The Telangana High Court has declined to interfere with the action of the Child Welfare Committee and District Child Protection Unit in taking away the custody of an adopted child residing with the petitioner, holding that the adoption process was illegal. The Division Bench of Justice Moushmi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar has further held that a petition for habeas...
 

SOS Children’s Villages is actively supporting family tracing and reunification in Syria, while continuing to support children and young people without parental care. We stand with families searching for their children, and we are committed to uncovering the truth about children who were forcibly separated from their families and placed in care by the former regime. 

During the Syrian war, many children were forcibly and unnecessarily separated from their families by authorities and placed into care, often without proper documentation. In this time of extraordinary instability, these placements reflected the absence of a child protection system grounded in international standards – in particular the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.  

SOS Children’s Villages condemns the former regime’s practices of forcibly separating children from their families and assigning falsified or incorrect names to children. We acknowledge that, under that regime, some children who had been forcibly separated from their families were referred to our care without the necessary documentation. 

We took decisive action in 2018 to halt the placements of children into our care without proper documentation. It is our firm belief that children should never be separated from their families unless it is in their best interest – and only through a documented, child-centered process. 

We recognize that, despite our best intentions, not all decisions made during this time met the high standards to which we hold ourselves. Learning from these shortcomings, we have taken active steps to ensure this does not happen again.

BRUSSELS — Plans to overhaul the EU’s executive arm will be brought forward by the start of next year at the latest, leaked documents reveal, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pushing for a restructure to make its labyrinthine civil service more efficient and cost-effective.

According to a document seen by POLITICO, the bloc’s budget and public administration chief Piotr Serafin has been tasked with “a large-scale review of the Commission’s organisation and operations, together with an external benchmarking exercise.”

The intention is to deliver a “modern, efficient public administration to deliver on our political priorities,” while also being able to handle “volatility as the new normal” and reduce both complexity “and, where possible, costs.”

Two Commission officials, granted anonymity to speak about the sensitive process, said that alternative models were being considered whereby departments could be merged.

A woman struggling with severe money problems sold her newborn son for fifty thousand rupees. The woman is originally from a place called Kanti and currently lives in the Kacchi Pakki area. After she spent all the money, she started missing her child badly.

Following this, on Tuesday, she went to the city police station and began telling her story while crying. She told the police officers that a businessman from Jawaharlal Road had taken her baby. Acting on her complaint, the city police immediately went to the location to investigate.

During the inquiry, the businessman explained that he is childless and that the woman had given him the baby willingly. He claimed that he had adopted the child and was taking good care of him.

After the investigation, the newborn baby was returned to his mother. It was learned that the woman had worked as a domestic helper at the same businessman's house for a long time. She already has four other children. About fifteen days ago, she gave birth to the son while at the businessman's home and then handed the baby over to him.

Sharat Kumar, the Station House Officer of Nagar Thana in Muzaffarpur, said, "A woman complained that a businessman had taken her child. Based on this information, the police were sent to the businessman's house. After an investigation, the child was handed over to his biological mother. As of now, no formal complaint has been filed in this matter."

Why we take action

We, Sharon and Sita, are sisters—but we didn't know that for a long time. We were separated through adoption and grew up unaware of each other's existence. In 2016, we reconnected. Shortly afterward, we discovered we had another sister: Charlotte. But she was already gone by then. Charlotte had taken her own life.

On June 7th, Charlotte would have turned 40. We would have loved to have known her so much. With this campaign, we commemorate her—and draw attention to a painful truth: adoptees have a threefold higher risk of suicide.

For Charlotte. For all the adoptees who suffer in silence. For those who are no longer here, and for those who are still here.

We are taking action, will you also support us in this action?

For post-rock modern band Meejah, Seoul always holds a special place. Band leader Mai Soon Young Ovlisen, an adoptee raised in Denmark, first made a stunning debut in Seoul two years ago, performing on Nodeul Island as part of an International Korean Adoptee Association (IKAA) gathering, where hundreds of adoptees come to experience Korea — many for the first time — and to connect with others who share their story. They were also able to share a night of music at Strange Fruit, located near western Seoul’s Hongik University, with award-winning band Wings of the ISANG, and play another show at ACS in downtown Seoul’s Euljiro.

Their latest return to Seoul carries just as much weight, not only because of the band’s packed schedule, but also because of the timing. Their latest work, a 10-movement composition titled "R.E.Q.U.I.E.M. Light and Loss (For the Uncrushable Soul and the Little Ones Sleeping on the Mountainside)," will debut during this visit.

“It doesn’t follow the requiem format exactly, but takes inspiration from it,” Ovlisen explained. “I also see it as a maternal requiem — giving single mothers their rights back and taking away the stigma they’ve faced.”

