The RTI activist along with the maternal aunt of one of the inmates, courted controversy as the two kept the children in their custody instead of informing the police who traced them late in the evening on September 12.

Less than a week after five minor inmates, including two girls, fled from SOS children’s village at Rajpura of Patiala district, police on Sunday booked an RTI activist, said to be the whistleblower in the case, for allegedly misbehaving with and pressurising the district child protection department officials.

After fleeing the shelter home, the inmates had alleged ill-treatment, including sexual abuse, only to retract their statements a day later before the district child protection officer.

The RTI activist, Akash Verma, along with the maternal aunt of one of the inmates, courted controversy as the two kept the children in their custody instead of informing the police who traced them late in the evening on September 12.

Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said the case was registered against Akash under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the complaint of district child protection officer Harpreet Kaur Sandhu.

In a foster care system where abused children are shifted from home to home, where siblings grow up apart and where nothing is forever, SOS Children's Village of Florida has been touted as a rare place.

On a quiet cul-de-sac in Coconut Creek, adults made long-term commitments to rear the youngsters as their own.

Brothers and sisters lived together in neat, cozy houses, and youngsters were told they would not have to leave, that they were "home at last."

"It may look like your average Florida neighborhood, but it's really a bold new way to help kids," Oprah Winfrey said on her show in 1998, five years after SOS, an offshoot of an international program, opened its doors.

But like other group homes for needy children, SOS has struggled since the mid-1990s with some ugly realities. Records provided by the Broward County office of the Department of Children & Families show numerous incidents of child-on-child sexual activity; allegations of improper supervision of children; and frequent police involvement at SOS.

Earlier this year, the journey of Saroo Brierley – was released in the form of a film titled Lion featuring Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. Saroo, who was

born in India, was only five when he was separated from his family, but he finally found his hometown and his family after almost two decades of living

in Australia as he was living there with his adoptive parents. Here, is the journey of yet another boy who returned to his hometown, Bhiwandi, in search of

his family.

On August 4, 2017, at 7.56 pm, I walked into a backpackers hostel in Kurla to meet four guys - Chris Huth, Wyatt, Miles and Jack Eblen.

Terre des Hommes is a fantastic organization when it lies at the Telegraaf and other mainstream media. They fight against child abuse and are a recognized 'charity', so that you can donate to them fiscally. The Postcode Lottery also pours a lot of money into the organization. Terre des Hommes is apparently opposed to the exploitation of children and child prostitution, and of course we all have a warm heart. Still, there is a little itching on my nose when I see such an organization. It is unintentionally immediately reminiscent of Jimmy Savile who grew up in England with his BBC children's programs and of which after his death he became known to include 60 children in the Stoke Mandeville hospital had abuse (including seriously ill eight year old children).

David Icke suspected Savile during his lifetime of this abuse, but just as with the Dutch Senator whose child abuse collection was found only after his death, Edward Brongersma, the abuse of Savile was also revealed only after his death. And probably we have only seen the tip of the iceberg, because it is of course not convenient that Savile was a personal friend of Prince Charles and was carried on by the British elite and the royal family. Not that I have any proof that Terre des Hommes is a cover organization that is basically an abuse network behind. You would have to infiltrate for that and I suspect that they will not offer me a job. So for now we have to assume that Terre des Hommes really wants to prevent sexual exploitation of children. My nose, however, continues to itch; you sometimes have that. There is something in their activities.

Terre des Hommes secretly seems to contribute in the slow way towards accepting sexual abuse, through the acceptance and normalization of pedophilia and making this abuse mild for sexual preference. Child abusers are nowadays already called 'pedophiles', but it seems that Terre des Hommes contributes to the marketing towards making this term even milder. From now on, a child abuser is no longer a 'pedophile', but a 'pedosexual'. In these terms a 'love' and 'sexual preference' is packaged. Jimmy Savile also liked very much the deadly eight-year-old boys he raped. We seem to have to accept that it is about 'love' and 'sexual preference', while practice is mostly about pure abuse of very young children. And despite the fact that Terre des Hommes announces in the video below that she is hunting for these 'pedosexuals' (the term to make it mild), she seems to be fulfilling the function of 'punishment prevention'. Let's analyze what the Telegraaf and other media do as if it were a great step in the right direction: the use of lok advertisements. First look at the movie that De Telegraaf published about it:

Pay particular attention to the opening sentence of Gideon van Aartsen in the video above. In fact, he more or less states that it is all about a taboo on homosexuality among young people and that these young boys are raped when they come in contact with older homosexuals. Wait a minute, Mr. Aartsen. That is all nice and kind of you, but is the real sexual abuse not related to the cases of Jimmy Savile, Robert M. and many more of that kind of serious matters that really involved very young children in the sexual abuse of babies? It seems that child abuse in the image of people must be positioned especially in the homosexual nature and the gray area created by the awkward age limit. Young boys are ashamed of their sexual orientation and are blackmailed by Aartsen for the fact that they have not yet come out of the closet. "They then meet someone who starts a flirt and then they are raped by friends of that person with whom the flirt starts". So it's all in the category 'I actually want it, but because there is a taboo on it, it ends up in the illegal circuit and leads to criminal offenses'.

