Parental Rights in Sweden Failed policies

World Congress of Families (WCF) har inbjudit NKMR sedan 2009 och i år blev NKMR:s ordf. inbjudan att medverka i en wo rkshop i WCF VII i S ydney, den 15-18 maj 2013. I stället för en personlig inställelse gjordes en 10-minuters presentation av Domenic Johanssonfallet.

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Last day in Administrative court for the Johansson’s today

They were overjoyed with the number of people who came to support the Johansson family. The Court room filled. They had to stop proceedings to get more chairs. During the lunch time break they had to change rooms to make it more comfortable for everyone. It was wonderful to see everyone stay until the end of the court proceedings although the Social worker and another person with the Social Worker had to leave part way through Ruby’s last presentation to the Court. There were two representatives of the Indian embassy there as well today, which was very encouraging.

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What is happening for Domenic Johansson and His Parents!

I spoke to Ruby Harrold-Claesson a couple of nights ago and asked her if she had been removed from the Johanssons’ case. She replied that she is still on the transfer of custody/guardianship case, which the Johanssons’ won in June, but the social council has appealed. (Ruby should be able to represent the Johansson’s in this appeal if it goes ahead.) Ruby then went on to explain the situation that the Johanssons are caught up in two sets of cases in the two separate court systems in Sweden. There are the civil and criminal courts and the administrative courts. It was the administrative courts that removed Ruby from the Johanssons’ case in 2010, claiming that she was unsuitable, but the civil and criminal court (Gotland District court) appointed her as the Johanssons’ legal counsel in the guardianship case. After winning the case in the District court in June, the Johanssons applied to the administrative court to have their son Domenic returned to them. The administrative court has refused to appoint Ruby as their public counsel for the case, so they have appealed and they are awaiting the decision from the administrative court of appeal. By the way, Ruby won a case against Sweden in the European Court of Human Rights on April 5, 2012. Read about it here http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx#{%22dmdocnumber%22:[%22905687%22],%22itemid%22:[%22001-110246%22]}. Congratulations Ruby.

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Parents of ‘State-Napped’ Boy Hopeful after Favorable Court Ruling

In a major breakthrough, a Swedish district court has ruled in favor of Christer and Annie Johansson, parents of now ten-year-old Domenic, and has stated that their parental rights will not be terminated. Attorneys with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) are legal advisors to the parents, who are represented by Ruby Harrold-Claesson of the Nordic Committee on Human Rights.

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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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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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NKMR´s brev till Kungen

SLÄPP LVU-BARNEN LOSS, DET ÄR JUL !

Sedan 1996, varje år inför jul, skickar Nordiska Kommittén för Mänskliga Rättigheter - NKMR - För skydd av Familjers Rättigheter i de nordiska länderna, en likalydande appell till de nordiska monarkerna och statsöverhuvuden, med anhållan om att Ni skall utöva Ert inflyttande för att de tiotusentals tvångsomhändertagna barnen i Era respektive länder skall få fira julen med sina nära och kära.

I sitt nyårstal till nationen, förhoppningsvis inspirerad av NKMR:s appell, berörde Norges Kung Harald barnens utsatta situation så som återgivits i Aftenposten 1997-01-02 enligt följande:

"Det sies at vi alle blir født som originaler. Lever vi lenge nok, er det imidlertid en viss fare for at vi dør som kopier. (...) For de yngste er det kanskje aller vanskeligist. Barneårene er de mest sårbare, og støtteapparatet er ikke alltid like godt. Jeg vil benytte anledningen til å berømme alt arbeid som gjøres til beste for barn og unge av offentlige og private engasjement. Samtidig kan det ikke gjentas for ofte at det viktigste grunnlaget legges i hjemmet. Ingen kan erstatte foreldrenes varme og omsorg. Altfor mange mister barneårenes uskyld og sorgløhet."

