This is why daddies with a history of abuse and control should NOT have access to the kids. Especially when they have sworn "revenge" against the mother for leaving their sorry @$$ like this piece of sh**. Mom and court personnel need to be educated about this, and NOT assume there is no risk involved. There is a LOT of risk. These dudes know that the best way to hurt Mom is to hurt her kids. Let's face reality.
Father RAZWAN ALI ANJUM abducted his then 3-year-old daughter three years ago, took her to Pakistan, and then...well, it gets fuzzy after that. Mom fears he may have sold her into a child trafficking racket. Daddy refuses to say what he did with her. He obviously never gave a f*** about this child, and merely regarded her as a tool to get back at her mother.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228518/Atiya-Wilkinson-kidnap-Mother-fears-daughter-sold-black-market-child-trafficking-racket.html
Mother fears daughter kidnapped by her vengeful ex-boyfriend three years ago may have been sold in Pakistani child trafficking racket Atiya Wilkinson was snatched by 'cruel' father three years ago
Gemma Wilkinson has no clue where her daughter is
Jailed father refuses to tell police where she is
Officers launch fresh appeal for information
By Sam Webb
PUBLISHED: 02:04 EST, 6 November 2012 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 6 November 2012
The distraught mother of a missing girl kidnapped three years ago wept yesterday as she told of fears she may have been sold on the black market in a child trafficking racket.
Former charity worker Gemma Wilkinson, 32, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, has not seen little Atiya Wilkinson since her third birthday in 2009 when she was snatched by her father in a spiteful act of revenge during a planned day trip to the seaside.
Former insurance salesman Razwan Ali Anjum, 28, who was livid at being spurned by Gemma, jetted off to his native Pakistan with Atiya before contacting her mother saying: 'You’ll never see your daughter again.'
Despite a global inquiry spanning three countries, the youngster has not been heard of since and now it is feared she may have been sold by her father to another family living in Pakistan or Iran.
Anjum returned to the UK less than a fortnight after he flew out and is now serving a fourth consecutive jail term for contempt after defiantly refusing to reveal Atiya’s whereabouts - dismissing Gemma as 'only a birth mother'.
Today on what would be Atiya’s six birthday Miss Wilkinson sobbed as she pleaded for information about what happened to her daughter.
'I pray she’s okay but we don’t have any proof that she’s okay and no proof she is even still alive,' she said. 'It’s been discussed that she could have been sold, but I don’t want to believe it.
'As far as I’m aware she hasn’t been with any family member so I can only assume she’s with strangers.
'To know that she’s safe, to know that she’s being looked after, to know where she is. A child doesn’t disappear, doesn’t evaporate. A child is put somewhere and people know - and that information needs to be talked about.'
Gemma met Anjum in 2003 while they were on the same college course at Oldham Business Management School and Atiya was born on November 7, 2006.
But Gemma ended her on/off relationship with Anjum in 2008 due to him being possessive and controlling and he swore revenge on her.
During an access visit on the youngster’s birthday he said he was taking Atiya to Southport but instead, he took her to Lahore where he claimed she was staying for a week with relatives.
Atiya was supposed to share a flight with her grandmother on November 16, but the grandmother came back alone. Anjum himself returned to the UK on November 20 without his daughter and he was subsequently arrested.
He claimed he handed Atiya to a mystery man called Khan and taken to Iran but an address for the shady Mr Fixit proved to be false.
Gemma said: 'It’s been an absolute nightmare. When I close my eyes I see Atiya. I say good night to her every night before bed.
'I just want Atiya back home but her father’s just not prepared to back down - he’s not prepared to work with the police. He’s enjoying playing his controlling mind games.
'It’s just sick.'
She added: 'We haven’t celebrated her birthday since she went missing but I’ve bought her presents each year - they are waiting for her to open when she comes home.
'On the day she went missing she was due to spend some time with Razwan. She was picked up by her uncle and taken to go see him. She was due to come back the next day and spend some time with her family opening presents.
'I had no reason to believe that she was at any risk. There had been a standard routine, there hadn’t been any problems with the arrangements. I really don’t know where she is.
'It looks as though she’s still in Pakistan. Razwan is refusing to say where she is, who she’s with and he won’t say anything other than she’s in Iran yet originally she was in Pakistan.
'He won’t give the actual location of where she is. He’s doing this because he has control over me. He had sent abusive text messages after our relationship ended and the last control he would have had over me was to hurt me through Aitya - he knows she’s everything to me.
'I think he would be boasting about what he’s doing in prison, to make himself feel good about the control he has over us. I would do anything to get her back. I just want to know where she is, how she is,' she added.
'We’ve been trying to arrange meetings with his family but they don’t want to communicate with me.
'The police have tried to ask them for information, but they aren’t willing to cooperate. I don’t know any of his family over in Pakistan.
'I think someone in the community around the family knows something. I’m hoping the information that is known could be given so we know Aitya is safe, we know she is alive and that she’s at least settled.
'It shouldn’t be a game of control. I will be thinking about her on Tuesday, thinking about what she’s doing and who she’s with. She has a loving, doting family waiting for her. He shouldn’t be able to play games with children’s lives. We just want her home.' Police have launched a fresh appeal for information about Atiya's whereabouts.
Ajum, who has a son from a previous relationship, has been the subject of several civil court actions ordering him to disclose where Atiya is but he supplied false information.
He was initially jailed in June 2010 for a maximum two years at the Family Division of the High Court but has subsequently been given three more jail terms the latest imposed in March this year.
One judge said it was the most 'cynical and cruel' form of abduction he had dealt with in his 30 year career.
Det Con Emma Constantine of Greater Manchester Police said: 'As far as we know, Razwan has had no contact with Aitya himself.
'He’s never received any letters or photographs of Aitya. So there’s no way that he knows how she is.
'We’ve been to see him a few times. He maintains the facade she’s in Iran, but there’s no evidence to support that so we’re very sceptical.
'It’s only him that holds the information.'
Supt Phil Owen said: 'We’re working with a range of international agencies in order to find out who may be harbouring her but it presents its challenges and problems and hopefully this is now the time to tug at heart strings and generate information from the public.
