Öppet brev till Gotlands Kommun av Michael Donnelly

Jag bjöd in 280 av mina vänner och sände nyss följande email till ledarna över Gotlands Kommun:
Kära Gotlands Kommunledare: Jag är väldigt bekant med detaljerna kring omhändertagandet av Dominic Johansson då jag har varit i kontakt med hans familj sen September 2009 på grund av era handlingar vilka har nekat familjen grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter.
Världen tittar allt mer på er lilla ö och bildar sig en väldigt osmickrande uppfattning om hur ni behandlar människor som till synes verkar bete sig en aning utanför normen. Handlingarna utförda av era socialarbetare, möjliggjorda av er Kommunledare och sedan rättfärdigade av bisarra domslut i era rättssalar visar hur lite Sverige egentligen beskyddar vuxna och barns rättigheter och värdigheter. Ni borde skämmas för hur ni har behandlat denna familj med ringaktning och yttersta respektlöshet gentemot deras grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter.
När er ambassads attaché (Stig Bergland) skrev till mig om saken hade han fräckheten att citera FN:s Barnkonvention för mig och peka ut att "barnets röst" skall vara utgångspunkten i fall som dessa. Förväntar ni er på allvar att jag, eller någon annan, tror att ni rådfrågade Dominic huruvida han ville bli traumatiskt separerad från sina föräldrar? Förstår ni skadan ni åsamkat denne lille pojke och hans familj vilket för tankarna oavbrutet till vad Stalin gjorde när han skickade iväg människor till arbetsläger för att de hade avvikande åsikter?
Snälla ni, jag har läst rättens beslut. Säger era socialarbetare och domare att det är O.K. att kidnappa den här pojken och att begränsa hans mammas och pappas besök till en timme var femte vecka?
Detta för att Dominic hade några hål i tänderna, inte var vaccinerad och var hemskolad?
Oerhört monstruöst. Helt enkelt omänskligt. Jag skäms över att erkänna att min farfarsfar Gustav Rosequist och Fannie Linbeck var från Sverige. De emigrerade dock till Ungern, en plats där regeringen i jämförelse med Sveriges inte behandlar folk på detta omänskliga sätt. Ni kan inte rättfärdiga vad ni har gjort genom att säga att ni följde lagen eller försökte skydda Dominic, ert beteende och era handlingar vittnar obönhörligen om att ni inte ens tror era egna ord.
Beteendet er Kommun har uppvisat i detta fall har varit ytterst föraktligt, utan ett spår av medmänsklighet eller sympati. Era sporrade socialarbetare har med dumdristig stolthet fabricerat "bevis" för att överskyla vad som med rätta borde benämnas som ett övergrepp. Ni har och fortsätter orsaka stor skada mot denna familj genom er kompromisslöshet. Det ligger i Er makt att sätta stopp för denna mardröm och uppvisa att ni faktiskt äger mänsklig natur såsom medlidande och bedömningsförmåga. Mitt förslag är att ni tar tillfället i akt att lösa problemet genom att återbörda Dominic till sin familj med en ursäkt samt låter dem fortsätta med sina liv så att de kan försöka reparera vad ni nästintill irreversibelt slitit isär.
Om ni måhända inte känner till det finns det en Facebookgrupp med över 2000 medlemmar från hela världen som ständigt växer, gruppen kallar sig "Return Dominic Johansson". Jag kan försäkra er att denna grupp inte kommer försvinna, den kommer tvärtom växa sig större och allvarligt skämma ut er och ert land. Om ni däremot återbördar Dominic om så även utan en ursäkt kommer denna fråga att dö ut efter ett tag. Det är min rekommendation till er. Uppenbarligen är valet upp till er. Jag hoppas att ni fattar det rätt.
MVH, Michael Donnelly, Esq.

