A bizarre situation illustrating the outrage against the Norwegian CPS has developed in Norway with a Norwegian-Romanian family.
In March 2014, the two boys (5 and 6 years old) of deaf parents Roberto Cruz and Andreea Avramescu were confiscated by Barnevernet after allegations of spanking at home. Spanking or corporal discipline is not considered child abuse throughout the world at large, but in Norway it is illegal. Continue reading “Cruz-Avramescu Case: Child Protection Outrage in Norway”
Five police officers along with a social worker from Barnevernet stormed Margaret Hennum’s house. In true 1930’s Nazi style, they took Caspian, the above sleeping infant from his crib. In fact, this picture is taken not long before the kidnapping.
Context: Margaret is a neonatal intensive care nurse working in Norway and she has been housing Nadia and her infant son Caspian for the past month. Nadia has been discharged from a Mother’s Home in Norway about a month ago and she has been housed by Margaret’s family since then. Their story was published anonymously by Chris Reimers here. They are no longer anonymous. They are desperate after what they experienced today. Continue reading “Let the Whole World Hear: The Kidnapping of an Infant in Norway”
Barnevernet – what must happen now?
(source mhskanland.net)
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Speech held at Eidsvolls plass before Stortinget (the Norwegian parliament)
in Oslo, on 11 June 2016
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What must be done for Norway to achieve a child protection service which protects children? Continue reading “Professor Marianne H. Skanland’s Discourse at Anti-Barnevernet Protest in Oslo June 11th 2016”
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This article was first published on 4 July 2012 by Pravasi Today in Delhi:
Norwegian child protection hits immigrants hard
Dr.scient Aage Simonsen is a Norwegian biologist who works in nature conservation. He has served on a municipal committee in Bergen monitoring cases prepared by the Child Welfare Service agency, and has written a number of articles on the issue of child protection. Continue reading “Aage Simonsen: Norw. child protection hits immigrants hard”
Posted by Philip Kosloski on Tuesday Jun 7th, 2016 at 10:52 AM
Last November a Romanian Christian family living in Norway were accused of spanking their children, resulting in the seizure of their five children by Norwegian Child Protective Services. Some sources close to the family claim the drastic measure was motivated by anti-Christian sentiment and a belief that they were “indoctrinating” their children.
After more than six months of separation, authorities are returning the children back to their parents later this month. Continue reading “After International Pressure, Norway Returns Children to Bodnariu Family”
Delight in Truth commentator Julian Chan writes:
“My 11-year-old daughter was observed hugging me a lot, which Barnevernet interpreted as flirting. At least they acknowledged that I didn’t initiate it, but still they accused me of not putting a stop to it, telling me that it’s only OK to sit down and put an arm around her occasionally. Continue reading “Barnevernet Observed “My Daughter Hugging Me a Lot…””
“Avalanches”
Photo by Julian-G. Albert
by Elsa Christensen
Part 1
It is Ascension day, Thursday the fifth of May, this year. A mother walks through the gates of Vilde “Home for Mothers,” never to return. She takes her son with her, a boy of about five months. The next days will be the first days that the mother and the baby get to be together without any public surveillance in a governmental institution, surveillance by the CPS. Continue reading “THE RISE AND FALL (?) OF THE NORWEGIAN CPS”
By Bradford Richardson – The Washington Times – Tuesday, June 7, 2016
After international protests were held demanding the return of children who were taken away from their “radical” Christian parents, the Norwegian government last week agreed to let the children go home.
“The Naustdal Municipality of Norway has come to terms with Marius & Ruth Bodnariu for the return home of all of their five (5) children,” the family said in a June 3 press release. Continue reading “Norway caves to international pressure, returns children to Christian family”
There is good news out of Norway for supporters of religious freedom and parental rights: Marius and Ruth Bodnariu will soon be reunited with all their children.
MIKE DONNELLYDirector of Global OutreachThe Bodnariu family became the focus of global activism when Norwegian authorities removed all five children from their home in November 2015, citing the parents’ Christian beliefs and the fact they occasionally spanked their children.
According to an official statement on the Bodnariu family’s website, the Naustdal municipality of Norway has now “come to terms” with Marius and Ruth for the return of their four children who remained in state custody. Continue reading “Victory for Bodnarius: Norway to Return Children”
The Bodnariu family’s ordeal ends, but advocates vow to keep fighting for reforms.
A child welfare case in Norway that has been grabbing headlines and stirring protests worldwide came to a sudden end late last week.
The story, which I covered in depth for The Federalist in April, centers on Marius and Ruth Bodnariu and their five young children. Marius, a Romanian citizen, and Ruth, a native Norwegian, first ran afoul of Norway’s child protective services (called Barnevernet) in November 2015. After privately interviewing the family’s two oldest daughters at school, Barnevernet abruptly took all five children into emergency custody: first the girls, then the younger boys, and finally the three-month-old baby.
Continue reading “Under International Pressure, Norway Reunites Seized Children With Family”
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