'We haven’t got any evidence to know she’s even alive. This is the only way he can exert control.
'He’s manipulative, he puts himself first. He will convince himself that she’s looked after and cared for but he doesn’t know that.'
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, November 7, 2011
Dad abducted daughter on 3rd birthday; now dad in jail and two years later, girl still "missing" (Lancashire, England, UK)
Notice that dad RAZWAN ALI ANJUM was never married to his daughter's mother, and that their relationship was "off-on" at best. But that didn't mimimize his sense of male entitlement/control at all. He still figured that the mom was "only" a birth mom (breeding stock), so it was okay to abduct the child and never allow mom to see her again. Why? Daddy doesn't even bother to allege that Mom was abusive. He just wanted to abuse and control the mother. The idea of actually having a relationship with the girl or raising her himself didn't even figure into the equation. The little girl "may" be with Daddy's former girlfriend in Iran "who also cares for his son from a previous relationship" (?). Or maybe she's in Pakistan....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058479/Atiya-Anjun-Wilkinson-missing-Father-jail-refusing-reveal-whereabouts.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Where IS Atiya? Mystery of missing girl, five, snatched by father who is now in jail for refusing to reveal her whereabouts
Five-year-old went missing on her third birthday during trip to Southport, Lancashire
High Court judges today lift publicity ban allowing the case to be reported
By Nadia Gilani
Last updated at 3:06 PM on 7th November 2011
A father who abducted his five-year-old daughter has been jailed after refusing to reveal her whereabouts.
Atiya Anjun-Wilkinson who turns five today went missing during a trip to the seaside two years ago on her third birthday, High Court judges have heard during private hearings in London.
She was at first thought to be in Pakistan but relatives fear she could now be in Iran.
The girl's mother, Gemma Wilkinson, 32, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester has not seen her daughter since.
Atiya's father - former insurance salesman Razwan Ali Anjum, 27, is in prison for contempt of court several times.
He has repeatedly refused to comply with a court order and reveal Atiya's whereabouts, judges have heard.
Lawyers representing Ms Wilkinson are today appealing for help in finding a four-year-old girl abducted by her father after a senior judge lifted a publicity ban that had prevented the case from being reported previously.
One judge described the case as 'as bad a case of child abduction as I have encountered'.
Details of the case emerged in August at a public Court of Appeal hearing in London - where Anjum, also of Ashton-under-Lyne, failed to persuade three appeal judges to rule that he had been unfairly jailed for contempt.
Anjum argued that repeated prison sentences for contempt of court were unfair and served no purpose.
However Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Hughes and Lord Justice Tomlinson, disagreed and dismissed Anjum's appeal.
The judges also decided that Atiya should not be identified.
But several few days ago, Lord Justice Hughes lifted the publicity ban and allowed for Atiya's name and photograph to be published in order that it might help find the little girl.
In court, Anjum hinted that his daughter, Atiya might be living in Tehran, Iran with a former girldfriend who also cares for his son from a previous relationship.
Solicitor Matthew Lord, of law firm Pluck Andrew & Co - which has an office in Ashton-under-Lyne said: 'The father has said she is now in Iran but she could well be in the UK - she could be anywhere.
'We think that one possibility is that she is in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire.
'We would urge people to look at her photograph and think very carefully if they might have seen her - maybe living nearby.'
Following Anjum's failed appeal in August, Lord Justice McFarlane said it was 'impossible to underestimate' the impact that the 'continued limbo' was having on Ms Wilkinson.
The girl's mother told the Metro: 'With the lack of information, you just imagine the worst.
'I've had no contact with her. It must be so scary for her'.
Lord Justice McFarlane said in August: 'This four-year-old girl has now not seen either of her parents for a period fast approaching two years.
'She is fast growing up with no knowledge of or relationship with either her mother of father.
'The way forward is in her father's own hands and for the child's sake I earnestly hope he will now change from the highly abusive course he has hitherto been set upon.'
Appeal judges heard that Anjum's 'on-off' relationship with Ms Wilkinson ended in 2008.
The couple had met in 2003 while on the same course at Oldham Business Management School. Ms Wilkinson later fell pregnant and they split-up before Atiya was born.
On her third birthday, Anjum took his daughter on a trip Southport, Lancashire and phoned Ms Wilkinson to tell her Atiya was in Pakistan and that she was 'never going to see Atiya again,' judges heard.
Anjum had referred to Ms Wilkinson as 'only or merely her birth mother', judges heard.
Lawyers said Anjum had been jailed for contempt - by judges sitting in the Family Division of the High Court - in 2010, then again in April 2011, then again in October 2011.
They said he was due for release in April next year.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058479/Atiya-Anjun-Wilkinson-missing-Father-jail-refusing-reveal-whereabouts.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Where IS Atiya? Mystery of missing girl, five, snatched by father who is now in jail for refusing to reveal her whereabouts
Five-year-old went missing on her third birthday during trip to Southport, Lancashire
High Court judges today lift publicity ban allowing the case to be reported
By Nadia Gilani
Last updated at 3:06 PM on 7th November 2011
A father who abducted his five-year-old daughter has been jailed after refusing to reveal her whereabouts.
Atiya Anjun-Wilkinson who turns five today went missing during a trip to the seaside two years ago on her third birthday, High Court judges have heard during private hearings in London.
She was at first thought to be in Pakistan but relatives fear she could now be in Iran.
The girl's mother, Gemma Wilkinson, 32, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester has not seen her daughter since.
Atiya's father - former insurance salesman Razwan Ali Anjum, 27, is in prison for contempt of court several times.
He has repeatedly refused to comply with a court order and reveal Atiya's whereabouts, judges have heard.
Lawyers representing Ms Wilkinson are today appealing for help in finding a four-year-old girl abducted by her father after a senior judge lifted a publicity ban that had prevented the case from being reported previously.
One judge described the case as 'as bad a case of child abduction as I have encountered'.
Details of the case emerged in August at a public Court of Appeal hearing in London - where Anjum, also of Ashton-under-Lyne, failed to persuade three appeal judges to rule that he had been unfairly jailed for contempt.