Let's take a serious look at what Terre des Hommes is going to do about it. Terre des Hommes goes between sex ads. So they are going to offer sex ads themselves. Wow, what good! Those who respond then receive a notification that the person offered is a minor. "If they want to continue making an appointment, then we have their data and that can be useful for the police."He refers to a similar approach as the loverboy approach. So let's see what that approach looks like. This is what the Trouw reported on this 29 August 2016:

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Friday paraded a 45-year-old woman, Pauline Okere, who allegedly turned her orphanage home into a bait for human trafficking.

Okere was arrested for unlawfully keeping 74 children who she collected from their parents at various locations in the Federal Capital Territory.

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Speaking at a press conference at the NAPTIP headquarters in Abuja where the woman was paraded on Friday, the Director, Research and Programme Development of the agency, Mr Godwin Morka who represented the Director General, Julie Okah-Donli, said child trafficking had continued to give NAPTIP serious concern.

Kent County Council has the largest child protection department in the UK.

It is warning there could be an increase of 250% in referrals of children that need to be investigated and kept safe when lockdown is eased further.

Matt Dunkley, corporate director for children and young people at Kent County Council, said: "What we are looking at is a huge surge in September in children needing to be seen, families needing to be assessed, when they are at the end of their tether after six months being locked down or being out of the eye of their school... that leaves us with a huge budget problem."

"In September, just when the money from the government is drying up, the extra money that they've given for coronavirus will be beginning to dry up. So children's services are facing their biggest challenge."

Before COVID-19, 40,000 cases were referred to the department each year.

The ruling by Justice Nirmaljit Kaur came in a case where the Passport Authority had refused passport to a minor girl, adopted in accordance with the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA), on the ground that a NOC from the CARA or photocopy from a recognised Indian placement agency was required.

The petitioner’s counsel, Sukhvinder Singh Nara, contended that the NOC from the CARA was not required as Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJ Act) clearly stated that its provisions would not be applicable to an adoption made under the provisions of the HAMA. Nara added the minor petitioner was adopted under an adoption deed, which was a duly executed document and was under the provisions of the HAMA.

The counsel for the Union of India, during the course of arguments, contended the inter-country adoption was valid only under the JJ Act.

After hearing arguments, Justice Nirmaljit Kaur asserted it was evident that “Indian parents” were not required to provide the NOC from the CARA. The requirement was for foreign parents. “Although, the Court is of the view that an Indian or Overseas Citizen of India with a British passport, i.e. with British Citizenship, will not lose their identity of being an Indian parent or Indian, especially when they are called ‘Overseas Citizen of India’, nevertheless, the debate is left open as no argument was raised qua the same by either side,” Justice Nirmaljit Kaur asserted, while referring to the facts of the case.

Justice Nirmaljit Kaur at the same time added that it would be in the interest of the adoptive parents and the child to obtain a simple NOC from the CARA to ensure a clean transition from one country to another, lest they face difficulty in visa or any other requirement.

Foreign adoptions by celebrities like Madonna are on everyone's lips. The pop star already feels a deep connection with her son. However, the path to a child from Africa or Asia is very laborious and time-consuming. On WELT ONLINE, a German mother tells how many hurdles she had to overcome.

D.he 4th January 2007 was one of the most important days in our lives. This Thursday we saw our daughter Tanu in person for the first time. We had flown to Calcutta and then headed southeast to the city of Cuttack. From there it went to Basundhara. Tanu had lived in the children's home for more than a year.

We knew when the child was likely to be born. Doctors had calculated the date. Tanu had been dropped off at a bus stop at the age of 14 weeks. My respect still goes to the mother today, she carried the child to term and looked after it, and after this time she realized that she was unable to give the child a perspective. She placed the child in a place where it needed to be found. It takes a lot of strength to do something like that as a mother.

There it was, Tanu. 17 months old, black hair, big eyes. She couldn't walk or speak. She was so incredibly petite and small. We were very, very touched. It's like with all parents, whether the child is 17 months old or new born, tears are in your eyes, you are overwhelmed by your feelings. All the troubles, worries, fears and needs are forgotten in this moment.

An infinitely delicate creature sat on my lap. I was absolutely speechless, as if flooded. Tanu looked alternately at my husband and at me. A short time later she was lying on my chest and fell asleep. In the first few days, when she fell asleep, she always held two animal toys that we had brought for her, one in each hand. We were just happy.

The UN Child Rights Committee will meet in Geneva tomorrow until the 31 of this month to review Sri Lanka

under the Optional Protocol on sale of children, while it also reviews Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire,

Malta, Singapore, and Tonga.

The above are among the States, parties to the Child Rights Convention and its Optional Protocols, and so are

required to undergo regular reviews on how they are implementing the Committee’s previous

Nunavut’s minister of family services has committed to work on changing the law governing custom adoptions in the territory.

This would end the ability that known child abusers have right now to adopt children in Nunavut.

Elisapee Sheutiapik offered the commitment in the legislature on Friday, Feb. 22, after Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main asked her during question period if there are currently any requirements in place to protect children custom-adopted by convicted or known abusers.

“For adoptions under the Adoption Act there are safeguards and protections in place, such as criminal record checks and home assessments, to ensure that children are being adopted into a safe environment,” said Main.

“My understanding is also that under custom adoption, there is no requirement for these safeguards and protections.”