Open letter to Gotlands kommun by Michael Donnally HSLDA

Michael P Donnally

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I invited 280 of my friends and just sent the following email to the leaders of the Gotland Kommun: Dear Gotland Kommun Leaders: I am very familiar with the details of the taking of Dominic Johansson as I have been in contact with this family since September 2009 becaus...e of your actions which have denied this family basic and fundamental human rights. The world is increasingly watching your little Island and is catching a very unflattering view of how you treat people who appear to behave a little outside the mainstream. The actions taken by your social workers enabled by you, the leaders of the Kommun, and then ratified by outlandish judgments of your courts show how little Sweden really protects the rights and dignity of adults and children. You should be ashamed and embarrassed by the way you have treated this family with contempt and utter disregard for their basic human rights. When your Embassy official (Mr. Stig Bergland) wrote me about this matter he had the audacity to quote to me the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and pointed out that the “voice of the child” was the starting place in matters like this. Do you seriously expect me, or anyone, to believe that you consulted Dominic and asked him if wanted to be traumatically separated from his parents? Do you understand the harm you have caused this little boy and this family – it is reminiscent of what Stalin did to people sending them off to labor camps because he disagreed with their opinion? Please – I’ve read the court documents. Your social workers and judges said that it is ok to kidnap this little boy and keep the Mom and Dad from visiting him except for 1 hour every 5 weeks? Because Dominic had some cavities and wasn’t vaccinated and was homeschooled? Preposterous and monstrous. Simply inhuman. I’m ashamed to admit that my great-grandparents Gustav Rosequist and Fannie Linbeck were from Sweden. They, however, emigrated to Hungary – a place where it seems, at least compared to Sweden, the government does not treat people in this inhuman way. You cannot justify what you have done by saying that you were following the law or trying to protect Dominic – your behavior and actions since are at odds with any attempt to hide behind such lame assertions. The behavior of your Komun in this case has been utterly despicable - without compassion or sympathy. Your workers have dug in their heels and with foolish pride and are manufacturing “evidence” to cover up what can only be described as an atrocity. You have and continue to cause great harm to this family and boy by your intransigence. It is in your power to stop this nightmare and demonstrate that you possess human qualities like compassion and judgment. My suggestion is that you take the opportunity to make this issue go away by returning Dominic to his family with an apology and allow them to go on with their lives and to try to put back together what you have very nearly irreparably torn apart. In case you didn’t know there is a face book page with over 2,000 people from all over the world (and growing steadily) - the fan page is called “Return Dominic Johansson”. I can assure that this case is not going to go away – it is going to pick up steam and it is going to severely embarrass you and your country. However if you were to return Dominic (even without an apology) this issue would die down after a while. That is my recommendation to you. Obviously the choice is up to you. I hope you make the right one. Sincerely, Michael Donnelly, Esq.

Öppet brev till Fredrik Reinfeldt

Öppet brev till Fredrik Reinfeldt från Homeschooling in Sweden. [1]


21 October 2009

Dear Mr. Reinfeldt,

I write today to plead with you to consider the continued suffering of 7-year-old Dominic Johansson of Gotland, and respectfully urge you to give immediate attention to resolve this situation and return this child to his home and loving parents without further delay. (dominicjohansson.blogspot.com/).

I have great admiration for Sweden and her people. I was a resident of your great land for 7 happy years, and know something of the intelligence, civility, and fair-mindedness of your society. I observed first-hand the deep respect your citizens show for nature, for all people, and for life itself. I was impressed with the priority and value given to children and family life; which was evident not only in the attitude of the people, but also in the policies of government designed to invest in and protect the family, such as providing maternity and paternity leave, free health care for children, barn bidrag, and so forth. In many ways, Sweden provides a model to the world of a truly enlightened society.

I am therefore deeply shocked and disturbed to learn of the separation of Dominic from his family, and the apparent apathy shown by his local and national government officials to the emotional devastation he continues to receive at the very hands of those who are supposed to protect children from harm.

I believe that it is a mark of an advanced and compassionate society to attempt to protect the defenseless, and certainly there are cases that would warrant temporarily removing a child from a dangerous situation until their safety can be assured.

However, it is a fact well researched and documented that family relationships are "the major source of a child's emotional and physical security" and that "separation can have a devastating social and psychological impact." (quoted from a study commissioned by Unicef). The prolonged separation of a young child from parents with whom they have emotionally bonded is cruel in itself, which is why the right to family unity is included in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The separation of a family should be an option of last resort, and only when the child is in immediate danger.

Why then was young Dominic Johansson suddenly and forcibly separated from his parents in the most alarming manner, assisted by police in uniform? And why has this unnecessarily harsh and traumatic treatment continued month after month without being corrected? After four months, all Gotlands socialtjänsten can come up with to justify their extreme (and from what I understand, illegal) actions against familjen Johansson is a weak and vague claim that "pojken isolerats från kunskapsinlärning" (enligt helagotland. se, "Mejlstorm mot socialtjänsten" ).

Even if that were proven to be true, how could that possibly justify perpetuating the agony and distress of this boy and his parents? If socialtjänsten truly has a concern about Dominic's education, they could easily work to amend the situation through a simple dialogue with his parents, instead of destroying the security and emotional health of an innocent young boy.

I beg you to do all within your power to correct this horrible injustice swiftly , and use all means necessary to assist Dominic Johansson in returning immediately to his own parents, so that he may begin to heal and recover from the impact of the traumatic ordeal he has endured.

With deep respect,

Blaze