Under de gångna åren har åtskilliga fall av grov vanvård av barn som har tvangsfjernats / tvångsomhändertagits från sina föräldrar och placerats i fosterhem bland vilt främmande människor uppmärksammats såväl i statliga utredningar som i media.

I Norge har erstatning / skadestånd börjat betalas ut till offren för barnevernets / de sociala myndigheternas och deras uppdragstagarnas brutalitet mot barnen som de borde ha skyddat och gett bättre förhållanden än dem som de påstods ha haft i sina biologiska familjer.

Tiotusentals fall av vanvårdade fd fosterhems- och institutionsbarn finns i Danmark, Finland, Norge och Sverige. Förhållandena för de tvangsfjernede förr och nu är likadana i de nordiska länderna. Detta har dokumentärerna "Stulen barndom" och "Ekbackens behandlingshem" och reportaget om Godhavnsdrengene visat.

Den statliga svenska utredningen ”Vanvård i statens regi”, belyser i sina delrapporter och senast i delbetänkandet publicerat 2010-01-14, att situationen har varit helt oacceptabel för åtskilliga tiotusentals fosterhems- och institutionsplacerade barn. Men trots flera larmreportage om bristande rättssäkerhet för de tvångsomhändertagna och missförhållanden i nutida fosterhemsvården, har inte regeringen eller annan ansvarig myndighet vidtagit några åtgärder i syfte att inte de tvångsomhändertagna och fosterhemsplacerade barnen ska skadas ytterligare.

Något som är mycket allvarligt är att dagens fosterhemsplacerade barn hindras systematiskt från att fira Julen - familjens största högtid - med sina föräldrar och släktingar. Detta är synnerligen grymt och hjärtlöst.

T ex kan jag åberopa fallet med de fyra bröderna i Arvika som är tvångsomhändertagna och placerade i två olika fosterhem. De tre äldsta pojkarna utgör inkomstförstärkning åt en familj med svaga inkomster och ett handikappat barn. De två äldsta pojkarna har råkat ut för åtskilliga svåra "olyckor" i fosterhemmet, men polis och åklagare och socialtjänsten vägrar ta sitt ansvar. Den yngsta brodern är utsatt för en förtäckt adoption. Han är placerad hos ett barnlöst par och samtliga bröder hotas av vårdnadsöverflyttning på fosterfamiljerna.

Åtskilliga andra fall av grymma och onödiga tvångsomhändertaganden återfinns på NKMR:s hemsida. URL:et är http://www.nkmr.org. I år tänker vi också särskilt på lille Rabie Gueblaoui som Kalla Fakta rapporterade om dels den 27 september resp. den 25 oktober 2004. Lille Rabie är sjuk men enligt hans föräldrar nekas han den vård som han behöver och har rätt till. De sociala myndigheterna har hindrat Rabie från att träffa sina föräldrar under ett par års tid. Han är fortsatt tvångsomhändertagen och fosterhemsplacerad. Vi tänker också på Domenic Johansson som, under traumatiska förhållanden, togs från flygplanet på Arlanda flygplats den 25 juni 2009 och separerades från sina föräldrar när de skulle lämna Sverige för att bosätta sig i sin mors hemland, Indien. Domenics far, Christer Johansson, sitter häktad sedan den 26 november 2010 på grund av att han tog sin son från ett av de "en timme en gång var femte vecka" övervakade umgängestillfällena. Ytterligare ett fall som vi tänker på är Karlstadsfamiljen vars fyra barn tvångsomhändertogs i början av sommaren 2010 pga att familjen använde sig av fysisk tillrättavisning i barnuppfostran. Socialtjänsten har beslutat att den här familjen, som de har slitit i bitar, får träffa varandra under två timmar den 27 december!

