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Korean Adopted People to Norway Demand Justice and Truth

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Prosecute illegal and human rights violations in the adoption process. The Norwegian Korean Rights Group (NKRG) is an ad-hoc committee of adult Korean adoptees established to investigate the degree to which adoptees’ human rights are protected before, during, and after adoption. NKRG was formed voluntarily when all of us filed the case of the 2nd Truth and Reconciliation Committee through …

NRK TV: The Way Home, Samanthie Priyangika

Priyangika will stop all foreign adoptions

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The adoption activist demands an end to adopting children from abroad. The governing authorities assess whether the adoption system should be scrutinized. Seven weeks old, Priyangika Samanthie was adopted from Sri Lanka to Molde, Norway. Even as a little girl, she asked questions about biological morality. She felt there was something wrong with the adoption. I didn’t feel like I …

Norway authorities remove child from parents over lost tooth

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Norwegian authorities have snatched away a Russian couple’s young son after he shared the story of a missing baby tooth with his classmates. The parents are accused of child abuse. The boy’s grandfather, Gennady Sharkikov, recounted the disturbing incident to LifeNews. On October 8, five-year-old Oscar Shianok did not come home. Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) picked the child up …