Category: Germany

Whistleblower testifies in Krichbaum trial

It was an intense interrogation: a former EU official who describes herself as a whistleblower sat on the witness stand in the Pforzheim district court for four hours. In the appeal process, a 50-year-old defendant from the Enzkreis district is accused of defamation. As the PZ reported, she is said to have described the Pforzheim… Read more »

Going home is not an option

Source:  http://thepatriot.in BY SHATAKSHI DWIVEDI AND SHAUNAK GHOSH ON NOVEMBER 15, 2018 When a couple opts for adoption, very few consider children with special needs. Foreigners often do. What holds us back? For four long years, Kajal (name changed), has been waiting for some kind couple to come and adopt her. This 11-year-old was abandoned at… Read more »

Germany-based adopted woman’s search for her mother ends in Pune

Source: http://indianexpress.com Shireen Alpa Potthast, a social worker in Germany, tracks down her biological mother in a village Written by Garima Rakesh Mishra | Pune | Updated: June 9, 2016 3:04 am Shireen Alpa Potthast at a restaurant in the city after meeting her mother. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon) Sipping a glass of fresh lime… Read more »

‘Many adoptees face visa hurdle’, here’s the latest case of a German woman

Date: 2015-10-10 Source: http://indianexpress.com “The authorities asked me to furnish papers to prove that I had renounced my Indian citizenship. Both my adoptive parents died over 10 years ago and I didn’t have the documents,” says the 38-year-old. Germany-based Swati Foerster had begun her journey of finding her biological mother a decade ago and she… Read more »

Handelsgut Kind – Dokumentation über misslungene Adoption

Source: http://www.tagesspiegel.de Von Hans-Jörg Rother Die dänische Doku „Die Adoption“ behandelt ein neokoloniales Missverständnis. Husen und Sinkenesh lieben ihre fünf Kinder. Nur unter Tränen überlassen sie die zwei jüngsten, Masho und deren kleinen Bruder Roba, auf Empfehlung der äthiopischen Adoptionsagentur Henriette und Gert, einem nicht mehr ganz jungen dänischen Ehepaar, das seinen seit Jahren gehegten Kinderwunsch… Read more »

ACT – Was Wir Machen

wir sind eine kleine NGO registriert in den Niederlanden und arbeiten seit Jahren an dem Problem Adoptionskinderhandel. Seit 2006 arbeiten wir auch an/ in Äthiopien. Angefangen hat es mit dem österreichischem Fall. Zeit Online Artikel: ADOPTIONEN  Die verlorene Tochter Später, in 2009,  haben wir in Holland den Kinderhandel im Zusammenhang mit Äthiopien aufgedeckt. Wir haben… Read more »

`I finally found my mother after looking for a decade’

Source: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com Oct 29 2014 : Mirror (Pune) Kaumudi Gurjar TWEET @ThePuneMirror Given up for adoption to a German couple, a psychiatrist finally managed to locate her biological mother after a tedious search spanning two continents and 10 years It’s been a 10-year-long search for Swati, a psychiatrist from Germany, to find her biological mother. After… Read more »

TURKS PROTEST ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY GERMAN FAMILIES

Source: http://www.dailysabah.com AA Published : 20.10.2014 Activists from the Umut Yıldızı (Star of Hope) Association and Turkish citizens in Germany joined the sit-in strike outside Landtag, the representative assembly of North Rhine-Westphalia. They are voicing their concerns about a practice the Jugendamt (Youth Office) allegedly engages in, where they settle children from troublesome or unstable… Read more »

Angebliches Waisenkind aus Indien: “Ich wollte nicht adoptiert werden”

Date: 2014-08-20 Source: http://www.spiegel.de Von Ulrike Putz, Ullal Suche nach leiblicher Mutter: Chayas KampfFotos SPIEGEL ONLINE Ihre Mutter arbeitete als Prostituierte, sie selbst landete im Heim, indische Nonnen vermittelten sie nach Deutschland. Jetzt hegt Maria Chaya Schupp den Verdacht, unrechtmäßig adoptiert worden zu sein. Maria Chaya Schupp hat ihre Sandalen ausgezogen und in die Hand genommen,… Read more »