Nu inför den instundande julen vädjar jag, undertecknad, Ruby Harrold-Claesson, jur. kand., ordförande i NKMR, att Ers Majestät Kung Carl XVI Gustav, statsministern Reinfeldt, socialministern, socialförsäkringsministern, justitieministern, ja hela regeringen och generaldirektören för socialstyrelsen skall ålägga de ansvariga inom landets socialnämnder att de skall tillse att de familjer som har kämpat - och fortfarande kämpar - för en återförening med sina tvångsomhändertagna och fosterhemsplacerade barn skall få uppleva Julen 2010 tillsammans.

Detta gagnar inte enbart de inblandade barnen, deras föräldrar och släktingar, utan också samhället Sverige såsom civiliserat, demokratiskt, västerländskt rättssamhälle.

Med vänliga hälsningar och tillönskan om en God Jul tillsammans med Era nära och kära.

Ruby Harrold-Claesson
Ruby Harrold-Claesson,
Jur. kand.,
Ordf. i NKMR

Judge blasts homeschool family's reunion hopes

A judge in Sweden's administrative court has ruled that social workers will continue to have custody of a boy who was seized by police from a jetliner as he and his parents were preparing to move to India, according to a new report.

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Socials fast-track new case in Harrold-Claesson's absence

The struggle continues for little Domenic Johannson, seized by police from his agonized parents because he was briefly homeschooled, stayed home with his mother as a preschooler, and was reportedly too affectionate and outgoing. Close observers of the Johansson state-sponsored "kidnapping" case believe the Visby Social Board is pushing Swedish courts to fast-track a new series of court challenges in an effort to have the cases quashed long before Ruby Harrold-Claesson wins her way back as counsel to Domenic's parents, Annie and Christer Johansson.

Earlier this month, Swedish courts banished Harrold-Claesson from the case after Domenic's appointed public "defender" (who is appointed by the court to represent the state) complained to the courts about her participation. Harrold-Claesson, president of the Nordic Committee for Human Rights, is a widely known and respected advocate for families in custody disputes with child protective services, and has won many such cases in Sweden, restoring dozens of children back to the rightful arms of loving parents. She has since filed an appeal to her court ordered removal.

Word has it the next series of law suits might be heard as early as the second week of July in Swedish courts on the island of Gotland. This new case, challenging the "keeping" of Domenic, was filed on behalf of the Johanssons by Harrold-Claesson just days before she was banished.
The previous series of cases challenged the initial "taking" of Domenic. In those series of suits, the Johanssons were "represented" by court appointed counsel, resulting in Domenic's continued seperation from his parents. It is for this very reason Christer Johansson has dismissed the original court picked counsel and sought out the hard-hitting Harrold-Claesson to represent him.

June 25, 2010 marks the one-year anniversary of the violent seizure of the then 7-year-old child. So traumatized was Domenic by the acts of armed police on behalf of the Visby Social Services board, witnesses tell us he vomited during and shortly after the shocking scene when uniformed Swedish police stormed an India bound jetliner just moments before take off. We are told the boy's mother, Annie, collapsed during the assault. The family was emigrating to India, Annie's home country.

By the end of 2009, the Johanssons had lost all their court appeals challenging the "taking" of their only child. In the December 2009 Chamber Court decision, the court sites as justification the fact that Domenic was home schooled (at the time legal in Sweden), that his parents chose to delay or forgo immunizations (also legal in Sweden) and that the boy had two cavities in his baby teeth.

Annie is a native of India. She emigrated with Christer to his native country of Sweden in 2001 after an earth quake hit India and the couple lost everything they owned. At the time of the quake, Annie was pregnant with Domenic. The couple always planned to return to India where Annie's large family resides, and were finally doing so the day Domenic was seized.

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Ruby Harrold-Claesson has been removed from Domenic Johansson’s case in Sweden

Our good friend Ruby Harrold-Claesson has been removed from Domenic Johansson’s Case in Sweden. Please read the two reports below. One from the HSLDA and the other from WND.