Anjum argued that repeated prison sentences for contempt of court were unfair and served no purpose.
However Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Hughes and Lord Justice Tomlinson, disagreed and dismissed Anjum's appeal.
The judges also decided that Atiya should not be identified.
But several few days ago, Lord Justice Hughes lifted the publicity ban and allowed for Atiya's name and photograph to be published in order that it might help find the little girl.
In court, Anjum hinted that his daughter, Atiya might be living in Tehran, Iran with a former girldfriend who also cares for his son from a previous relationship.
Solicitor Matthew Lord, of law firm Pluck Andrew & Co - which has an office in Ashton-under-Lyne said: 'The father has said she is now in Iran but she could well be in the UK - she could be anywhere.
'We think that one possibility is that she is in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire.
'We would urge people to look at her photograph and think very carefully if they might have seen her - maybe living nearby.'
Following Anjum's failed appeal in August, Lord Justice McFarlane said it was 'impossible to underestimate' the impact that the 'continued limbo' was having on Ms Wilkinson.
The girl's mother told the Metro: 'With the lack of information, you just imagine the worst.
'I've had no contact with her. It must be so scary for her'.
Lord Justice McFarlane said in August: 'This four-year-old girl has now not seen either of her parents for a period fast approaching two years.
'She is fast growing up with no knowledge of or relationship with either her mother of father.
'The way forward is in her father's own hands and for the child's sake I earnestly hope he will now change from the highly abusive course he has hitherto been set upon.'
Appeal judges heard that Anjum's 'on-off' relationship with Ms Wilkinson ended in 2008.
The couple had met in 2003 while on the same course at Oldham Business Management School. Ms Wilkinson later fell pregnant and they split-up before Atiya was born.
On her third birthday, Anjum took his daughter on a trip Southport, Lancashire and phoned Ms Wilkinson to tell her Atiya was in Pakistan and that she was 'never going to see Atiya again,' judges heard.
Anjum had referred to Ms Wilkinson as 'only or merely her birth mother', judges heard.
Lawyers said Anjum had been jailed for contempt - by judges sitting in the Family Division of the High Court - in 2010, then again in April 2011, then again in October 2011.
They said he was due for release in April next year.
Monday, June 6, 2011
3-year-old boy dies after being burned by custodial dad; mom's numerous attempts to get custody failed (Tehran, Iran)
Unfortunately, stories from the west are increasingly sounding like this one from Iran--where father's rights are INSTITUTIONALIZED as law, and mothers have no rights. This father, identified only as MOHAMMED, was a drug-addicted loser who bankrupted the family. Mom left him and returned to her father's house--and yet she is also equally smeared by the reporter as having a "poor relationship" with the child. But notice there is NO EVIDENCE of this. In fact, despite the fact that mothers have no custody rights in Iran, she made numerous attempts to get custody of this child--all to no avail, of course. Even though the father was threatening to mutilate the child if she did not return to him--didn't matter. She never got to the see the child at all--until he was hospitalized with burns over 70% of his body.
This is what institutionalized fathers rights looks like, friends. Absolute indifference to the health, safety, and well-being of mothers and children. We've posted on this case before.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307575
Jun 4, 2011
Abused child, 3, dies 18 days after being burnt by father
By Helena H. Quartz.
Tehran - Barbod, a three-year-old abused child, whose body was burnt up to 70 percent by his addicted father, died in hospital on late Thursday June 2, despite 18 days of challenge to survive.
In a heartbreaking news, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported* (Link to non-English web page) little Barbod, a third in a recent child abuse chain, died 10 AM Friday June 3, Tehran local time.
Barbod was hospitalized for 18 days in Tehran Mottahari Hospital. A local child support charity association called Mehrafarin had assumed the cost of Barbod’s treatment during his hospitalization. Fatemeh Daneshvar, Mehrafarin’s CEO told ISNA: “ We tried to transfer Barbod to Chamran Hospital – a private hospital with higher specialty in burnt body treatment - but they asked for 70 million ($70,000 USD) , i.e. $1,000 USD for each percentage of burnt degree, and unfortunately we couldn’t afford it.”
Barbod was suffering a body burnt over 70% after his unbalanced father poured a full tank of gasoline and put fire on him. He was the third victim of sever child abuse cases in Iran only in May 2011. Despite his high burnt degree among other children in the ward, Barbod was the most patient and quiet child amongst them, Daneshvar told ISNA.
In a report, the HRA Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRA) has published a photo of Barbod in hospital and more details about the poor relationship of his parents that ultimately claimed Barbod’s life. His father, Mohammed, became addicted to “chrystal” after he was bankrupt and lost all family’s fortune over his debts. He then became suspicious to his wife, Mina. After a hard relationship Mina separated and left to her father’s house. Barbod’s father threatened her on many occasions sending messages “ you return home or I will send you Barbod’s hand”, and another time “ you are coming back or I will send you Barbod’s ear”. Finally Mina could see Barbod after 5 months, only in hospital bed and with a body burnt over 70%.
The medical team had announced on early days of Barbod’s hospitalization that there is only a little chance of his survival. According to Daneshvar, Barbod’s mother failed to get the custody of her son despite her several attempts. The Iranian laws give the child custody to the father. Daneshvar added: “Barbod was a bitter lesson for the society to open eyes on child abuse cases in Iran today.”
Barbod’s father is still under treatment in another hospital facing 50% burnt degree as well. According to Barbod’s grandmother who was babysitting him when Mohammed entered the home and pour gasoline on the boy, Mohammed also burnt and was injured after he "embraced Barbod to comfort him" once Barbod got fired and started to scream.
This is what institutionalized fathers rights looks like, friends. Absolute indifference to the health, safety, and well-being of mothers and children. We've posted on this case before.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307575
Jun 4, 2011
Abused child, 3, dies 18 days after being burnt by father
By Helena H. Quartz.
Tehran - Barbod, a three-year-old abused child, whose body was burnt up to 70 percent by his addicted father, died in hospital on late Thursday June 2, despite 18 days of challenge to survive.
