HYDERABAD: The Telangana high court recently dismissed a petition filed by a couple seeking custody of a male infant they purchased from the infant's biological mother through an agent. The baby was rescued by police at Chaitanyapuri when they busted an interstate baby trafficking racket. Along with the infant's adoptive parents, the infant's biological mother also sought custody. However, the court noted that the child's adoption did not occur through the proper adoption guidelines

Rachakonda police, in March 2025, busted a child trafficking racket, rescuing 16 infants and arresting around 15 persons. The accused included the kingpin of the racket, K Krishnaveni, a 'supplier' from Gujarat named Vandana, their associates, and adoptive couples.

The petition seeking the child's custody was filed by a Jeedimetla resident couple as well as the child's biological mother.

Biological mom, adoptive couple were family friends

Their counsel alleged that since the child's biological mother and the adoptive couple were family friends, they gave the child in adoption, a process approved by the Supreme Court in a similar case. Arguing that the child should not be deprived of parental care, they sought the child's custody

• 12 people appointed to Western Australia's inaugural Forced Adoption Reference Group
• Established as part of the State Government's response to Report 66 - Broken Bonds, Fractured Lives: Report on the Inquiry into Past Forced Adoption in Western Australia
• Will guide the implementation of the State Government's response to recommendations

Twelve people have been appointed to Western Australia's first Forced Adoption Reference Group as part of the State Government's commitment to addressing the impact of historic forced adoption policies and practices.

The establishment of the Reference Group was announced during the tabling of the State Government Response to Report 66 - Broken Bonds, Fractured Lives: Report on the Inquiry into Past Forced Adoption in Western Australia.

The Reference Group will play an important role in guiding the implementation of the recommendations supported by the State Government. The Forced Adoption Reference Group will be co-ordinated by the Department of Communities.

The State Government supports 19 recommendations to improve the lives of people impacted by forced adoption, including mothers, fathers, adopted people and their families.

More than 50 years after adoption, Jung Kyung-sook plans to sue the Norwegian government for human rights violations

For most of her life, Jung Kyung-sook, 57, lived with an unrelenting ache — a longing for people who looked like her and for the mother tongue she never had the chance to learn.

Sent from Korea to Norway in 1970 at the age of two, she was among the tens of thousands of Korean children sent to Western countries through a flawed adoption system operating from the 1970s to '90s.

Jung was adopted by a Norwegian couple who, she says, subjected her to years of abuse and neglect.

Now living in the rural town of Ramnes, Norway, Jung is among the 56 Korean adoptees who have received the results of a sweeping investigation by Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The findings, announced in March and sent to applicants in June, revealed significant irregularities in past overseas adoption processes.

Collaboration with INEA 

The search possibilities for adoptees in Indonesia are strengthened by a collaboration between Ibu Indonesia and INEA. With this collaboration, Ibu Indonesia receives support to carry out more searches and to further professionalize its working methods.

James, manager of INEA came to Groningen especially for the start of the project to sign the cooperation agreement with Berber. Our board members Nani and Sonja and our coordinator Dadang Supardi from Yogyakarta were present online.

“Thanks to the collaboration, we can expand our work and make it futureproof. This way, no knowledge is lost and we can help even more adoptees and families.” – Berber, chairman of Ibu Indonesia

“We are pleased to support the work of Ibu Indonesia. Their knowledge of the local eld is essential for good search capabilities.” – James, Manager at INEA

Surrogacy con�nues to be used as a method of family forma�on around the world. Children born through surrogacy have the same rights as all children under the United Na�ons Conven�on on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and the Op�onal Protocol to the Conven�on on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child pros�tu�on and child pornography (OPSC). However, because of the way that the prac�ce of surrogacy has evolved, the fundamental rights of these children are at risk, especially in interna�onal arrangements.

He learned that he needed others to get ahead in life, so now he wants to be of significance to others. Séun Steenken, born in Nigeria, is committed to the youth in his city, Almere.

