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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:00 pm 
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Demonstrations abroad against Norwegian child protection (CPS) – Barnevernet


Planned demonstrations:

8  January      USA - Washington DC
8  January      Britain - London
8  January      Spain – Barcelona
8  January      Denmark – Copenhagen
8  January      Ireland – Dublin

9  January      Romania - Bucharest, Timisoara, Constanta, Cluj
9  January      Belgium - Brussels
9  January      Germany - Frankfurt
9  January      Canada - Ottawa
9  January      Italy – Rome, Torino
9  January      Netherlands – Hague

10 January     Spain - Madrid
16 January     The Czech Republic - Prague
16 January     Latvia – Riga
16 January     Russia – Moscow
16 January     Austria – Vienna
17 January     India - New Delhi, Kolkata
23 January     Slovakia - Bratislava
30 January     Poland - Warsaw


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Even if only some of these demonstrations take place, it should be considered very good. We must keep our eyes open and hope for reports, preferably in foreign media.

Here in Norway there was a demonstration in Oslo on Tuesday 5 January, with about 40-50 people (very good in this cold weather!).
Protest in Oslo

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5:50 p.m.

The national broadcasting nrk had a coverage in the radio program "Her og Nå" (Here and now) which runs between 5 and 6 pm. The part of the program dealing with Norwegian Barnevernet was about 9 minutes long. The first part spoke of the demonstrations and interviewed a CPS representative from Naustdal, the municipality where five children have been taken from the family Bodnariu (The five children of a Rumanian-Norwegian family taken by Barnevernet), the second part was an interview with the Norwegian ambassador in Lithuania, who told the listeners about the upset over Norwegian CPS in Lithuania for months.

The program stated that there have been invitations to demonstrations in 5 countries today, in London, Washington DC, Barcelona, Dublin og Copenhagen.
    The CPS say they do not believe the foreigners know how the Norwegian statute regulating child protection works, they will (again) send out information in English, and 'try to explain' the Norwegian system. The ambassador in Lithuania complains (again) that the foreigners do not want to listen to this "information". An embassy secretary in Washington thinks that incorrect information is circulating.
    The CPS locally in Naustdal have received heaps of postcards etc, and the administrative head of the municipal administration finds the situation so unpleasant that he will have the police monitor websites here in Norway which he thinks spread smear-campaigns on the edge of illegality.

Video – Preliminary announcement of demonstrations

  
   

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:24 am 
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In connection with the demonstrations yesterday 8 January 2016:

The demonstrations have been a great success so far. However, the numbers below have been taken largely from the Facebook page of the support group and they are probably too high. The following numbers of supporters at the demonstrations:

Washington:    700+ in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC, USA
Protest in Washington
Video

London:    1200 in front of the Norwegian Embassy in London, England
Protest in London
Video
Video

Barcelona:    150+ in front of the Norwegian Consulate in Barcelona, Spain
Protest in Barcelona

Copenhagen:    30+ in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark
Protest in Copenhagen
Video

Dublin:    600 in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin, Ireland
Protest in Dublin
Video

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Here we have "a toddler" Cipri Tom who has placed an appeal on the facebook page of FrP (the Progress Party, which has the cabinet minister whose department is boss of the CPS!):
Please help STOP Bernevernet Norway kidnap children from their parents!
Fremskrittspartiet FrP, 8 January 2016

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Regjeringa følgjer demonstrasjonane tett (The government monitors the demonstrations closely)
Fleire demonstrasjonar er varsla i dag. Regjeringa har tett kontakt med rumenske myndigheiter i samband med dei store demonstrasjonane mot ei norsk barnevernssak. (More demonstrations are scheduled for today. The government has close contact with Romanian authorities in connection with the large demonstrations against a Norwegian CPS case.)
nrk (the national broadcasting) in Sogn og Fjordane, 9 January 2016

"PROTEST I DUBLIN: Ifølgje arrangøren var kring 600 menneske samla utanfor den norske ambassaden i demonstrasjon mot barnevernet.
FOTO: STØTTEGRUPPA SI FACEBOOK-SIDE/DANIEL CATANA"

(PROTEST IN DUBLIN: According to the arranging committee, about 600 people gathered outside the Norwegian Embassy in demonstration against the CPS.
Photo: The facebook page of the committee supporting the family / Daniel Catana)

! !   Ah, indeed, photo taken from the support group – the national Norwegian broadcasting co has stopped using only state-subservient sources?

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Fleire hundre demonstrerte i Washington mot norsk barnevern (Several hundred demonstrated in Washington against Norwegian CPS)
Fleire hundre demonstrantar samla seg i dag ved den norske ambassaden i Washington som ein protest mot ei barnevernsak frå Sogn og Fjordane. Dei overleverte fleire tusen underskrifter til ambassaden.
(Several hundred demonstrators gathered today at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington as a protest against a child protection case from the county of Sogn og Fjordane. They delivered several thousand signatures of protest to the Embassy.)
nrk (the national broadcasting) in Sogn og Fjordane, 8 January 2016

  

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Reports and photos from the demonstrations on 9 January 2016:


The results are beginning to come in. Most numbers are by reports from the support group.