In a heartbreaking news, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported* (Link to non-English web page) little Barbod, a third in a recent child abuse chain, died 10 AM Friday June 3, Tehran local time.
Barbod was hospitalized for 18 days in Tehran Mottahari Hospital. A local child support charity association called Mehrafarin had assumed the cost of Barbod’s treatment during his hospitalization. Fatemeh Daneshvar, Mehrafarin’s CEO told ISNA: “ We tried to transfer Barbod to Chamran Hospital – a private hospital with higher specialty in burnt body treatment - but they asked for 70 million ($70,000 USD) , i.e. $1,000 USD for each percentage of burnt degree, and unfortunately we couldn’t afford it.”
Barbod was suffering a body burnt over 70% after his unbalanced father poured a full tank of gasoline and put fire on him. He was the third victim of sever child abuse cases in Iran only in May 2011. Despite his high burnt degree among other children in the ward, Barbod was the most patient and quiet child amongst them, Daneshvar told ISNA.
In a report, the HRA Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRA) has published a photo of Barbod in hospital and more details about the poor relationship of his parents that ultimately claimed Barbod’s life. His father, Mohammed, became addicted to “chrystal” after he was bankrupt and lost all family’s fortune over his debts. He then became suspicious to his wife, Mina. After a hard relationship Mina separated and left to her father’s house. Barbod’s father threatened her on many occasions sending messages “ you return home or I will send you Barbod’s hand”, and another time “ you are coming back or I will send you Barbod’s ear”. Finally Mina could see Barbod after 5 months, only in hospital bed and with a body burnt over 70%.
The medical team had announced on early days of Barbod’s hospitalization that there is only a little chance of his survival. According to Daneshvar, Barbod’s mother failed to get the custody of her son despite her several attempts. The Iranian laws give the child custody to the father. Daneshvar added: “Barbod was a bitter lesson for the society to open eyes on child abuse cases in Iran today.”
Barbod’s father is still under treatment in another hospital facing 50% burnt degree as well. According to Barbod’s grandmother who was babysitting him when Mohammed entered the home and pour gasoline on the boy, Mohammed also burnt and was injured after he "embraced Barbod to comfort him" once Barbod got fired and started to scream.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Three shocking child abuse cases in one month--all by dads, stepdads (Tehran, Iran)
Notice that all three of these near fatal cases of child abuse were committed by men--two fathers and one stepfather.
Also, remember that the fathers rights people in the west keep wailing (despite all evidence to the contrary) that fathers only kill their kids because the "feminazi" family courts deprive them of access. So we're constantly told that poor, deprived daddies must have more access in order to solve this problem. So cave in to, er, work with, these terrorists, er, fine outstanding fathers, in order to prevent more child abuse!
You want to know what the fathers rights future they want would like? Then look no further than that hotbed of democratic fairness called Iran. FATHER CUSTODY IS INSTITUTIONALIZED in this country. Mothers rights are minimal to non-existent. But father custody didn't stop this father, identified only as MOHAMMED, from severely burning his 3-year-old son, who is not expected to live. Of course, given that fathers can legally kill their kids in Iran (thank you fathers rights!) is probably not much incentive to curb those violent tendencies, is it? Plus, Daddy wanted to punish mom for leaving his drugged out @$$. That's why dads kill the kids in the west too. Only the fathers rights people don't want to tell you that. The easy solution? If violent daddies have no access to their victims, they can't kill their victims, can they? But that just makes too much sense, right?
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307057
2 hours ago
Three Shocking Child Abuse Cases In One Month
By Helena H. Quartz.
Tehran - A recent terrifying case of child abuse in Iran has been reported to be the third event of extreme tragic cases of child abuse, only in less than a month.
While Iran reportedly has a history of high statistics in child abuse history over the few previous decades, usually no or little news of it is broadcasted in local or national media, unless the news are drastically heartbreaking.
Little Barbod, burnt by his father
On May 18, 2011, only a week after the second biggest child abuse case of the year in Iran, the story of another child burnt in fire has shocked the nation as well as international civil rights activists.
Barbod, a 3 years old boy, burnt in fire up to 70% by his own father, has a very little chance of survival according to the nurses in the hospital he has been under treatment.
As most of the similar controversial cases, poverty, drug-addiction and lack of healthy spousal relationship has been announced as the cause of the parent crime. According to Rooz-online, [link to Persian language webpage], an Internet-based newspaper published by reformists and oppositions outside Iran, Mina, Barbod’s mother, separated her husband, Mohammed, due to his addiction issues which would make him abnormal most of the times.
Mohammed threatened to hurt Barbod in order to make his wife come back to him. On a day when Barbod was alone at home with his grandmother, Mohammed enters the home with a bottle of gasoline pouring it all over his toddler and put fire on him. Barbod’s grandmother could only involve after hearing the child’s screams. Neighbors took Barbod to hospital immediately while Police also took Mohammed to hospital as he was also partially burnt in the scene.
According to the article published by Benjamin Sadr, a Rooz-online journalist, child abuse rate has doubled in Iran over a year, mostly as a result of increasing poverty and families tough financial problems, as quoted by Dr. Mostafa Eghlima, the head of Academic Association of Social Workers in Iran. "While the state’s prisons are accommodating three times of their capacity, divorce rate increased 6% compared to previous year and marriage decreased by 2% in a similar period, it is anticipated to see child abuse rates and other social problems to increase as a result" , said Dr. Eghlima.
Iran’s poverty line is believed to be $1000 USD, according to Dr. Eghlima but neither officially confirmed nor denied by any state authorities. Average wage rate for workers is $330 USD a month, while a small apartment rents $500 USD. This inequality brings in all different types of social harms and problems in one way or another.
As per state’s law the custody of children remains for the father unless he is found to be incapable or disqualified to keep the child under certain conditions.
“It is true that according to the law, a father can take the custody of his child at any time with a court order" said Dr. Eghlima. "By law, even if a father kills his child, he faces no retribution. However, the law also requires a father’s mental and psychological health to be confirmed by the Medical Examiner before placing the child in his custody. At first, all the factors which have brought about child abuse must be identified and resolved, and the only group that is qualified to do so is the Welfare Organization.”
