http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/parents-must-be-free-to-homeschool-says-papal-delegation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/parents-must-be-free-to-homeschool-says-papal-delegation/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 22:33:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133365 Christian Newswire: The Holy See mission to the United Nations assembly in New York called upon UN Member States to respect the right of parents to homeschool their children in a statement before the United Nations two weeks ago. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/parents-must-be-free-to-homeschool-says-papal-delegation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/parents-have-responsibilities-but-no-rights-bulgaria/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/parents-have-responsibilities-but-no-rights-bulgaria/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:09:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132903 LifeSiteNews: The Christian Post reports that Bulgaria’s government is instituting new family law asserting that while parents have responsibilities towards their children, they have no rights to make educational decisions. Viktor Kostov, a Bulgarian lawyer and human rights activist, reports . . . He warns that should the bill pass, it could be used by state ideologues to quash the religious and political rights of citizens by threatening their custody over their children. Freedom for All Advocates, the Alliance Defense Fund, and the Home School Legal Defense Association have intervened in the debate over the bill, warning that similar measures in other EU countries have resulted in the state having near-total control over families and children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/parents-have-responsibilities-but-no-rights-bulgaria/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:29:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132717 LifeSiteNews: “The State should respect the choices that parents make for their children and avoid attempts at ideological indoctrination,” the permanent observer mission of the Holy See to the United Nations wrote in a statement released last Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/vatican-to-the-un-all-parents-have-the-right-to-homeschool/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mike-donelly-home-education-is-that-legal-as-a-fundamental-human-right-it-should-be/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mike-donelly-home-education-is-that-legal-as-a-fundamental-human-right-it-should-be/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 18:27:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132595 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mike-donelly-home-education-is-that-legal-as-a-fundamental-human-right-it-should-be/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:05:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132060 HSLDA: By enrolling their children in church schools not necessarily located within the city or county where they reside. Home School Legal Defense Association assisted a member family in Tuscaloosa County earlier this month when public school officials challenged their daughter’s enrollment in a church school outside the county. The family not only received a letter from the attendance officer stating that the church school enrollment form filed earlier with the superintendent was unacceptable, but they also received a Notice of Noncompliance with Alabama Compulsory Attendance Law that threatened criminal prosecution in three days. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:30:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130660 LewRockwell.com: A number of associations around the world have expressed their outrage at this "Soviet-style" (it is Sweden, after all) tyranny. This number includes: the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), Advocates International, the Network for Freedom in Education, the Nordic Committee for Human Rights, and the Christian Broadcasting Network (!!!). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:17:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130654 Homeschool Heartbeat Radio: HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund and our Swedish attorneys hope that this signals a willingness by courts to at least look at this untenable situation for Swedish homeschoolers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pennsylvania-newborn-seized-in-hospital-by-police-social-worker/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pennsylvania-newborn-seized-in-hospital-by-police-social-worker/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:00:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129764 HSLDA reports on the case of Scott and Jodi Ferris. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/pennsylvania-newborn-seized-in-hospital-by-police-social-worker/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/hslda-asks-scotus-to-review-outlandish-9th-circuit-ruling-allowing-police-to-demand-consent-to-search-or-well-take-your-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/hslda-asks-scotus-to-review-outlandish-9th-circuit-ruling-allowing-police-to-demand-consent-to-search-or-well-take-your-kids/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:20:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129360 HSLDA reports (includes audio). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/hslda-asks-scotus-to-review-outlandish-9th-circuit-ruling-allowing-police-to-demand-consent-to-search-or-well-take-your-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/supreme-court-to-decide-to-hear-loudermilk-case-on-homeschool-privacy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/supreme-court-to-decide-to-hear-loudermilk-case-on-homeschool-privacy/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:54:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129270 HSLDA: This coming Monday, March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will notify HSLDA whether it has decided to hear the Loudermilk case concerning a homeschooling family’s right to home privacy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/supreme-court-to-decide-to-hear-loudermilk-case-on-homeschool-privacy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/pa-superintendent-threatens-termination-of-homeschooling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/pa-superintendent-threatens-termination-of-homeschooling/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:08:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128556 HSLDA: Earlier this month, Home School Legal Defense Association intervened on behalf of a member family in the Carmichaels Area School District whose superintendent had unlawfully threatened to terminate their home education program if they did not submit a mid-year evaluation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/pa-superintendent-threatens-termination-of-homeschooling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:17:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127396 One News Now: Michael Donnelly of America's Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is asking home schoolers in the homeland to contact Swedish officials and urge them to stop persecuting parents who are attempting to home school their children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:10:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126871 Baptist Press: The U.S.