Timisoara:    1000 people in Timisoara, Romania
Protest in Timisoara
Video

Rome:    many on Piazza Santa Prisca in Rome, Italy
Protest in Rome
Video
Video

Bucharest, Romania:    2,500+ near the Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
Protest in Bucharest
Video
Video
Video  (It is not entirely clear whether this video is from Bucharest or from Brussels.)
 
Constanta:    400 in Constanta, Romania
Protest in Constanta

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Massedemonstrasjoner mot norsk barnevern i 19 land (Mass demonstrations against Norwegian CPS in 19 countries)
Flere tusen mennesker demonstrerte mot norsk barnevern i Romania lørdag. Denne måneden holdes det nitten demonstrasjoner mot norske ambassader på tre kontinenter i forbindelse med en omstridt barnevernssak.
(Several thousand people demonstrated against Norwegian child protection in Romania on Saturday. This month there will be nineteen demonstrations against Norwegian embassies on three continents in connection with a controversial child protection case.)
VG, 9 January 2016

The article brings interview with ambassadors and authorities etc. Their attitude is all the time that what is missing is for the foreigners to "understand". When Norway informs them, other countries will understand, they believe. Their thoughts are free from any idea that Norway's child protection may in fact be doing something radically wrong – may really, in actual fact, be an abuser.

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Ottawa:    Almost 300 in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
Protest in Ottawa
Video
Romanian-Canadians protest Norway's seizure of 5 children in dispute
Ottawa Citizen, 9 januar 2016

Brussels:    Almost 1000 in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium
Protest in Brussel
Video
  
Torino:    400 på Piazza Vittorio i Torino, Italia
Protest in Torino

Hague:    100 people in front of the Norwegian Embassy in The Hague, The Netherlands
Protest in The Hague
  
Cluj:    500+ on Union Square in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Hundreds rally in several cities urging Norwegian authorities return Bodnariu children
Agerpres, Romanian National New Agency, 9 January 2016

Frankfurt:    Almost 300 in the centre of Frankfurt, Germany
Protest in Frankfurt

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Demonstration on 10 January 2016:


Madrid:    a lot of people in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Madrid, Spain
Protest in Madrid
Video

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Now there is an announcement of a coming demonstration i Milan.
It will be in 2 days, on 13 January, on Corso Venezia, Via Cappuccini no 2:
Protesta di Solidarietà per la famiglia Bodnariu

Likewise a demonstration is announced for 16 January in Arad, Romania:
PROTEST, LA ARAD, PENTRU SUSȚINEREA REÎNTREGIRII FAMILIEI BODNARIU!

… and in Suceava, Romania, also on 16 January:
Protest pentru sutinerea familiei Bodnariu in Suceava

In Oradea, Romania, on 23 January:
Protest împotriva abuzurilor Barnevernet

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General announcement of the demonstrations - video
10 January 2016

  

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Demonstration on 13 January 2016:


Milan:    Many people on Corso Venezia, Milan, Italy
Protest in Milan

  

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Time and place for the demonstrations today 16 January 2016:


1. Vienna, Austria – 16.01.2016, 11:00AM – 05:00PM
Location: Norway Embassy, Reisnerstraße 55-57, 1030
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1137854206255150/

2. Arad, Romania – 16.01.2016, 11:00AM – 01:00PM
Location: Piata Avram Iancu, Arad
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1659023201044034/

3. Suceava, Romania – 16.01.2016, 11:00AM – 01:00PM
Location: Prefectura Suceava, Str. Stefan cel Mare nr. 36
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1743451925885150/

4. Madrid, Spain - 16.01.2016, 1:00PM
Location: Norwegian Embassy, Calle Serrano Nr. 26, 28001
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/456620174521070/

5. Prague, Czech Republic – 16.01.2016, 01:00PM
Location: Norwegian Embassy, Hellichova 1, 118 00 Praha, 1 Mala Strana
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/447179782143532/

6. Moscow, Russia – 16.01.2016, 1:00PM
Location: Norwegian Embassy Ulitsa Povarskaya St, 7, Moscow

7. Riga, Latvia – 16.01.2016, 1:00PM
Location: Norwegian Embassy Zirgu iela 14, Rīga15

  

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 Post subject: Re: Demonstrations abroad against Norwegian child protection
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Reports and pictures from the demonstrations on 16 January 2016:


Vienna:    Lots of people in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Vienna, Austria
Protest in Vienna
Video (English language)
Video (German language)
Video (Version in English)
Video (Version in German)

Arad:    Possibly over 1000 people, with a large brass band, on Piata Avram Iancu, Arad, Romania
Protest in Arad
Video: Miting la Arad pentru familia Bodnariu 1
Video: Miting la Arad pentru familia Bodnariu 2
Video: Miting la Arad pentru familia Bodnariu 3
Aradul, alături de familia Bodnariu
Arad Online, 16 January 2016
  
