Swedish ex-pats learn about Domenic snatched by Social Services

Earlier in the day, seven Christian Voice supporters witnessed outside the Swedish Embassy in Montague Street from 12 noon until it closed for Christmas at 1pm. Several diplomats took leaflets.

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Peace on Earth

All Domenic Johansson really wants for Christmas is his life back.

He lost it about two-and-a-half years ago, on an airport runway in Sweden, where he was waiting to take off with his parents for their new home in his mother’s native India. Swedish officials – with no warrant and with no evidence of a crime – boarded the aircraft and forcibly took the then-nine-year-old child away.

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Family of State-napped Swedish Child Savors Small Victory

Christer and Annie Johansson have won a small but hopeful victory in their quest to regain custody of their nine-year-old son Domenic who was taken from them over 2 years ago in a dramatic raid while the family was seated on an airliner departing the Nordic country. Ruby Harrold-Claesson, the couple’s attorney, reported to HSLDA that the Gotland District Court ruled in favor of the Johanssons, allowing them to retain their parental rights of Domenic.

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Family of 'state-napped' child beats social services

A judge has handed defeat to a social services agency that dispatched police officers to an India-bound jetliner more than two years ago to take into custody a 7-year-old boy because he was being homeschooled.

Word of the victory – that the government is not allowed to terminate the rights of the boy's parents – comes from Ruby Harrold-Claesson, president of the Nordic Human Rights Council.

Harrold-Claesson, who also has been reinstated as the representative for the parents months after she was removed on the objections of the Gotland, Sweden, social services agency, said it's a hopeful sign in the long-running custody dispute over Domenic Johansson, now 10.

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Gotland Court Refuses to Hear Transfer of Custody In the Case of Domenic Johansson

We've received news today that Gotland Courts have refused to grant a hearing on the transfer of custody of now 10 year old Domenic Johansson from his parents and to foster parents. During a December 9th preliminary hearing, the Johanssons and representatives of Gotland Social Services were asked to present evidence supporting or refuting the need for custody transfer. After reviewing all the evidence, news was recieved today that the presiding judge has determined there was not enough evidence suggesting Annie and Christer Johansson should permanently lose the custody of their son. To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first time in the 2.5 years of this battle, where the Johanssons were finally allowed representation in court by an attorney of their choosing, Ruby Harrold-Claesson.

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NÄR ska Dominic få leva med sina föräldrar igen ???

Jag trodde mig ha sett allt vad gäller svenska rättsövergrepp, men oj vad fel jag hade! Den 25 juni 2009, satt Dominic, 7 år, med sina föräldrar på ett plan som precis skulle starta för att flyga till Indien. Familjen skulle flytta dit, men det blev inte så.

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Gotland Court Refuses to Hear Transfer of Custody In the Case of Domenic Johansson

We’ve received news today that Gotland Courts have refused to grant a hearing on the transfer of custody of now 10 year old Domenic Johansson from his parents and to foster parents. During a December 9th preliminary hearing, the Johanssons and representatives of Gotland Social Services were asked to present evidence supporting or refuting the need for custody transfer. After reviewing all the evidence, news was recieved today that the presiding judge has determined there was not enough evidence suggesting Annie and Christer Johansson should permanently lose the custody of their son. To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first time in the 2.5 years of this battle, where the Johanssons were finally allowed representation in court by an attorney of their choosing, Ruby Harrold-Claesson.

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Omhändertagandet av Domenic en skam för Sverige

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Parental Love Forbidden: Family Affection Inappropriate in the Swedish Social Paradise

It hardly seems believable, and I refused to believe it was true until I came across more and more examples of it, but I'm afraid to say that the Orwellian '1984' Nightmare has already come to Sweden. It wasn't noticed by the population because it was introduced to the public in small increments and not by sudden (and sometimes violent) change. But it's a fact. It's official. Public displays of affection by parents and children to one another is "INAPPROPRIATE". Welcome back to the Marxist Gulag.

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Omhändertagandet av Domenic en skam för Sverige

Sverige kan inte fortsätta tiga om denna obeskrivligt grymma historia. Det handlar om en pojke, som på grund av socialtjänstens godtycke och maktfullkomlighet, tagits från sina väl fungerande föräldrar.

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Ett vädjande för Domenic Johansson.

Lidia Video Domenic Prueba 1 from MartaSada on Vimeo.