'The role of the barbershop is seriously underestimated in the Netherlands, in the United States they see it much more. It is a place where young people come to chill, there is such a relaxed atmosphere that everyone talks to each other. We are friends, there is respect. You can have deep conversations with boys who would never go to a community center. 'It is a kind of men's therapy', our barber always says.'

During a haircut in the MotionFades barbershop in Almere, 23-year-old Séun Steenken gets the idea that more is possible with the informal community that the hairdresser's clients form. He is impressed by the stories of the barber, thirty-something Malcolm Power, who organizes all kinds of things for the young people: barbecues, football matches, discussions. 'He paid for it all out of his own pocket. With a few hundred euros he reached more young people than when the municipality organizes something in the community center for 10K (10 thousand euros, ed. ).'

With Power and a third partner, he started the foundation The Next Way six months ago. The goal: to offer young people 'concrete tools' for daily life, such as tips and tricks for job interviews, by helping them develop their talents.

For Steenken, The Next Way is part of his broader social engagement. In addition to his studies in public administration and organizational science, he works an estimated forty hours a week in various areas: as an employee at the interest group Cliëntenbelang Amsterdam ('for vulnerable Amsterdammers'), as a spoken word artist and now also as a director of the hairdressing foundation. 'With that, I mainly want to create something beautiful for Almere, but it will not be my future. I see that in three areas: policy, culture and practical work. I want to have a social impact in all three. Maybe I will become the first mayor who is also a spoken word artist, haha.'

NITEROI, Brazil — Paul Fernando Schreiner paces around a sparsely furnished room, swatting mosquitoes from his arms and neck as he wonders if today will be any different from all the others.

The heavy, dense air of this city across the bay from Rio de Janeiro feels insufferable, nothing like the dry heat of Phoenix, where the 36-year-old had been living when he was deported by the U.S. last year.

Conversations are rare for Schreiner as he speaks no Portuguese and few people here speak anything but Portuguese. But language is only one issue: The food and even the sports Brazilians follow — Schreiner likes American football more than soccer — don’t feel right. Inside his head, every day is a fight against boredom, loneliness and desperation.

“I am anything but Brazilian,” said Schreiner, who was adopted from Brazil by a U.S. family three decades ago. “I am an American.”

The U.S. government disagrees, underscoring the increasingly hard line the Trump administration is taking with legal residents deemed deportable.

Answer given by Mr Reynders on behalf of the European Commission

25.4.2023

Written question

There is no EU legislation on adoption. At the international level, adoption is currently governed by national laws and international conventions, in particular the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption[1], (‘the Convention’) which has to date 105 Contracting Parties including all Member States of the EU. However, it is estimated that 50% of international adoptions are not carried under the Convention.

The Convention operates through a system of national Central Authorities, reinforces the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Art. 21) and seeks to ensure that inter-country adoptions are made in the best interests of the child and with respect for their fundamental rights. One of the main objectives is to prevent the abduction, the sale of, or traffic in children[2].

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There are many errors in the adoption information integrated management system.
The Child Rights Protection Center under the Ministry of Health and Welfare
is aware of the management errors, but the inspection results are marked as ‘passed’.
This is one of the causes of corruption in the computerization of adoption records.

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A photo of Anna Kim Riley (40, Korean name Jang Won-sook), who was born in Daejeon in 1984 and adopted to the United States in 1985, at the time of her adoption. Anna met her biological mother in 2023 based on the records of the Child Rights Center’s Integrated Adoption Information Management System (ACMS), but the DNA test results showed that she was not related to Anna. Provided by Anna

Anna Kim Riley (40, Korean name Jang Won-sook), who was born in Daejeon and adopted to the United States, believed she had finally found her biological mother in 2023. In March of that year, she was able to contact her biological mother through the 'Adoption Information Management System (ACMS)' managed by the Child Rights Protection Agency under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. However, a genetic (DNA) test result showed that she was not the biological child.