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Press release : Access denied

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:29:47 +0000

Murielle:

Every year, after a divorce, hundreds of thousands of children , loose contact with one of their two parents.

It would be legitimate to forbid custody or visitation rights to a parent, if he/she had been condemned for a crime which could put the child in danger.

But a denied access is almost systematical in a divorce. Hostage taking perpetrated by one of the parents is only too common � and almost never punished.

It is not normal; it is unhealthy.

A few European countries, condoning the parental kidnapping, do not respect the natural love a child has towards both his/her parents. They are scornful of Human rights, Children rights and International Conventions.

Two parents whose children disappeared through a parental kidnapping started, on the 25th of April, a long walk from the European Parliament of Brussels to the seat of Strassburg. They will arrive in Strassburg on the 21st of May, together with parents and international associations. They will have the privilege to be accompanied by the author Karin J�ckel.

At the doors of the EP, they will be welcomed by:
- Mr Libicki, President of the Commission of Petitions,
- Mr McMillan Scott, Vice President of the EP,
- Mrs Brepoels, Belgian MeP,
- Mr Rogalski, Polish MeP .

More and more parents are sharing the story of their woes with the EP, in the hope that it will put some pressure on lazy judges, incompetent civil servants; against States which do not act or which, through their silence, condone the crimes they were meant to prevent.

On this 21st of May, we shall give thousands of signatures to the responsible peoples of the European Union. Hundreds of stories are linked to those signatures, and show the inacceptable short comings of the family law, as it is applied in Europe.

We invite the Press, on the 21st of May, at 11h30, in front of the City Hall of Strassburg (1, Place de l�Etoile), for the start of the last leg of our journey which will take us, at 13h30, to the EP (at the door of Louise Weil Building).

For more info:
French : Sabine Vander Elst (Tel + 32 497 38 69 77)
French / English : Pascal Gallez (Tel + 32 473 97 42 92)
German : Karin J�ckel (Tel + 49 (0)7802 90 40 9)
Dutch : Goudi.be ( Tel + 32 11 22 86 25)

"Stolen children..."

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:13:19 +0000

Jean-Marie:

... a real sad title for this article seen in a famous Lebanese magazine (Focus Magasine). Published in French, based on testimonies, it will unveil for you the key reasons why parental abductions happen so often in Lebanon and the extremely negative impact that this action has on the kids.

To read the article (in French !) : click here

Watch Marie-Noelle's story on French television (TF1)

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:31:47 +0000

admin:

Marie No�lle Japy-Fayed, 42 has only one objective now : discover where are her daughters, 13 and 11 adbucted by their father on July 16th 2005 in Lebanon.

Click here to discover her story and watch the TV clip : http://intifada-des-perles.org/our_stories___marie_noelle_japy_fahed_097.htm

Thanks and Happy new year ...

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:55:52 +0000

admin:

Thanks to all for your support . We are 90 people on the support committee's list .

Thanks to Maylaisian people who were particulary active for our action and specially to support Elissa and her family .

Discussions

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:07:50 +0000

Murielle:

What can we do to help the Embassy to work together ....

We have on our site 3 French cases , one from Malaysia and one from Bulgaria .

Sheba would like to know how to work together ...

Please help us ...

Stay Focus and Make it a Passion to Recover your Loved Ones!

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:31:16 +0000

sheba:

To everyone

If you learned to tackle the recovering of your loved ones into a project of passion, no matter how bad the situation is, it cannnot bring you down infact, it makes you stronger and more focus. It's not about winning or losing, it's about doing what is right and to stay on track.

You always need to remember, the child or children involved belongs to both of you and if both of you learns to come half way for the love of your kids, you will solve this in the most amicable way and both see your kids in your own loving ways!!!!!

But it's another thing, if the channel is closed up like in our case, it becomes an uphill task and you just be walking around and around and sometimes when you think you are doing something right, the other team takes it on as a challenge and solutions becomes impossible.

How do we deal with this and what kind of help do we get from the society, the Embassy, the Ministries and the international communities...how do we stay united in this issua and how long can we do this...it takes a lot of you!!!!!! especially when you are dealing with mentally depressed society who just dont know between right, wrong, passion and compassion but by their mad feelings and no sense of responsibilities.

In all situation, be strong, do not give up and remain focus of saving your loved ones.....I am just putting in my thoughts!!!!.