The Final Solution for Homeschoolers: Sweden's Attempt to Exterminate a Minority

"The Swedish KKK (= Government) abducted Domenic [Johansson], who was only a few moments away from leaving Sweden forever with his mother and father, for the sole purpose of terrorizing every family in Sweden, particularly...homeschoolers, and bullying them into submission".

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Domenic Johansson To Face Christmas Without Parents

Domenic Johansson remains separated from his parents, even as Swedish Social Services seek to remove all remaining parental rights.

Domenic, now 10 after his recent birthday, has been separated from his parents two and a half years, following his abduction by Social Services while seated in a commercial airliner with his parents awaiting departure on a flight to India.

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Miscarriage of Justice Continues in Johansson Case

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Vittnesmål - Patrik 2011

Statistik

Bloggen har nu haft över 20,000 unika besökare och ca 35,000 hits. Besökarna kommer från större delen av världen.

Dominic-filmen på youtube har haft över 13,000 tittare. Även den har spridits och publicerat på många bloggar, tidningar runt om i världen.

Denna blogg kan ses som ett arkiv av det som skrivs om fallet Domenic runt om i världen. För er som vill veta vad som just pågår i fallet så rekomenderar jag en nystartad blogg, [AnsvarsProjektet]

Sen finns även den internationella bloggen, [Friends of Domenic]

Barbaric, Cowardly and Corrupt The Socio-Fascist Swedish State

The longer justice is delayed, the more it is denied."

As far as the Domenic Johansson case it concerned, this is undeniably true. But it gets worse. The other day I was informed that not only has the state abducted an innocent homeschooler from his loving parents, not only have they lied to justify their foul action, not only have they denied parental access for more than one short visit every 5 weeks, not only have they denied access completely now, but these barbarian social service officers now want to totally destroy every last vestige of the Johansson family by petitioning the courts to have Domenic 'legally' adopted by his new foster parents.

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Snatched Swedish boy may be permanently separated from parents

Officials seek to terminate Johansson family's parental rights.

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Son taken from parents to be taken overseas?

Social workers who had police troopers storm a jetliner on which a family was attempting to emigrate to India, to take custody of a young boy over his homeschooling, now have discussed allowing the foster family where he's been staying to take him to Thailand, the boy's father has told WND.

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Global Digital Activism to Reunite Domenic and Jonatan with their Mothers in Gotland, Sweden

DOMENIC
The corrupt evil Gotland social service is going to move the custody of Domenic from his parents to the foster home to secure a longterm lucrative income for the foster home industry. Help return Domenic to his parents by signing and sharing this petition to all your friends:
http://www.change.org/petitions/fredrik-malmberg-we-demand-the-immediate-return-of-domenic-johansson-to-his-parents

Occupy Social Services

Global movement to protect children and families from social service abuse

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Occupy Gotland

För en sann demokrati, mänskliga rättigheter, rättvisa, kärlek och civil kurage — For true democracy, human rights, justice, compassion, and moral courage.
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Vi har en revolution på gång som vill få dig att vakna upp och se vilka som egentligen styr.

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Swedish authorities threaten to completely revoke parental rights of homeschooling couple

STOCKHOLM, October 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Swedish authorities that seized a seven-year-old boy from his family because the parents chose to homeschool him are threatening the parents with permanent loss of their child and a complete termination of their parental rights.

Swedish police snatched Domenic Johansson, son of Christer and Annie Johansson, in June 2009 from an airplane bound for India, Annie’s homeland. The main reason for the seizure was that Domenic was homeschooled. Since then Domenic’s entire family has been denied virtually any contact with their son.
Domenic Johannson with his parents.

Domenic, now 9 years old, has been held in state foster care for more than 24 months.

In June 2010, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a joint application on behalf of the Johansson family at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and have been working to support the family since shortly after Domenic’s seizure.

“The United States Supreme Court has called the termination of parental rights the family court equivalent of the death penalty,” stated Michael Donnelly, Director of International Relations at the Home School Legal Defense Association.

“The government shouldn’t abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn’t like homeschooling. That’s bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether,” said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska. “This simply cannot stand. We will do everything in our power to help reunite this family.”

Both ADF and HSLDA are currently asking for letters to be written to Swedish officials and embassies in an attempt to renew attention to the family’s case and to encourage Swedish officials to release Domenic back to his family.

Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt
Mailing Address: Rosenbad 4, SE-103 33 Stockholm
Phone: +46 8 405 10 00
Email via website here.