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Court itself accused of violating family's 'due process'

A decision by officials in Sweden to remove a well-known human rights lawyer from a case involving the custody of a child is being called a "stunning display of bureaucratic indifference and contempt of due process rights."

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Judge banishes family's custody lawyer

An internationally known human-rights lawyer who had agreed to work on the case of a Swedish family whose son was taken into custody by agents of the government social-services program for being homeschooled says she has been banished from the case.

In The Heart Of Poland

Where do parents get kids taken away? Public finger, foster families, adoption?
"Children go to foster families. They are also illegal adoptions... Often, a social worker has some ties to the foster family."

About the cost:
"During the year is approximately 20,000 children. For their money goes to maintain high taxes."

"Often these are parents, one of whom is a foreigner. I talked on Monday with a Jew, who began to have problems with social welfare. I told her that as no place to let go as soon as possible. She was surprised at my advice and said she will think. On Friday, has already called me from Israel. She realized that this was the only thing that could be done in such a situation."

About Dominic Johansson, why they took him:
"So far, I can not understand it. The European Convention on Human Rights contains the Additional Protocol Article 4. 2, speaks of "freedom of movement." But this family was not allowed to leave. They took their child to a foster family, and parents can be see each other once every five weeks for an hour. The boy underwent brainwashing, and after seven months at the foster parents have already calling mom and dad. Before they hit was in the so-called temporary home.

His mother, a young woman, she already had many crises, including two heart attacks."

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Ruby Harrold-Claesson:
"The law should protect children. Meanwhile, today is used to terrorize parents - said the President of the Nordic Committee for Human Rights in an interview with Anna-Nowacka Isaksson"

About Dominic Johansson, "The boy is now in a foster family. Parents can meet with him once every fifth week, under supervision. Dominic underwent brainwashing."

Question, Why is it so easy to pick up parents children?
"Generally this is business. Those who recive the children, officials of different social workers receive state subsidies. The more children, more money. Children are usually placed in foster families, which are friendly or related to those deciding on the reception of the child. We know this is the case in a municipality of Nybro. Mentally handicapped boy's village placed in a foster family and pays her for 10,000 crowns (more than four thousand. Zł) per night. The cost of classes is one child is 3.65 million kronor (1.5 million zł) per year. A normal child trafficking. The majority of foster parents adopt children, because they pay them for it. Do not assume that children are suffering mentally and physically. There is no worse torture for a child than to deprive them of their parents."

How many children a year are now parents received in Sweden?
"20000."

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Världen Idag: Dominic smögs ut via bakdörren

När ombudet Ruby Harrold-Claesson ville möta Dominic, vars pappa hon företräder i rätten, blev det nej.
I stället smugglade socialtjänsten ut pojken bakvägen ur skolan och in i en lastbil.

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Vaken.se: Dominics föräldrar nekades biträde

För snart ett år sedan tvångsomhändertogs åttaårige Dominic Johansson på Arlanda när familjen skulle åka till Indien. Sedan dess har föräldrarna stridit för att få pojken fri.

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Världen Idag: Förvaltningsrätten har vänt - Dominics familj får sitt ombud

I onsdagens tidning berättade Världen idag att Christer Johansson, pappa till åttaåriga omhändertagna Domi­nic, fick nej av För­valt­ningsrätten på sitt förslag av offentligt biträde.
Men nu har rätten vänt och Ruby Harrold Claesson blivit hans ombud.

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WND: Top human rights expert to argue for return of abducted 7-year-old

Born in Jamaica, she married Hakan Claesson and settled in Sweden, where she specializes in cases in which children have been taken by state or other governmental officials.

"The lawyer is a real freedom fighter," Michael Donnelly, an executive with the HSDLA, told WND. "She goes toe-to-toe over this issue. She's a fighter for the family in Sweden."

She has studied law and political science in France and has done post-graduate studies in legal history and her law degree in Sweden. She has presented several cases of human rights breaches to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

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