, a medical doctor, a program director and a professional musician who is a guitarist in a popular music band.

The Bombay High Court Thursday came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for its stand that benefits like reservation extneded to orphaned children cannot be given to abandoned children [NEST India Foundation v. State of Maharashtra & Ors]

A division bench of Justices GS Patel and Neela Gokhale noted that the Juvenile Justice Act does not distinguish between a child who is abandoned and a child who is an orphan.

“We note the definition of orphans, interestingly, also includes children whose legal guardian is incapable of caring for the child. Point to be noted is that act itself does not distinguish between child who is adopted and child who is orphan” the order states.

The Court was hearing a petition filed by NEST India Foundation, a charitable trust, which sought issuance of certificate from the authorities to the girls declaring them as abandoned children.

Government pleader Purnima Kantharia informed the Court about a government resolution which does not permit certificate to be given to an abandoned child.

A Chinese man who was abducted as a toddler and later adopted by a billionaire family has been found by his birth family, whom he has chosen to return to.

Mei Zhiqiang, 27, was 2 years old when he was abducted by human traffickers from outside his home in Yunnan province in southwestern China in 1997.

Mei was reportedly sold to a family that abandoned him because he was “too thin and small” before he was adopted by a wealthy family reportedly worth billions in southeastern China’s Fujian province.

He subsequently grew up with two older sisters and a younger brother, who were all biological children of his adoptive parents.

Mei reportedly did not attend university after he graduated from secondary school, opting instead to work at his adoptive parents’ hospital.

In 1965, Sita Devi Sachdev (Dr Sita Bhateja’s maiden name) started a nursing home in her own name. In 1969, a charitable trust was established under the name of Dr (Mrs) Sita Bhateja Nursing Home. The hospital building and all the equipment were donated to the trust, as was 50% of Dr Sita Bhateja’s income. The charitable wing of the trust was christened Sri Jetha Nand Hospital for the Poor, in memory of Dr Sita Bhateja’s father-in-law, who along with his wife, donated money to help establish the hospital.Thus, our hospital came to be. Over the next two decades, spearheaded by Dr Sita Bhateja, the nursing home established a formidable reputation for expertise in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (her chosen field).

It was in our 38th year that Sita Bhateja Hospital entered a new and exciting phase with its expansion into specialities other than OB/GYN. Spearheaded by Dr Arvind Bhateja, an accomplished neurosurgeon (and Dr Sita Bhateja’s son), we have expanded into the specialities of neuro and spine surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, internal medicine, urology, plastic surgery and maxillofacial surgery.

The surgical specialities are housed in a new operation theatre complex of world standards with state-of-the-art features like seamless interiors, hermetically sealed doors and windows and laminar air flow. We have the technology to perform minimally invasive brain and spine surgery through keyhole approaches. Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is fully equipped for the proper post-operative care of patients and for patients with head injuries and critical illnesses. Our new Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department has been designed and built with a view to the holistic recovery of a patient.

All this world-class infrastructure is manned by a team of experts who are highly skilled in their specialities and who have been weaned on Dr Sita Bhateja’s philosophy of empathetic healthcare for every patient.

In just under eight years, led by Dr Arvind Bhateja, we have completed well over three thousand successful procedures and have acquired a sterling reputation for medical excellence in our specialities.

A shocking report compiled by two historians questions the 'systemic' nature of the irregularities that have persisted in some 20 countries for over 30 years.

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We learn from the press (Le Monde 10/02/23) the delivery of a report written by two academics, Yves Denéchère and Fábio Macedo, at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Historical study on illicit practices in the international adoption in France”.

According to the article, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs covered for almost thirty years the facts denounced to the mission of international adoption (MAI) by the French consular services abroad relating that about fifteen organizations authorized to Adoption (AIO) have arranged fraudulent adoptions under our laws and international commitments, including the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, the Convention on the Rights of the child, and the protocol to that convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

It is about kidnappings, making false orphans, forced abandonment of newborns, affecting many countries, such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, Madagascar…, with the key, the organization of a “real market” generating considerable sums.

While one might think that after the scandal of "L'Arche de Zoé" in 2007, revealing child abductions in Chad and Sudan had awakened consciences, while the abduction and forced adoptions of Ukrainian children by Russian families is currently being examined by the International Criminal Court (ICC), France cannot do without an introspection on illicit practices which would have been covered up by public authorities.

Also, DCI-France calls for the immediate constitution of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the facts denounced by the report of the academics and that this one hears the public officials like those of the associations implicated and, also, the associations defending the rights of the child who have long denounced the "market" of international adoption.

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KOCHI: In a significant development in the birth certificate forgery case, the police team has identified a person who has played a key role in facilitating the illegal adoption of the child. The Special Investigation Team, under Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Baby P V, is now trying to trace the facilitator who could throw more light on the case.

“According to the statement given by Anoop’s brother, who reported before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) with the child, there is a middleman who played a role in facilitating the illegal handover of the child. The facilitator and the biological parents of the child are from the same music ensemble,” said Circle Inspector Santhosh of Kalamasserry police station.

“The police are collecting more information like documents, reports, and CCTV footage from the Medical College Hospital,” he added. However, the biological parents, the middle man, and the Tripunithura couple who were raising the child are absconding.

“Anilkumar and others who are involved in this case are still absconding. We are trying to trace them. Meanwhile, the absconding couple from Tripunithura has approached the court for bail,” said ACP Baby P V.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the child welfare committee(CWC) K K Shaju said, “The health department and CWC are investigating the case. The District Child Protection Office will advertise in newspapers requesting the parents or relatives of the child to appear before CWC and we will go ahead with further legal actions later.”