For Ovlisen, who feels a profound artistic and spiritual connection to her birth country, this piece engages with Korea’s complex historical, political, religious and emotional landscape surrounding orphans, adoptees and single mothers. These themes gained renewed attention this spring when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) confirmed that human rights violations had indeed occurred in the past during international adoptions. Yet, due to time and the sheer volume of cases, hundreds of other submitted testimonies could not be fully investigated, Ovlisen’s case included. She has spotted inconsistencies and errors in her own paperwork.

On Sept. 10 and 11, the Danish Korean Rights Group will hold a conference at the National Assembly to advocate the importance of continuing this investigation, and Ovlisen will be in attendance to show her support.

Koreanische Adoptierte Duetschland e.V. is at Projektraum Spreefeld

Gadag: ' Handing over a child to a childless couple is a pious act,' said S. Ravi, president of the city's Balavinayak Vidyaniketan Educational Institution

He spoke after handing over an adopted child, who was fostered at the Amulya Special Adoption Center of Seva Bharathi Sanstha in Betageri, to a couple from Kerala. 

"While it is one thing to create a great future for a neglected child by protecting and nurturing it through an adoption agency and legally handing it over to a childless couple, it is also a great act to hand over a child to a childless couple. Let the couple who adopt the child provide this child with good morals, education, and a future," he said. 

Speaking at the event, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's provincial pracharak Narendra said, "The Amulya Adoption Center has dedicated itself to humanity and humanitarian work. The work of the Amulya organization, which has provided its own invaluable service in giving life to 68 children so far, is truly commendable."

The president of the organization, Mallikarjuna Bellada, presided over the function. Mallika was on the stage. Nagaveni Kattimani prayed. Narasimha Kamarthi introduced. Manjunath Channappa gave the introductory speech. Aruna Rajapurohita narrated. Rajesh Khatavate proposed the vote of thanks. 

As per the Adoption Rules 2022, the DM handed over the girls for adoption. DM Pawan Kumar handing over both the girls for adoption to a single couple mother residing in America at the Collectorate on Monday...

Gopalganj, Hindustan Correspondent. Two girls living in the city-based Vishesh Adoption Institute were handed over to a single mother and a US-based couple for adoption on Monday as per the rules of Adoption Rules 2022. In his chamber at the Collectorate, DM Pawan Kumar Sinha finally handed over both the girls to the mother and the couple for adoption. The said two girls were found by the Vishesh Adoption Institute on the road a few months ago. Now the rest of the life of both the girls will be spent in America. It was told that in Regulation 13 and Regulation 36 of Adoption Regulations-2022, the DM has to issue the final order of adoption within a period of two months.

On this occasion, the DM appealed to all the people of the district that if they find any orphan or abandoned child, do not keep him/her with you. Hand over the child to the Special Adoption Institute Hajiapur Gopalganj of the District Child Protection Unit Gopalganj, run by the Social Welfare Department. At the same time, if a childless couple wants to adopt a child, they can apply online through the website 'Central Adoption Resources Authority. For special information, Vijay Kumar Coordinator Gopalganj can be contacted at Special Adoption Institute Gopalganj on mobile number 8210491152. Assistant Director of District Child Protection Unit Prashant Mishra, Dr. Mankeshwar Kumar Singh, Dilip Kumar, Vijay Kumar Pandey and Vijay Kumar etc. were present on the occasion.

Hyderabad: From suspected baby-swapping in hospitals to cross-border surrogacy, human trafficking and contested adoptions, DNA fingerprinting has emerged as a decisive tool for courts, police and families. City-based Truth Labs and Genome Foundation are witnessing a steady rise in cases where biological parentage is disputed, denied, or demanded as proof.

In a district hospital, a couple from a small village alleged that their newborn was swapped and stolen by another couple, with hospital authorities complicit in the act. The allegation triggered caste tensions and community disputes. The district medical superintendent ordered DNA testing, which established that the infant was indeed the biological child of the couple, ruling out swapping.

A similar doubt shook a young adult's life when relatives convinced him he was exchanged at birth. An old couple even claimed him as their son. Depressed, he sought scientific clarity. Truth Labs' DNA test confirmed he was biologically related to the parents who raised him. Truth Labs chairman Dr KP C Gandhi says DNA fingerprinting has been solving several issues, including IVF fraud, exposing exploitation in fertility care.

Trafficking racket exposed

Police investigations into a suspected human trafficking case from Uttar Pradesh involving a couple and their son highlighted how DNA analysis exposed the racket. The accused claimed all the four girls aged 3, 4, 14, and 19 in their custody were their daughters. The diversity in the physical appearance of the children raised doubts. DNA profiling by the Hyderabad-based lab proved that none of the girls was related to each other, nor to the accused. Police arrested the couple and their son, extending the probe to their wider network.