Swedish government’s 18-month-long seizure of 9-year-old boy pushing parents to emotional brinkALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
Swedish government’s 18-month-long seizure of 9-year-old boy pushing parents to emotional brink
Parents of homeschooled child becoming desperate as Sweden continues
GOTLAND, Sweden — After seizing a child from his parents and holding him in custody with virtually no visitation for 1 1/2 years because he was home-schooled, the Swedish government has now jailed the boy’s father for taking his son home from a supervised visitation when he wasn’t supposed to last week. Social services officials also told the 9-year-old boy’s mother that if she doesn’t stop crying at the limited visitations, which last for one hour every five to six weeks, they will further reduce the frequency of visits with her son. After Swedish courts upheld the government’s right to seize Domenic Johansson, son of Christer and Annie Johansson, attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Home School Legal Defense Association filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights asking it to hear the case, Johansson v. Sweden. Swedish authorities will not permit the family to be represented within the country by an ADF-allied attorney and have instead required them to accept a government-appointed public defender. Case Name: Johansson v. Sweden Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following link: http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/3607 ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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