Embassy makes gross bluff about Norwegian child protection
Norwegian politician criticizes Barnevernet in the Prague Post
Mr. Jan Simonsen, a personal friend of EAL Convenor Jan-Aage Torp since 1999, was a member of Stortinget (Norway´s Parliament) for 16 years, as well as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights in the Council of Europe. Simonsen has sent us this article for re-publication. It was first published in the Prague Post on January 8th.
Jan Simonsen and Jan-Aage Torp together at Jan-Aage´s 50th birthday celebration (photo credits: Tor H. Lanton)The Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest has published a fairly long statement about the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (Barnevernet) on its webpage.
It’s probably the same information other Norwegian embassies spread to various countries, including the Czech Republic. Continue reading “NORWEGIAN POLITICIAN CRITICIZES BARNEVERNET IN THE PRAGUE POST”