Nima, 4 year old son, bitten to death
A week before Barbod was burnt by his father, Nima, another 4 years old boy was reported bitten to death by his parents. The Mofid children hospital received the boy taken to hospital by his own parents. Iranian Students’ News Agency – ISNA- [link to English Home Page of the website] quoted one of hospital’s staff saying: “ At arrival time [to the hospital] the boy admitted he was burnt by his father, but later he refrained to confirm the same when facing any follow-up questions, clearly showing he is fearful to talk.”
The reports and the photo published in ISNA’s website indicate that Nima had severe degree of burning all over his body including his genitals and extensive trauma in both eyes. However some of the burning and cuts are old, belonging to the past.
No clear reason has been disclosed yet as why the parents tortured their own son. Yet after only 10 days in hospital, Nima was taken home yesterday, May 22, 2011 by the parents once he was released from the hospital. According to ISNA, Leila Arshad, a board member of Children Rights Support Association, reacted to the news: “Since there are some supportive institutes (to take action) it is not justifiable to let Nima go back to his abusive parents.” She further added: “Traumas, broken bones, old scars, burnt body and particularly burnt genitals clearly show that his parents have done all these so deliberately. Therefore it can’t be justified merely as over-anger sudden crime.”
Hanieh, 8 years old girl, tortured by stepfather catastrophically
The first heartbreaking child abuse news of the year in Iran published by Iranian Mehr News Agency a month ago. According to Mehr reporter, Hanieh, 8 years old girl, has survived all unbelievable types of physical attacks and tortures a child can bear, including burning by cigarettes, boiling water, and hot metallic objects. She has also suffered most aggressive attacks resulting in several broken bones, broken hands, legs, elbows, head, and sever eyes trauma.
Mehr News Agency has published afterwards a series of reports and photos about Hanieh’ status ever since she was taken to hospital barely alive, on late April 2011.
In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Dr. Kamran Aghakhani, specialist and forensic expert said: “We see quite a lot of child abuse cases, but Hanieh’s case is not comparable to any other one. The extent of tortures on Hanieh is so much that cannot be described.”
“It is so tragic! Is hard to believe that whoever tortured her has any human heart or mind.” Dr. Aghakhani added.
Hanieh told the hospital staff that she was living with an addicted mother and stepfather who had not given her anything to eat over the past four days.
Mehr News Agency followed up on Hanieh’s status after couple of weeks she was in the hospital, only to find out that Hanieh was not yet ready to undergo several surgeries that are critical in her overall treatment. Apart from severe physical and body damage, she has been mentally suffered to the extent it makes her operations more risky and complex.
The stepfather has been arrested and waiting for a trial.
Also, remember that the fathers rights people in the west keep wailing (despite all evidence to the contrary) that fathers only kill their kids because the "feminazi" family courts deprive them of access. So we're constantly told that poor, deprived daddies must have more access in order to solve this problem. So cave in to, er, work with, these terrorists, er, fine outstanding fathers, in order to prevent more child abuse!
You want to know what the fathers rights future they want would like? Then look no further than that hotbed of democratic fairness called Iran. FATHER CUSTODY IS INSTITUTIONALIZED in this country. Mothers rights are minimal to non-existent. But father custody didn't stop this father, identified only as MOHAMMED, from severely burning his 3-year-old son, who is not expected to live. Of course, given that fathers can legally kill their kids in Iran (thank you fathers rights!) is probably not much incentive to curb those violent tendencies, is it? Plus, Daddy wanted to punish mom for leaving his drugged out @$$. That's why dads kill the kids in the west too. Only the fathers rights people don't want to tell you that. The easy solution? If violent daddies have no access to their victims, they can't kill their victims, can they? But that just makes too much sense, right?
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307057
2 hours ago
Three Shocking Child Abuse Cases In One Month
By Helena H. Quartz.
Tehran - A recent terrifying case of child abuse in Iran has been reported to be the third event of extreme tragic cases of child abuse, only in less than a month.
While Iran reportedly has a history of high statistics in child abuse history over the few previous decades, usually no or little news of it is broadcasted in local or national media, unless the news are drastically heartbreaking.
Little Barbod, burnt by his father
On May 18, 2011, only a week after the second biggest child abuse case of the year in Iran, the story of another child burnt in fire has shocked the nation as well as international civil rights activists.
Barbod, a 3 years old boy, burnt in fire up to 70% by his own father, has a very little chance of survival according to the nurses in the hospital he has been under treatment.
As most of the similar controversial cases, poverty, drug-addiction and lack of healthy spousal relationship has been announced as the cause of the parent crime. According to Rooz-online, [link to Persian language webpage], an Internet-based newspaper published by reformists and oppositions outside Iran, Mina, Barbod’s mother, separated her husband, Mohammed, due to his addiction issues which would make him abnormal most of the times.
Mohammed threatened to hurt Barbod in order to make his wife come back to him. On a day when Barbod was alone at home with his grandmother, Mohammed enters the home with a bottle of gasoline pouring it all over his toddler and put fire on him. Barbod’s grandmother could only involve after hearing the child’s screams. Neighbors took Barbod to hospital immediately while Police also took Mohammed to hospital as he was also partially burnt in the scene.
According to the article published by Benjamin Sadr, a Rooz-online journalist, child abuse rate has doubled in Iran over a year, mostly as a result of increasing poverty and families tough financial problems, as quoted by Dr. Mostafa Eghlima, the head of Academic Association of Social Workers in Iran. "While the state’s prisons are accommodating three times of their capacity, divorce rate increased 6% compared to previous year and marriage decreased by 2% in a similar period, it is anticipated to see child abuse rates and other social problems to increase as a result" , said Dr. Eghlima.
Iran’s poverty line is believed to be $1000 USD, according to Dr. Eghlima but neither officially confirmed nor denied by any state authorities. Average wage rate for workers is $330 USD a month, while a small apartment rents $500 USD. This inequality brings in all different types of social harms and problems in one way or another.
As per state’s law the custody of children remains for the father unless he is found to be incapable or disqualified to keep the child under certain conditions.