-based Home School Legal Defense Association and the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a brief in a Swedish court on behalf of the Himmelstrands. "Homeschooling is legal in the United States and in many other countries only after decades of tumultuous legislative and legal conflicts," Michael Donnelly of HSLDA said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/hslda-opposes-furman-nomination-to-the-s-d-of-new-york/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/hslda-opposes-furman-nomination-to-the-s-d-of-new-york/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:50:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125946 HSLDA: Jesse Furman, a lawyer with a proven track record of anti-Christian bigotry and judicial activism, has been nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A vote is scheduled in the Senate Friday, February ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/hslda-opposes-furman-nomination-to-the-s-d-of-new-york/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/bulgaria-a-battlefield-for-anti-family-social-engineering-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/bulgaria-a-battlefield-for-anti-family-social-engineering-hslda/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:42:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125788 HSLDA : Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Viktor Kostov of Bulgaria explained that the proposed bill is radical and unnecessary. “The Child Act places excessive authority for children into the hands of the state in the name of ‘children’s rights,’ replacing the traditional role of the family in the raising of children and violating provisions in numerous international treaties. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/bulgaria-a-battlefield-for-anti-family-social-engineering-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:11:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125759 HSLDA : Himmelstrand and his wife had homeschooled their three children for multiple years before authorities in the municipality where they live denied them permission in 2008. The Himmelstrands currently face fines in excess of $26,000 in U.S. currency for their choice to homeschool. HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of the family. | HSLDA press release at Christian Newswire ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/parental-rights-group-warns-against-us-ratification-of-un-rights-of-child-treaty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/parental-rights-group-warns-against-us-ratification-of-un-rights-of-child-treaty/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124292 Turtle Bay and Beyond: A recent oped advocating for US ratification prompted ParentalRights.org president Michael Farris to warn of renewed calls for President Obama to move to ratify before November. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/parental-rights-group-warns-against-us-ratification-of-un-rights-of-child-treaty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:26:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123624 The New American: The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a U.S.-based conservative legal advocacy group, noted that Edholm’s recommendation comes at a time when home school families in Sweden are under severe assault. The ADF, in partnership with another U.S. group, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), has come to the legal aid of a Swedish home school family whose nine-year-old son was abducted by the Swedish government in 2009. According to an ADF press release, Swedish officials “seized the child because they believe home schooling is an inappropriate way to raise a child and insist the government should raise [him] instead, even though home-schooling was legal in Sweden at the time he was taken into custody. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:07:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123369 WorldNetDaily: The HSLDA also works with the Alliance Defense Fund to challenge such violations of parental rights. Roger Kiska, a European-based attorney working with the ADF, warned, “Parents have the right and authority to make decisions regarding their children’s education without government interference. Swedish policy on home education is at odds with recognized international legal standards that uphold the right of parents to direct the education of their children. Those standards include the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights documents, all of which recognize that parents have a fundamental right to choose what kind of education their children will receive.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:58:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123336 HSLDA: Roger Kiska is an ADF attorney stationed in Europe who has brought numerous cases before the European Court of Human Rights on family issues, including homeschooling. He says that the European Court of Human Rights has not been particularly supportive of homeschoolers. “The ECHR is giving aid and comfort to Sweden’s repressive home education policies. But ECHR jurisprudence and Swedish, as well as German, policy on home education is at odds with recognized international legal standards that uphold the right of parents to direct the education of their children,” Kiska said. “The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights documents all recognize that parents of children have a fundamental right to choose what kind of education their children will receive. We are committed to working with HSLDA and others to vindicate this right. We will stand with families like the Johanssons and Himmelstrands until we win.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:49:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123293 Christian Newswire: The Home School Legal Defense Association and Alliance Defense Fund and have applied to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of one family whose child was abducted by the government in 2009 and have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of another family fined an amount equivalent to $26,000. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:05:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123228 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:43:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121662 WorldNetDaily: Michael Donnelly, director of international relations at Home School Legal Defense Association, says this decision offers a glimmer of light in the case. "I am hopeful that this is the beginning of the end to the horrific treatment these people have suffered at the hands of Swedish authorities over the past two and a half years," he said. "The Johansson family have endured unspeakable tyranny over their decision to homeschool their child and then to attempt to leave Sweden. Sweden's behavior in this case has been shocking." His organization and representatives of the Alliance Defense Fund are pursuing a case over the custody battle before the European Court of Human Rights ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:04:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121479 Benjamin Bull at Townhall : All Domenic Johansson really wants for Christmas is his life back . . . In this season, as so many of us are thinking – as we should – of the children who don’t have toys or a turkey for Christmas, let us also remember those children who long not just for something to eat or play with, but for the freedom to honor the deepest convictions of their souls. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:34:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121410 HSLDA : Christer and Annie Johansson have won a small but hopeful victory in their quest to regain custody of their nine-year-old son Domenic who was taken from them over 2 years ago in a dramatic raid while the family was seated on an airliner departing the Nordic country. Ruby Harrold-Claesson, the couple’s attorney, reported to HSLDA that the Gotland District Court ruled in favor of the Johanssons, allowing them to retain their parental rights of Domenic . . . HSLDA continues to work with the Alliance Defense Fund and Harrold-Claesson at the European Court of Human Rights representing the family in their lawsuit against Sweden. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/hslda-oppose-s-1877-federal-mandatory-reporting-of-child-abuse-legislation-bill-has-stalled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/hslda-oppose-s-1877-federal-mandatory-reporting-of-child-abuse-legislation-bill-has-stalled/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:31:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121408 HSLDA: On Tuesday, December 13, the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on Children and Families held a hearing on S. 1877, a bill to require all adults to be mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. HSLDA believes that this bill will create a police-state reporting environment that will lead to baseless investigations of innocent families, and actually hurt at-risk children. HSLDA opposes S. 1877. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/hslda-oppose-s-1877-federal-mandatory-reporting-of-child-abuse-legislation-bill-has-stalled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:30:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120202 HSLDA: New truancy enforcement laws have sparked criminal charges against several homeschool families in Nebraska. A Dawson County Sheriff’s deputy actually threatened to remove one family’s children unless they enrolled them in public school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:33:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118457 Baptist Press: "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling," ADF legal counsel Roger Kiska said. "That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether. This simply cannot stand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/government-persecution-does-target-homeschoolers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/government-persecution-does-target-homeschoolers/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:16:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116149 WorldNetDaily: The battle lines over homeschooling rights overseas and in the United States have been sharpened by the publication of a law journal article that concludes that Germany does persecute homeschoolers and that the first waves of its impact already have hit the U.S. The article, "Germany Homeschoolers as 'Particular Society Group': Evaluation Under Current U.S. Asylum Jurisprudence," was written by Miki Kawashima Matrician and published recently in the 2011 Boston College International and Comparative Law Review. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/government-persecution-does-target-homeschoolers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:32:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116036 Crosswalk Religion News Summaries: The Home School Legal Defense Association and the Alliance Defense Fund have been working to bring attention to the case and encourage the Swedish government to release Domenic back to his family. "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling," said ADF legal counsel Roger Kiska. "That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether. This simply cannot stand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:29:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115898 HSLDA on Christian Newswire: Both ADF and HSLDA are currently asking for letters to be written in an attempt to renew attention to the family's case and to encourage Swedish officials to release Domenic back to his family. "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling. That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether," said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska. "This simply cannot stand. We will do everything in our power to help reunite this family." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:31:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115813 WorldNetDaily: That word has come from officials with the Home School Legal Defense Association, which along with the Alliance Defense Fund already has elevated the dispute involving Christer and Annie Johannson and their son, Domenic, of Sweden to the Europe Court of Human rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/court-drops-charges-against-homeschoolers-in-spain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/court-drops-charges-against-homeschoolers-in-spain/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:57:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113685 Christian Newswire: A judge dismissed the case against a homeschool family in southern Spain that was facing a possible order to send their son back to school. "This is an important victory for the González family and homeschoolers in Spain," said Michael Donnelly, Director of International Relations at the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/court-drops-charges-against-homeschoolers-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/homeschool-victory-in-spain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/homeschool-victory-in-spain/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:21:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113449 HSLDA: The González family, who reside near Alicante, Spain, were giving thanks to God and to HSLDA after a judge dismissed their case this week. The family were facing a possible order to send their child back to school after prosecutors brought the case over homeschooling. HSLDA filed a brief and spearheaded an international petition for the family. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/homeschool-victory-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/private-eye-rescues-kids-in-night-time-missions-returns-children-taken-by-social-services-to-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/private-eye-rescues-kids-in-night-time-missions-returns-children-taken-by-social-services-to-parents/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:27:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111368 WorldNetDaily: Harrold-Claeson has been involved in some of the most notorious child-custody cases, including the case of Domenic Johansson in Sweden. Her involvement so alarmed local judicial officials that they ordered the Johansson family to be represented by an attorney of the court's choosing instead of Harrold-Claeson. That case is pending before the European Court of Human Rights, where the Home School Legal Defense Association and the Alliance Defense Fund, an international civil and religious rights organization, are arguing Domenic needs to be returned to his parents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/private-eye-rescues-kids-in-night-time-missions-returns-children-taken-by-social-services-to-parents/feed/ 0