Let's Talk about the UK and EU Dimensions of 'Forced Adoptions'

“Abolish Adoptions without Parental Consent” was presented in Brussels on 19 March 2014 with 30 parents hoping to get their children returned. The online petition has been signed by over 9,000 supporters on three platforms. After the election of new MEPs, “Systemic Patterns of Child Snatching and Forced Adoptions in the UK” was presented again on 30 November 2014. As a result, 10 MEPs will come to London for a Fact Finding Mission.

Having heard petitioners in Brussels, they now want to hear ‘the other side’, i.e. the institutions who are responsible for taking one child every 20 minutes, as Channel IV publishes on their film about forced adoptions: "15,000 Kids and counting" and BBC: "Thousands of Children forcibly taken into care."

The afternoon (2.30 - 5PM) event is meant to build campaigning capacity through sharing information, news, links and contacts among victims, survivors, rescuers, helpers, supporters, online and offline activists.

The evening (6.30 - 9PM) will be a panel discussion, where online life becomes theatre and inspires politics via the internet: web casting and videoing will ensure that we share what we are doing and are joined by likeminded activists world-wide.

So far, the panel consists of:

Ian Josephs, publisher of www.Forced-Adoption.com (http://www.forced-adoption.com/)Ruby Harrold-Claesson, Solicitor, Chair of Nordic Committee for Human Rights (http://www.nkmr.org/)
Sabine K McNeill, EU Petitioner and Web PublisherBelinda McKenzie, Human Rights Activist since 1997Deborah Mahmoudieh, EU Law Specialist and Video PublisherMaggie Tuttle, Founder of Children Screaming to be Heard (http://www.childrenscreamingtobeheard.com/)

The Theatro Technis hosted the play "Hole in the Heart" in the 80s, when a Cypriot family had been subjected to a tragic forced adoption. It also showed "The Orchard House" about the life of an abuse survivor.

Belinda McKenzie campaigned outside the theatre that produced "Audience with Jimmy Savile."

Let's use this special special theatre space (with room for 120 people) for quality time with each other!