Chabad.info: Persecuted Homeschoolers Win Court Battle

In one of the most alarming incidents, officials citing homeschooling removed then-seven-year-old Domenic Johansson from his parents. More than three years later, he remains in state custody. Less severe abuses, such as huge fines and vicious threats, continue to plague the small community of home-educating families that has not yet fled abroad. One of the most recent incidents saw authorities threatening to seize a family’s property for failure to pay homeschooling fines, forcing ROHUS to pay the fine in order to prevent an even greater tragedy.

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Abuse Remains Norm Despite Major Court Victory

Domenic Johansson is still not home with his parents. Jonas Himmelstrand and many others have fled the country because numerous other courts, including Sweden’s Supreme Court, continue to turn a deaf ear to their pleas for justice and protection of their basic rights.

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1196 dagars terror...

För snart 1200 dagar sedan utsattes familjen Johansson från Gotland för värsta formen av en myndighetsattack. Familjen, som sedan länge hade planerat flytta till mamma Annies hemland, hade checkat in och bordat det flyg som skulle ta dem till Indien. I det ögonblicket får de vara med om något som för alltid kommer att sätta djupa spår i deras liv; Beväpnad polis på order från socialtjänsten på Gotland, stormade ett flygplan i Stockholm som var på väg till Indien, och med våld förde bort familjen Johansson, skriver Vänner till Domenic i ett material sammanställt av föreningen CUI BONO.
Brottet: Familjen hemundervisade Domenic. (texten fortsätter...)

Familjen har tidigare trakasserats av Gotlands kommun på grund av att de inte skrev in sin son på dagis. De ville själva ge så mycket tid som möjligt till Domenic varför de vid upprepade tillfällen blev uppvaktade av socialtjänsten på Gotland. Nu har det gått 1196 dagar och den terror som familjen utsätts för går inte att med ord beskriva. Kommunens socialtjänst skyddar sig bakom sekretesslagar och vägrar konsekvent att samarbeta och återbörda Domenic till sina föräldrar. Följ detta anmärkningsvärda fall. Det finns flera sidor som skriver om Domenic och internationellt har människorättsorganisationer reagerat. I det socialistiska Sverige råder dock mest en lång, obehaglig, misstänkliggörande och tärande tystnad.

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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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Domenic Johansson to be Reunited with Family Atlast!

Domenic Johansson’s case will end up in a good note after all. Talks of reunion with parents are underway since the courts have sided with parents, Christer and Anne, as the unanimous and extensive testimonies given by friends and family spoke of their goodness and love for the child. Domenic was forcibly taken from his parents in 2009 by Swedish government officials saying that his parents were unfit for homeschooling him.

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Swedish Court Rules in Favor of Homeschooling Parents; Family Awaits Son's Return

Ever since Swedish authorities removed 10-year-old Domenic Johansson from his homeschooling parents in 2009, family, friends and both the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) have been working to get him back.

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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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