Swedish Embassy in Ottawa
Ambassador to Canada Ingrid Iremark
377 Dalhousie St.
Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613-244-8200
Fax: 613-241-2277
Email: sweden.ottawa@foreign.ministry.se

Swedish Embassy in Washington DC
Ambassador Jonas Hafström
2900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 467-2600
Fax: (202) 467-2699
Email: ambassaden.washington@foreign.ministry.se

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We demand the unconditional and immediate return of Domenic Johansson to his parents.

Why this is Important

“[A child] shall, wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of his parents…” Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959)

Christer Johansson, a Swedish citizen, and Annie Johansson, an Indian citizen, were recently informed by the Social Services in Gotland Kommun of their intention to transfer full custody of their son Domenic to a foster family. This is allegedly in the best interest of Domenic. However, Social Services have failed to demonstrate a single report of negligence or physical or emotional abuse by this family. Indeed, Social Services have engaged in an inhumane campaign of alienation: not allowing visitation or any communication between Domenic and his parents since November 2010.

Domenic Johansson has suffered physical and emotional deterioration due to the unfounded and cruelly prolonged isolation from his parents, extended family, and friends. He has not been allowed to even keep contact with other relatives and friends, in violation of the general rules outlined in Swedish law 22 § tredje stycket SoL. While in the care of Social Services, Domenic has been taken on several occasions to the hospital with stress-induced vomiting, the result of forced isolation from his biological family, which had constituted his sense of security and basic emotional identity. Domenic has both a Swedish father and an Indian mother with strong extended family ties. However, Gotland Social Services has ignored this Swedish regulation: A “[b]oard should be particularly vigilant with regard to immigrant children since many of them come from cultures where family membership has a different meaning than we are accustomed. A broken contact with family and community may at worst lead to isolation and disorientation in adulthood (Bill 1989/90: 28 p. 73).”

We demand a full investigation into the handling of this case by the Gotlands Kommun Social Services and the court appointed lawyers of Domenic Johansson (Eva Ernstson), Christer Johansson (Lars Dahlstrom) and Annie Johansson (Shantu Brahmbhatt). In direct defiance of Swedish and European Union laws, Gotland City Courts have violated the Johansson family's guaranteed rights to be represented by the lawyer of their choice. They have instead appointed lawyers with little previous experience, who uncritically accepted social services statements regarding the physical and psychological state of child and parents even though they were never corroborated by experts and who, therefore, undermined their clients’ rights to a fair trial. The system has failed this family and many others and must be changed.

We demand the immediate reunification of the family and that steps be taken to restore the emotional and psychological bond so abruptly broken by the unwarranted actions of the Social Services at Gotland Kommun.

For further information, visit

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/returndomenic/
http://friendsofdomenic.blogspot.com/

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Homeschool Parents May Lose Child Custody Permanently

n a monumental development for homeschool rights, Swedish parents may permanently lose custody of their child. The implications of the controversial case are enough to send chills down the spine of anyone who chooses to homeschool their children.

Swedish officials on the Island of Gotland are moving to terminate the parental rights of homeschool parents Christer and Annie Johansson. The state seized 7-year-old Domenic in June 2009. Currently 9 years old, the boy has been held in state foster care for more than 24 months. Domenic’s entire family has been denied virtually any contact with him during that time.

Now, the state wants to give permanent custody to the foster family.

"The United States Supreme Court has called the termination of parental rights the family court equivalent of the death penalty," says Michael Donnelly, director of International Relations at the Home School Legal Defense Association, or HSLDA.

HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a joint application on behalf of the Johansson family at the European Court of Human Rights in June 2010 and have been working to support the family since shortly after Domenic's seizure. The groups are now urging supporters to write letters in hopes of renewing attention to the family's case and to encourage Swedish officials to release Domenic back to his family.

"The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling. That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether," says ADF legal counsel Roger Kiska. "This simply cannot stand. We will do everything in our power to help reunite this family."

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The Child - URGENT: Johansson Case Dire

The Johansson case was briefly mentioned in ‘The Child,’ a situation in which Swedish authorities removed a child into state custody for his parents’ infraction of home schooling. It has now grown more serious, and the Johansson parents are facing the reality of losing their parental rights altogether.

