Haïti: plus de 200.000 enfants exploités comme domestiques

Ce que l'on sait de la mort de deux Français venus adopter en Haïti

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Les deux quarantenaires étaient sur l'île, en proie à une grave crise sociale et politique, pour adopter des enfants. "Ils ont fait tout ce qu'il fallait faire en termes de sécurité", assure l'Agence Française de l'Adoption, qui suivait leur dossier.

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Two French citizens were shot dead in Port-au-Prince at the weekend shortly after flying into the Haitian capital to adopt a child, diplomatic and other sources told AFP Monday.

An official at the French embassy confirmed that a French couple had been killed, without giving further details of the exact circumstances of their deaths.

According to two other sources, however, the couple were from the Ardeche region of southeastern France and had arrived in the Caribbean country to adopt a child.

One of the sources said they were killed in an armed robbery that turned deadly.

A spokeswoman for the Ardeche department confirmed to AFP that the couple, from the town of Saint-Martin-d'Ardeche, had been given a green light last year to adopt their first child.

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - They wondered about each other over the decades, the Vietnamese mother constantly and more acutely than the 3-year-old daughter she gave up in April 1975, just before Saigon fell to Communist North Vietnam.

As U.S. troops exited Vietnam after twenty years of conflict, thousands of South Vietnamese who had fought alongside them or otherwise opposed the North were terrified of what lay ahead. As some fled, more than 3,000 children were flown to new families overseas in what became known as ‘Operation Babylift’.

Among those infants was Leigh Mai Boughton Small - the daughter of a Vietnamese maid and a G.I. - who was airlifted out of the humid chaos of Vietnam for a new life and adopted middle-class family in New England.

Leigh Mai and her birth mother may have spent the rest of their lives wondering about each other - except for the mother’s persistence, the daughter’s decision to try a DNA website, and help from a Vietnamese Good Samaritan.

After years of trying to find each other, Leigh Mai, now 47, met her birth mother Nguyen thi Dep on Nov. 17 in Ho Chi Minh City, a reunion exclusively filmed by Reuters TV.

"Hello nice men. Whatever you ask, it never goes too far." That message may sound tempting to some. But if men want to date digital decoy public Lisa, they could be convicted.

With bait advertisements on sex sites, children's rights organization Terre des Hommes wants to find out how great the demand is for sex with minors. That is to say: young people under the age of 16.

Intent to make an appointment also punishable

The organization had already used a digital bait puber before, which did not lead to a conviction at the time. But, since March this year, the intention to make a sex date with a child under 16 has also been punishable. That is why Terre des Hommes uses the decoy puber again.

"We want the problem to become visible. In the Netherlands, minors are being exploited by human traffickers. We believe that action should be taken against this. The bait advertisement brings us into contact with men who can warn us and make it clear that what they do may be punishable. is ", explains director of Terre des Hommes Carel Kok.

Bhopal: A few days after the case of a special adoption agency (SAA) where a six-year-old boy was made legally free for

adoption even when his biological parents were alive, another similar case relating to the same SAA has come to light.

Two children, aged 4 and 6, from Betul were declared legally free for adoption and were about to undergo the process of preadoption when their biological mother, who lives in Bhopal, went to the office of the Child Welfare Committee, demanding her

children back. The Madhya Pradesh Protection of Child Rights Commission (MPPCRC) and CWC suspect a case of child

trafficking. The MPPCRC has taken cognizance of the matter and sent a letter to the District Child Protection Unit to inquire into

The annual event is meant to draw attention to thousands of foster kids awaiting forever families.

At 13, Nicole Avellaneda stood before Judge David Kurtz with her family. Friday was National Adoption Day in Snohomish County, and Nicole was there as three little girls in tutus and T-shirts officially became her sisters.

Yet before the Superior Court judge presided over Jen and Cid Avellaneda’s adoption of a trio of sisters — Mayah, 6, Alayna, 2, and 1-year-old Malaya — there was a special moment just for Nicole.

Everett attorney Deane Minor, who was handling the adoption case Friday, asked the judge if he remembered something: “On Nov. 14, 2008, the young lady with the big smile was adopted” in Kurtz’s courtroom, Minor said.

“Great to see you again,” said Kurtz, greeting Nicole — who like the rest of her multiracial clan wore a gray T-shirt with the slogan “Families Don’t Have to Match.”

