JCICS Conference call: Adoptions gone TOXIC

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Presenting themselves as an advocacy group for children, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS)  is nothing less than the voice of the adoption industry. In view of transparency, Against Child Trafficking hereby make this audio, as well as the full transcript, public:  A letter from a REAL Ethiopian Mother:  Ethiopia, Stop Adoption Trafficking!  Urgent and Extremely Important, Please …

Serbia: Missing Babies

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Instances of newborns disappearing in Serbian hospitals have been reported for decades. But only in recent times has the government come under pressure to take action. Hundreds of parents say they were told by doctors that their babies died shortly after birth. But they were never allowed to see the body. An association representing the parents says between 6,000 and …

I Was Stolen From My Parents

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J’ai été vole à mes parents (which in French means “I was stolen from my parents”) is a true story of Céline Giraud, a French woman of Peruvian origins, written by herself with the collaboration of a Émilie Trevert, a French journalist. (1) Céline Giraud was adopted from Peru by French parents at the age of 16 days old in …

Children in Nepal are Easy Victims

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Chaos after the earthquake increases the risk that children disappearing and being abused by criminal gangs. Another powerful earthquake struck today (13, May 2015) Nepal and led many to run out into the street in panic. But the chaos that reigns in the country after two major earthquakes in less than a month – and countless aftershocks – will now …