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HSLDA: Officials Seek to Terminate Johansson Parenthood

HSLDA has learned that Swedish officials on the Island of Gotland may be seeking to terminate the parental rights of Annie and Christer Johansson. Seven-year old Domenic Johansson was snatched by a fully armed Swedish police unit in June 2009 while on board an airplane bound for Annie’s homeland of India. Among the primary reasons given for the seizure was the fact that Domenic was homeschooled. His entire family has been denied any contact with their son for nearly a year. HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a joint application on behalf of the Johansson family at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in June 2010 and have been working to support the family since shortly after Domenic’s seizure.

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Fox News rapporterar om svenskt förbud mot hemskolning

Fox news rapporterar om det svenska förbudet mot hemskolning som bland annat Jan Björklund stöttat. Senast ett land i demokratisk tid förbjöd hemskolning var då Tyskland på 1930-talet när nazisternas dominerade Tysklands parlament förbjöd hemskolning.

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The Tragedy of Dominic Johannsson

Two pictures can tell a whole story and the proof can be seen in the eyes of little Dominic Johansson, a Swedish boy seized by local police on June 25, 2009. He looks thoroughly miserable in the second one and he has good cause.

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Kids For Domenic Johansson

En ny blogg om Domenic, Kids For Domenic Johansson. [1]

Ett meddelande till alla barn.

Jonas Himmelstrand tar upp fallet Domenic

Jonas Himmelstrand talar i Canada om barnomsorg i Sverige. Hur effekten av vår barnomsorg påverkar samhället och människorna i Sverige.



Jonas Himmelstrand nämner äver familjen Johansson ca 19.45.

Sweden´s Big Government Utopia Unmasked

The Kingdom of Sweden has been revered by supporters of big government around the world for decades, cited by statist college professors and policy makers everywhere. It started with the myth that its “socialist” system could simultaneously provide freedom, prosperity, and generous welfare benefits to all. But now, the illusion is beginning to crumble.

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Daniel Hammarberg om fallet Dominic

Appeal for “Kidnapped” Swedish Homeschooler Draws Supporters

As the now-infamous case of Swedish homeschooler Domenic Johansson (at left, with his parents) — seized by authorities because of homeschooling almost two years ago — continues to drag on through the judicial system, a group of the family’s supporters turned out at an appeal in Stockholm on May 11 to express their hope that the family would be reunited soon.

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Domenic Johanssons fall i kammarrätten.

Kära Domenic Johansson supportrar,

Nedan återfinns en åtgärd i behov av omedelbar uppmärksamhet. Nu på onsdag den 11 maj 2011, hålls nästa förhandling med Christer och Annie Johansson. Vi vill försäkra oss om att domstolen är medveten om att många människor fortfarande är mycket oroade över den orättvisa som begåtts mot Domenic och hans familj och att vi fortfarande vill se denna orättvisa rättas till. För er som bor i Sverige, borde det inte vara några problem att få era brev skickade till domstolen i tid. För er som bor utanför Sverige, vänligen överväg att skicka ditt brev med prioriterad post för att säkerställa en snabb leverans. Nedan är ett förslag på brev som kan skickas, skriven på både engelska och svenska. Naturligtvis är du fri att skriva dina egna ord. Men om du gör det, tänk då på att det är viktigt att vara respektfull när du uttrycker din missnöje i samband med den pågående misshandeln av denna familj, så försök behålla samma ton i ditt brev som det nedan.


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SVENSK VERSION-
SWEDISH VERSION-

Post Address:
Kammarrätten i Stockholm
Kammarrättsråd Gunilla Svahn-Lindström
Box 2302
103 17 Stockholm

Kammarrättsråd Gunilla Svahn-Lindström
Målnummer: 5965-10

Bästa kammarrättsråd,

Jag är mycket orolig över hur familjen Christer, Annie och Domenic Johansson har blivit behandlade av svenska myndigheter. Jag har tagit del av domstolsprotokoll, vittnesförhör och familjens egen berättelse och jag kan inte förstå hur det har kunnat gå så långt som till ett LVU-omhändertagande av Domenic. Som svensk medborgare trodde jag att omhändertaganden och familjehemsplacering av ett barn i vårt land gjordes när ett barn far illa på grund av att föräldrarna utgör ett allvarligt hot mot barnets hälsa och utveckling, så som fallet är där till exempel missbruk, fysisk och psykisk misshandel förekommer. Enligt vittnen och närstående till familjen finns inga sådana missförhållanden i detta fall. Tvärtom var barnet Domenic ett lyckligt, älskat och friskt barn när han levde med sin mamma och pappa.

Om det som står i domstolsprotokollen ska ligga till grund för en sådan drastisk åtgärd som denna, att hålla barn och föräldrar splittrade och åtskilda på detta sätt, riskerar vart och vartannat barn i detta land att bli familjehemsplacerat.