“It is true that according to the law, a father can take the custody of his child at any time with a court order" said Dr. Eghlima. "By law, even if a father kills his child, he faces no retribution. However, the law also requires a father’s mental and psychological health to be confirmed by the Medical Examiner before placing the child in his custody. At first, all the factors which have brought about child abuse must be identified and resolved, and the only group that is qualified to do so is the Welfare Organization.”
Nima, 4 year old son, bitten to death
A week before Barbod was burnt by his father, Nima, another 4 years old boy was reported bitten to death by his parents. The Mofid children hospital received the boy taken to hospital by his own parents. Iranian Students’ News Agency – ISNA- [link to English Home Page of the website] quoted one of hospital’s staff saying: “ At arrival time [to the hospital] the boy admitted he was burnt by his father, but later he refrained to confirm the same when facing any follow-up questions, clearly showing he is fearful to talk.”
The reports and the photo published in ISNA’s website indicate that Nima had severe degree of burning all over his body including his genitals and extensive trauma in both eyes. However some of the burning and cuts are old, belonging to the past.
No clear reason has been disclosed yet as why the parents tortured their own son. Yet after only 10 days in hospital, Nima was taken home yesterday, May 22, 2011 by the parents once he was released from the hospital. According to ISNA, Leila Arshad, a board member of Children Rights Support Association, reacted to the news: “Since there are some supportive institutes (to take action) it is not justifiable to let Nima go back to his abusive parents.” She further added: “Traumas, broken bones, old scars, burnt body and particularly burnt genitals clearly show that his parents have done all these so deliberately. Therefore it can’t be justified merely as over-anger sudden crime.”
Hanieh, 8 years old girl, tortured by stepfather catastrophically
The first heartbreaking child abuse news of the year in Iran published by Iranian Mehr News Agency a month ago. According to Mehr reporter, Hanieh, 8 years old girl, has survived all unbelievable types of physical attacks and tortures a child can bear, including burning by cigarettes, boiling water, and hot metallic objects. She has also suffered most aggressive attacks resulting in several broken bones, broken hands, legs, elbows, head, and sever eyes trauma.
Mehr News Agency has published afterwards a series of reports and photos about Hanieh’ status ever since she was taken to hospital barely alive, on late April 2011.
In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Dr. Kamran Aghakhani, specialist and forensic expert said: “We see quite a lot of child abuse cases, but Hanieh’s case is not comparable to any other one. The extent of tortures on Hanieh is so much that cannot be described.”
“It is so tragic! Is hard to believe that whoever tortured her has any human heart or mind.” Dr. Aghakhani added.
Hanieh told the hospital staff that she was living with an addicted mother and stepfather who had not given her anything to eat over the past four days.
Mehr News Agency followed up on Hanieh’s status after couple of weeks she was in the hospital, only to find out that Hanieh was not yet ready to undergo several surgeries that are critical in her overall treatment. Apart from severe physical and body damage, she has been mentally suffered to the extent it makes her operations more risky and complex.
The stepfather has been arrested and waiting for a trial.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Judge to return severely abused 4-year-old boy to abusive father (Tehran, Iran)
Want to know what a fathers rights future holds? Look to places like Iran. Start with the misleading headline. The "parents" were not abusive, according to the boy. It was his father who abused him. There is no specific mention of a mother at all. And now this poor little boy is to be returned to "his father," who has the legal right to kill him under Islamic law.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.nl-aid.org/domain/child/iranian-judge-returns-severely-abused-4-year-old-to-abusive-parents/
Iranian judge returns severely abused 4 year old to abusive parentsPosted on | mei 20, 2011
A judge in Tehran recently ruled yesterday that four year old Nima who was recently severely abused by his parents will be returned to his father after spending only ten days in Mofid Children’s hospital, according to the state run Iranian news agency ISNA. Nima is the second victim of child abuse in the past month.
“Nima suffered injuries from severe beatings from his parents who burned various parts of his body, including his genitals, and caused deep bruising around his eyes. He was transfered to the hospital on May 8th. Upon arrival at the hospital, Nima told the staff that his father had burned his body,” said the report.
Mostafa Eghlima, the President of the Academic Association of Social Workers in Iran told ISNA, “According to the law, a father may refer to the Judiciary any time he wishes to collect his child.” He added, “Even though the legal proceedings have allowed for Nima to return to his father, we must [know] how the presiding Judge came to the decision that the father is qualified to care for Nima.”
According to paragraph 220 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, if the father or father’s father kills his child or grandchild, he will not be punished for murder. Physical punishment by a parent is permitted in Iranian law.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.nl-aid.org/domain/child/iranian-judge-returns-severely-abused-4-year-old-to-abusive-parents/
Iranian judge returns severely abused 4 year old to abusive parentsPosted on | mei 20, 2011
A judge in Tehran recently ruled yesterday that four year old Nima who was recently severely abused by his parents will be returned to his father after spending only ten days in Mofid Children’s hospital, according to the state run Iranian news agency ISNA. Nima is the second victim of child abuse in the past month.
“Nima suffered injuries from severe beatings from his parents who burned various parts of his body, including his genitals, and caused deep bruising around his eyes. He was transfered to the hospital on May 8th. Upon arrival at the hospital, Nima told the staff that his father had burned his body,” said the report.
Mostafa Eghlima, the President of the Academic Association of Social Workers in Iran told ISNA, “According to the law, a father may refer to the Judiciary any time he wishes to collect his child.” He added, “Even though the legal proceedings have allowed for Nima to return to his father, we must [know] how the presiding Judge came to the decision that the father is qualified to care for Nima.”
According to paragraph 220 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, if the father or father’s father kills his child or grandchild, he will not be punished for murder. Physical punishment by a parent is permitted in Iranian law.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Dad attempts "honor killing" in US? (Peoria, Arizona)
Dad FALEH HASSAN ALMALEKI is wanted for running down his own 20-year-old daughter and another woman in a parking lot. The daughter has "life threatening injuries." Dad was apparently mad because his daughter was "too Westernized." Basically an attempted honor killing in Arizona.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Two-Peoria-women-hospitalized-after-hit-and-run-65101082.html
Man ran down daughter, friend in Peoria parking lot
by Jennifer Thomas
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Updated today at 10:34 AM
PEORIA -- Police say the driver who hit two women in a Peoria parking lot on Tuesday is the father of one of the victims.