Bosnians have taken to the streets to protest against the government after photos were published of special needs children chained to beds and radiators in an official facility.

Over 1,000 people called for action outside a government building in the capital Sarajevo after images from inside the Pazaric care home were released by opposition politician Sabina Cudic.

Parents of disabled children joined the protest, describing the care system as dysfunctional, one that had seen their offspring excluded from society.

Ms Cudic demanded a parliamentary debate on the matter but the government has rejected the request.

The current boss of the home has defended staff and says the claims of abuse are untrue.

Bhopal: Boy's adoption cancelled after prospective parents trace his biological parents

TNN | Nov 22, 2019, 07.05 PM IST

BHOPAL: A six-year old child, who was declared legally free for adoption, was sent back to the Bhopal-based Special Adoption Agency (SAA) when his prospective adoptive parents traced his biological parents in Jhansi during the pre-adoption process.

The couple from Gujarat, who wished to adopt the child, contacted the Child Welfare Committee after they managed to trace his home in Jhansi. The process of adoption is now being cancelled.

The Madhya Pradesh Protection of Child Rights Commission (MPPCRC) has written a letter to the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), inquiring into the process of making the child legally free.

Olivier Rousteing looked for his biological mother: "To know where we are going, we need to know our roots"

"I do not know if we are really ready one day, to face this reality there," says Olivier Rousteing, stylist, artistic director of the haute couture house Balmain since 2011, guest of France Inter, Thursday. Born under X, he is at the heart of a documentary that tells the story of his biological mother.

Olivier Rousteing, fashion icon, artistic director of the brand Balmain, evokes his "hidden face" in a documentary film, Wonderboy. Born under X and now 33 years old, we see in this film by Anissa Bonnefont, her career, for a year and a half, in search of her biological mother. "I did not expect someone to offer me a biopic about my life at 30 years old. Normally, it's when we die or at the end of our career and I was not sure I could handle all the emotions of this quest, "he says.

"She convinced me, I felt a lot of goodwill from him," says Olivier Rousteing about Anissa Bonnefont. "The camera forced me not to give in, not to let go, not to leave. It was like a pact made with myself, to go to the end. For all the children born under X. Nothing was censored, the pact it was the authenticity, "he continues.

If he had already made inquiries at the age of 16, Olivier Rousteing explains that he was not ready at the time. "I do not know if we are really ready for a day, to face this reality, but I felt much more ready today," he continues. "To know where we are going, we need to know our roots (...) like a flower that needs to have roots and water to open. I have always been looking for recognition because I did not really know where I came from, "adds Olivier Rousteing.

YEREVAN—Armenia’s top intelligence agency—the National Security Service (NSS)—has launched a criminal investigation into reports of illegal international adoptions which allegedly took place between 2016 and 2018.

An NSS press release dated November 14 reveals that “two Armenian citizens used their connections at several government maternity hospitals and orphanages to organize the adoption of at least 30 infants” by families in Italy as well as the United States in what constitutes “a gross violation of Armenian law.”

This revelation, though shocking, was short on details, leading to the spread of macabre rumors concerning organ harvesting. Taking questions from journalists, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan commented on these concerns. “No word at the moment on any organ trafficking, but we will keep you updated,” he replied.

According to the NSS, between 2016 and 2018, medical staff convinced “at least a dozen women” seeking pregnancy terminations “for social or health reasons” to carry to term in exchange for bribes. These women were then allegedly instructed to exaggerate their newborns’ intellectual or physical disabilities and provide written consent to transfer them to orphanages with the appropriate documentation. The alleged ringleaders would then financially benefit from putting these children up for international adoption. The NSS did not provide any details on the families who later adopted these children, nor the status of the children themselves. It remains unclear whether the foster applicants were aware of, or willingly participated in, the alleged scheme. Radio Free Europe reports that 54 children were officially adopted by foreign foster parents during that time frame.

Armenia, along with other former Soviet states, has seen an increase in international adoptions following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Russia was once the second largest source of international adoptions until the practice was banned in 2012, though Ukraine still ranks in the top five. Most of these children have been adopted by families in the West with the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Australia being the most common destinations. Evangelical Christians, in particular, have been known to adopt children with disabilities or girls from countries where these traits would otherwise cause social exclusion. Unsurprisingly this demand has unwittingly propelled a sort of black market for orphans in their countries of origin.