Vi vet att sociala myndigheter fattar felaktiga beslut, vi hör och läser om detta ibland. Jag anser och är fullt övertygad om att detta fall just är baserat på ett sådant felaktigt beslut.

Sverige är känt utomlands för att vara ett barnvänligt land, där man värnar om barnets bästa. Fallet med familjen Johansson har fått tusentals människor i olika länder att reagera och engagera sig och förskräckt undra vad som pågår i Sverige.

Jag vädjar nu till Er som kammarrättsråd i detta mål att göra allt som är möjligt för att återförena denna splittrade familj snarast och låta Domenic få leva sin resterande barndom tillsammans med sin mamma och pappa.

Vänligen,

Underteckna med ditt namn och adress

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Free Sweden

En hemsida tillägnad Domenic Johansson. [1]

ADF/HSLDA File Second Application to Strasbourg on Behalf of Johansson Family

The Alliance Defense Fund, the Home School Legal Defense Association and local Swedish counsel have filed a second application on behalf of Annie and Christer Johansson to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Nearly two years ago, as the Johansson’s and their seven year old son Domenic were on a plane ready to move to India to engage in missionary work with orphanages, Swedish police boarded their plane and took young Domenic into foster care simply for being home educated. Since that time, the family has not been allowed to use the lawyer or legal defense of their own choosing within Sweden despite no objective reason for Swedish court’s to reject this most basic of requests.

Christer, whom was arrested and imprisoned for several weeks among serious criminals without ever seeing a judge simply for taking Domenic home for one day without permission (he called the police the following day to let them know he was at his parents’ home with his son), was also forced to use a state appointed lawyer in his criminal proceedings despite having the financial resources to appoint his own lawyer. The claim filed by ADF and HSLDA makes clear that in a democratic society, it is unacceptable for Sweden to force legal counsel onto a family without any objective cause to do so and to reject a defendant’s right to use the lawyer of their own choosing. For more information on this case and other ADF cases, please visit: http://www.alliancedefensefund.org.

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Pro-family group puts pressure on European Court over notorious homeschooling case

February 3, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Alliance of Romanian Families (AFR) is intervening in the case of Domenic Johansson, the Swedish boy who was abducted by Gotland social services in 2009, asking that he be returned to his family, as international pressure increases on the Swedish government.

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Johasson Released from Custody Today

Court Ordered Forensic Psychological Evaluation finds Johansson Psychologically Healthy

We've received word that Christer Johansson was released from police custody today immediately following a court hearing which was held as a continuance of the previous hearing of December 20, 2010. The original December 20th hearing was held as a result of an impulsive act on behalf of Johansson when on November 22, 2010, he took his son Domenic home, without permission, from a state supervised visit. According to Chapter 4 section 2 of the Criminal Code, this is punishable with prison for a minimum of one and maximum of ten years. Removing a child under fifteen years of age from the social services can constitute a crime against freedom or the promotion of escape and is punishable with fines or a prison sentence of up to one year.

During the December 20th hearing, the presiding judge, Lagman Mikael Mellqvist, withheld sentencing until Johansson had undergone a lengthy forensic psychological analysis. That analiysis, completed and submitted to the courts just this week, found Mr. Johansson to be psychologically sound.

This psychological finding is in direct opposition to the accusations made against Johansson by Gotland Social Services during both the December 2009 and September 2010 hearings to determine if Domenic should be returned to his parents or remain a ward of the Swedish state. In both court hearings, the Johanssons provided psychological reports stating Mr. Johansson was without a psychological diagnosis. However, Gotland Social Services continues to insist that Mr. Johansson suffers from a narcissistic disorder, while independent psychological assessments find him psychologically healthy. And now, in today's criminal proceedings the lengthy forensic psychological assessment, has found Mr. Johansson free of any psychological disorder.

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WND: Psych studies ordered for jailed homeschooling dad

According to officials with the Home School Legal Defense Association, which is working with the Alliance Defense Fund on an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of the family, Christer's brother also has reported Christer was moved to another prison, near Stockholm.

"He is awaiting a forensic psychological test," the e-mailed report said.

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HSLDA: Immediate Action Requested: Letter-Writing Campaign for the Johansson Family

Immediate Action Requested: Letter-Writing Campaign for the Johansson Family

In June 2010, HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a joint application at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of the Johansson family. Since the Johanssons’ case has been heard at every level of the Swedish court system, the ECHR is the family’s only remaining recourse.