According to the Peoria Police Department, two women were run down by a Jeep Cherokee in a parking lot near 89th Avenue and Peoria Road at approximately 2:05 p.m. Tuesday. After hitting the victims, the suspect fled the scene going west on Peoria Avenue.
The victims were transported to a Valley trauma center where Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, was reported to have life-threatening injuries and Amal Edan Khalaf, 43, had non-life threatening injuries.
After talking with family and friends, police detectives learned that Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, was the driver and he is the father of the younger victim.
According to police spokesman Mike Tellef, detectives say Almaleki was mad at his daughter as she had become too "westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraq values. He also reportedly had made threats toward her.
Police are looking for Almaleki, who was driving a gray or silver 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee during the hit-and-run. The vehicle's Arizona license plate is ADS-9192.
If anyone has information on this case or knows where police can find Almaleki, call Silent Witness or the Peoria Police Tip Line at 623-773-7045.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Two-Peoria-women-hospitalized-after-hit-and-run-65101082.html
Man ran down daughter, friend in Peoria parking lot
by Jennifer Thomas
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Updated today at 10:34 AM
PEORIA -- Police say the driver who hit two women in a Peoria parking lot on Tuesday is the father of one of the victims.
According to the Peoria Police Department, two women were run down by a Jeep Cherokee in a parking lot near 89th Avenue and Peoria Road at approximately 2:05 p.m. Tuesday. After hitting the victims, the suspect fled the scene going west on Peoria Avenue.
The victims were transported to a Valley trauma center where Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, was reported to have life-threatening injuries and Amal Edan Khalaf, 43, had non-life threatening injuries.
After talking with family and friends, police detectives learned that Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, was the driver and he is the father of the younger victim.
According to police spokesman Mike Tellef, detectives say Almaleki was mad at his daughter as she had become too "westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraq values. He also reportedly had made threats toward her.
Police are looking for Almaleki, who was driving a gray or silver 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee during the hit-and-run. The vehicle's Arizona license plate is ADS-9192.
If anyone has information on this case or knows where police can find Almaleki, call Silent Witness or the Peoria Police Tip Line at 623-773-7045.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Dad kills 6 people, including first wife and son; wounds 11 others (Tehran, Iran)
Dad MOHAMMAD A. is basically a family anihilator, Iranian-style. He killed six people (including his first wife and daughter) and wounded 11 others (including his second wife and son). Despite the usual newspaper blather about a "family disputes" or "family problems," this wasn't about the family. This was about Dad "loosing control." Got to have that control, ya know. Even when innocent people have to die because Dad's a screwed-up mess.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090824T210000-0500_158151_OBS_IRANIAN_MAN_KILLS_WIFE__DAUGHTER__FOUR_OTHERS.asp
Iranian man kills wife, daughter, four others
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - An Iranian man killed six people including his first wife and a daughter in a shooting rampage in Tehran province after a family dispute, the ISNA news agency reported yesterday.
"The first wife of the shooter, his daughter and four other young people between the ages of 10 and 24 were killed," the agency quoted provincial police commander Alireza Akbar Shahi as saying.
Akbar Shahi said the gunman - a polygamist identified only as Mohammad A - also wounded 11 people including his second wife and a son.
"On Sunday evening we received calls about a shooting in the Qods residential area of the town of Shahriar," Akbar Shahi said, adding that the 65-year-old had planned to kill his wives because of family problems.
The victims all lived in the same building as the gunman, the police commander said, adding that the man said he "lost control" and began shooting people. Police said they have also seized several weapons.
Polygamy is allowed in the Islamic republic where the legal system is based on Islamic sharia law.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090824T210000-0500_158151_OBS_IRANIAN_MAN_KILLS_WIFE__DAUGHTER__FOUR_OTHERS.asp
Iranian man kills wife, daughter, four others
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - An Iranian man killed six people including his first wife and a daughter in a shooting rampage in Tehran province after a family dispute, the ISNA news agency reported yesterday.
"The first wife of the shooter, his daughter and four other young people between the ages of 10 and 24 were killed," the agency quoted provincial police commander Alireza Akbar Shahi as saying.
Akbar Shahi said the gunman - a polygamist identified only as Mohammad A - also wounded 11 people including his second wife and a son.
"On Sunday evening we received calls about a shooting in the Qods residential area of the town of Shahriar," Akbar Shahi said, adding that the 65-year-old had planned to kill his wives because of family problems.
The victims all lived in the same building as the gunman, the police commander said, adding that the man said he "lost control" and began shooting people. Police said they have also seized several weapons.
Polygamy is allowed in the Islamic republic where the legal system is based on Islamic sharia law.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Dad in "Not Without My Daughter" dies (Tehran, Iran)
Many of you may recall the book "Not Without My Daughter" or the 1991 film of the same name. BOZORG MAHMOODY, the radical Islamic/abusive father that tried to block his American wife from taking their daughter to the U.S. after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, has now died.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1496848.php/Father-in-Not-Without-My-Daughter-book-dies-in-Tehran
Father in "Not Without My Daughter" book dies in Tehran
Middle East News
Aug 22, 2009, 19:48 GMT
Tehran - The father in the bestseller book 'Not Without My Daughter' by Betty Mahmoody died in Tehran at the age of 70 after a kidney problem, one of his relatives told official news agency IRNA Saturday.
Bozorg Mahmoody was the main character in his ex-wife's book which exposed Iranian husbands' privileges in child custody cases due to the Islamic laws.
The book dealt with the Mahmoody family, including the little daughter Mahtab, which returned from the US to Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution, in line with the husband's religious sentiments and close political ideology with the post-monarchy clergy system.
After Betty Mahmoody realized that neither she nor her daughter could bear the living conditions in Iran, especially the sudden change of her husband from a Western-style physician to a dogmatic Muslim, she decided to return to the US with her daughter.