Suceava:    Possibly 1000 people demonstrating in Suceava, Romania
Video
Video
Video (with a brass band playing at the demonstration)
UPDATE: Mitinguri de solidaritate cu familiile Bodnariu şi Nan
Romania Libera, 16 January 2016 (for both families Bodnariu and Nan)

Prague:    Several hundred people outside the Norwegian Embassy in Prague, Czechia
Czechs protest Barnevernet
Demonstration in Prague
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4
Barnevernet ødelegger Norges anseelse (The CPS destroy Norway's reputation)
Frie Ytringer, Jan Simonsens blogg, 16 January 2016

  

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Demonstrations on 17 January 2016:

There have been some demonstrations I did not see announced beforehand! Concerning the first: it seems to have been in Câmpia Turzii, which is a town / district of about 22,000 people near Cluj.


Câmpia Turzii:    Nearly 1000 people in the centre of the district Câmpia Turzii, Romania
AVRAM GAL: MULȚUMESC TUTUROR CELOR CARE ȘI-AU FĂCUT TIMP PENTRU A SUSȚINE FAMILIA BODNARIU.
Inturda, 17 January 2016

Nürnberg:    A lot of people in Nürnberg, Germany
Protest in Nürnberg
agnus dei - english + romanian blog, 17 January 2016

  

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New announced demonstrations:


Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania - 30.01.2016, kl. 13:00
Location: Piata Petru Rares
Protest

The two demonstrations in India are now said to have been re-scheduled, for 31 January.
Demonstration: Location: 50-C, Shantipath Chanakyapuri, 110021 New Delhi

  

  

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I have added links to videos from Prague and from London in the reports above. In the one from the London demonstration, there is a long speech in Romanian. One hears several times the words "Barnevernet" and "Satan"! Late in the video we see an Embassy functionary arrive, she refuses to say anything, and goes in, shutting the door. Towards the end one hears the words "diabolic state".

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Here is a video with examples included from several demonstrations:

Video
19 January 2016

  

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A good revue, with videos, of some of the demonstrations so far:

Jan Simonsen:
«Barnevernet» i ferd med å bli et internasjonalt skjellsord ("Barnevernet" is becoming an international term of abuse)
Frie Ytrineger, Jan Simonsens blogg, 22 January 2016

  

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22 January 2016:

From some of the demonstrations mentioned above we are without reports. The support group's facebook page says that they took place in Moscow and Riga, with 10 and 20 people respectively. These few deserve praise, and their effort is all the more valuable. This is the way it has to start in many places. It is about the number who took part in demonstrations against Barnevernet here in Norway too for many years.

A survey of coming demonstrations (+ one from yesterday) looks like this (I number them consecutively with what I did in my posting of 16 January at time 7:29am):


8.   Vilnius, Lithuania – 21 January 2016

9.   Bratislava, Slovakia – 23 January 2016

10. Tallinn, Estonia – 23 January 2016

11. Oradea, Romania – 23 January 2016

12. Satu Mare, Romania – 23 January 2016

13. St. Petersburg, Russia – 23 January 2016

14. Dublin, Ireland – 24 January 2016

15. Warsaw, Poland – 30 January 2016

16. Melbourne, Australia – 30 January 2016

17. Bistrita, Romania – 30 January 2016

18. Baia Mare, Romania – 30 January 2016

19. Sibiu, Romania – 30 January 2016

20. New Delhi, India – 31 January 2016, outside the Norwegian Embassy

21. Kolkata, India – 31 January 2016, outside the Norwegian Consulate

I have also heard of one more, not yet confirmed, for the coming week:
22. San Francisco, USA Week 4 ?

  

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This morning it was announced on Russian tv that there was to be a demonstration against Norwegian child protection in Tallinn in Estonia today!

  


 

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Demonstrations on 23 January 2016


St. Petersburg:    Around a dozen demonstrators in St. Petersburg, Russia
Protest in St. Petersburg

Bratislava:    Around two dozen demonstrators in Bratislava, Slovakia
Protest in Bratislava

Tallinn:    About a dozen demonstrators in Tallinn, Estonia, with posters with text both in Estonian and Russian
Protest in Tallinn 1
Protest in Tallinn 2

Oradea:    almost 10,000 protesters? – a veritable ocean – in Oradea, Romania
Protest in Oradea
Video  1 – with brass band and singing during the demonstration
Video  2 – the continuation, with speeches
Video 3
Video 4

Satu Mare:    Almost 1,200 protesters in Satu Mare, Romania
Protest in Satu Mare

  

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Demonstrations on 24 January 2016


Dublin:    Around 1600 demonstrators in Dublin, Ireland
Protest in Dublin
Video

Deva:    Several hundred demonstrators in Deva, Romania
Protest in Deva
Video

Paris:    A very unusual and moving event in Paris, France: Because of the danger of terrorist attacks, they are not allowed to hold an ordinary demonstration. Instead they have put toys and posters in front of the Norwegian Embassy, begging Norway to return the Bodnariu children.
Quiet protest in Paris





  

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