Although more than six months have now passed, the ECHR has failed to address the application, even though a special emergency measures order was requested. It is highly unusual that the Johanssons’ application still has not been assigned a case number. The court has also not responded to a letter requesting an explanation for the unusual delay. Instead, the application languishes while the Johanssons continue to endure the forced separation from their 9-year-old son Domenic.

Please take a few moments and take action on as many of the points below as possible. Thank you for standing with HSLDA as we fight for justice for this family.

1. Send a message to the ECHR, using the following example or your own words.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing in reference to the application put before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Christer, Annie, and Dominic Johansson from Sweden.

Although the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) submitted this application in June 2010, I have been informed that the Court has yet to assign it a case number. Nor has the Court answered letters from the applicants inquiring why the ECHR has been so slow to respond to the application.

Justice should be swift, and this family needs your help.

The Johansson family has been denied the right to make decisions regarding their son’s education, the right to leave their country, and the right to select their own legal counsel. As a parent who enjoys the freedom to exercise my human rights, including the right of parents to direct the education of their children, the freedom of movement, the right to due process, I respectfully request that you explain why the Court has been so slow to respond to the Johansson’s application.

Yours sincerely,

[Your name]

Mail or fax letters to:

European Court of Human Rights
Council of Europe
67075 Strasbourg-Cedex
FRANCE
Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 30

2. Send a note of encouragement to Christer Johansson.

Persecuted homeschoolers overseas have said again and again that the support of fellow homeschoolers and families from around the world is invaluable. You can send Christer a short note of encouragement at:

Christer and Annie Johansson
c/o Rune Johansson
Alva Gudings 363
623 46 Hemse
Sweden

3. Send a message to the Swedish judge involved in Christer’s case.

Please consider writing to the judge who is presiding over Christer's case. Suggested text from Friends of Domenic Johansson is below. Mail or email letters to:

Lagman Mikael Mellqvist
Gotlands tingsrätt
Box 1143
SE-62122 Visby
Seden
gotlands.tingsratt@dom.se

Swedish Text

Till Lagman Mikael Mellqvist

Jag är mycket oroad över hur svenska myndigheter och domstolar har behandlat Christer Johansson och över LVU- omhändertagandet av hans son Domenic Johansson. När Christer måndagen den 22 november 2010 tog med sig Domenic gjorde han en överilad handling.

Han är en kärleksfull far som inte längre kunde stå emot sin längtan efter sonen Domenic, som han bara har fått träffa 1 timme var femte vecka och då alltid övervakad av någon myndighetsperson.

Christer är ingen brottsling, men han har levt under oerhörd psykisk press och stress sedan 1,5 år tillbaka när de sociala myndigheterna beslöt att på ytterst tveksamma grunder tvångsomhänderta hans barn.

Jag vädjar till Er att låta Christer Johansson slippa straff och att ni respekterar de mänskliga rättigheterna som stadgas i Europakonventionen.

Vänligen, ________________________________

For Your Information Only

Below is the Swedish text translated into English for you to know what you are sending. Please send the message using Swedish text and not the English text below. The below text is simply for your information.

Swedish text translation in English:

To Judge Mikael Mellqvist

I am extremely worried about how the Swedish authorities and courts are treating Christer Johansson and the circumstances of the forceful abduction of his son Domenic by Gotland Social Services.

When Christer decided to bring his son home on Monday, 22 November 2010, it was the action of a man who had been driven to desperation.

Christer is a loving father who could no longer bear to be apart from his only son Domenic. A son who he had only been able to see for one hour every five weeks and then always under close supervision by authorities.

Christer Johansson is not a criminal, but he has had to endure huge psychological stress and pressure for the past one and a half years, ever since the Social Services took away his son on the weakest of pretexts.

I entreat you to please respect Christer Johansson’s human rights in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. Please ensure that justice is served and that Christer Johansson is released without further punishment.

Kindly,

Background

In June 2009 Swedish police boarded a plane where the Johanssons were leaving the country for Mrs. Johansson’s home country of India. The police had no warrant and did not charge the Johanssons with a crime.

The family continues to be kept apart through the deplorable actions of Swedish government officials. Nine-year-old Domenic remains in state foster care, now separated from his parents Christer and Annie for over 18 months. Christer, who took Domenic home for a short but “unapproved” overnight visit in early December, is still imprisoned.

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