The husband however prohibited her from taking their little daughter to the US by using the Islamic laws which grant the father child custody.
The desperate American woman however paid smugglers to take her out of the country and after an adventurous trip, mother and child crossed the border to Turkey.
Both the book and the 1991 film - directed by Brian Gilbert, starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina - made Iranians quite upset for having tarnished the image of Iranians worldwide.
Observers say that although the book by Betty Mahmoody, now 64, did not represent all Iranian men married to foreign nationals and exaggerated several aspects, child custody laws in Iran still favour men.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1496848.php/Father-in-Not-Without-My-Daughter-book-dies-in-Tehran
Father in "Not Without My Daughter" book dies in Tehran
Middle East News
Aug 22, 2009, 19:48 GMT
Tehran - The father in the bestseller book 'Not Without My Daughter' by Betty Mahmoody died in Tehran at the age of 70 after a kidney problem, one of his relatives told official news agency IRNA Saturday.
Bozorg Mahmoody was the main character in his ex-wife's book which exposed Iranian husbands' privileges in child custody cases due to the Islamic laws.
The book dealt with the Mahmoody family, including the little daughter Mahtab, which returned from the US to Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution, in line with the husband's religious sentiments and close political ideology with the post-monarchy clergy system.
After Betty Mahmoody realized that neither she nor her daughter could bear the living conditions in Iran, especially the sudden change of her husband from a Western-style physician to a dogmatic Muslim, she decided to return to the US with her daughter.
The husband however prohibited her from taking their little daughter to the US by using the Islamic laws which grant the father child custody.
The desperate American woman however paid smugglers to take her out of the country and after an adventurous trip, mother and child crossed the border to Turkey.
Both the book and the 1991 film - directed by Brian Gilbert, starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina - made Iranians quite upset for having tarnished the image of Iranians worldwide.
Observers say that although the book by Betty Mahmoody, now 64, did not represent all Iranian men married to foreign nationals and exaggerated several aspects, child custody laws in Iran still favour men.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
UPDATE: Children tell of 'hell' under abusive father (Uppsala, Sweden)
UPDATE: I orginally posted about this case on July 15. But the case is such an extreme case of abuse and control that it really requires an update. The UNNAMED DAD here is a classic example of a domestic terrorist abuser.
http://www.thelocal.se/20874/20090723/
Children tell of 'hell' under abusive father
Published: 23 Jul 09 16:30
Three children of a father accused of abusing and imprisoning his family spoke out on Thursday as the trial of the 58-year-old kicked off in Uppsala in eastern Sweden.
Despite the fact that the children are born in Sweden, two of them needed interpreters in court. They testified about abuse, fear and never having attended school.
The father warned of the dangers of Swedish society, telling his children they would be raped and lobotomized and that all Swedes were racists.
“If all the children in Sweden were lobotomized, why are they so happy?” recalled one of the daughters, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
Between September 2003 and March 2004, the children were confined to the family's apartment, never leaving the dwelling once, according to public prosecutor Johan Strömbäck.
Three of the children have sought compensation totaling 148,000 kronor ($20,000) for deprivation of liberty (frihetsberövande), including missing out on their education.
During a morning court hearing, three of the man's four children testified about their experience while confined by their dominating father, who is a native of Iran.
The 17-year-old son related how he peered out of the bathroom window and watched other children play, thinking that “we want to go to school, we want to live like other children.”
“It was hell, it's impossible to describe. If I think about it, my entire soul quakes,” he said.
His brother, who is a year older, described how he spent long periods crying and crying, and talked about his desire to go and play football with other children.
But he wasn't allowed to go outside, or to have any friends.
“We always got to play the quite game,” explained one of the sons, according to the Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT) newspaper.“I remember one time when I was horsing around loudly and he took me to another room and forced a glass jar filled with pepper in my mouth.”
Both brothers needed the assistance of an interpreter, but their 22-year-old sister testified in clear Swedish. She said that she had to fight to learn the language, despite the fact that she was born in Sweden, just like her brothers. She explained that she clearly remembered how smug her father was when he learned that children who were not residing in Sweden were exempt from compulsory school attendance.
“He has deprived us of our rights as Swedish citizens,” the daughter said. “I’ve never attended school, either in Iran or in Sweden. Not one single minute.”
The children's mother also testified during the emotionally charged hearing.“They don't know what the inside of a school, or a classroom, or a bank looks like,” she said. “I sometimes felt like he had control our breathing.”
Shortly after her husband's arrest on June 27th, the woman filed for divorce, citing that the man had abused her and the children for 20 some years. She has also requested that she be given sole custody of the two children who are still under 18.
The youngest child, a 16-year-old daughter was treated differently than the others, and doesn't believe she was deprived of her freedom. Prosecutors were delayed in bringing charges against the man after uncertainties arose regarding his identify.
According to the original indictment, the father is listed as being 68-years-old, but according to Strömbäck he is actually a decade younger. "He says himself that a mistake was made in the translation of his original documents," the lawyer said.
When the 58-year-old man took the stand in the afternoon, he denied all the accusations against him, claiming his wife and children were lying.
He said his children had made up their stories out of fear of their mother.“She’s taken over the whole family and controls their lives, not me,” he said.
He claimed that his wife was a “fundamentalist” and wanted to send the children to schools in Iran run by mullahs.
The father also refuted accusations that he had beaten his children.“I’m against violence, it’s the mother who is violent,” he said.“She does what she wants in the name of Islam.”
He said his children did in fact attend school in Iran and that there are diplomas to prove it at the country’s education ministry.
However, the 58-year-old was unable to produce any diplomas in court.
According to him, the children’s mother forbid them from attending school in Sweden.“They want to make me look like a monster,” he said.
http://www.thelocal.se/20874/20090723/
Children tell of 'hell' under abusive father
Published: 23 Jul 09 16:30
Three children of a father accused of abusing and imprisoning his family spoke out on Thursday as the trial of the 58-year-old kicked off in Uppsala in eastern Sweden.
Despite the fact that the children are born in Sweden, two of them needed interpreters in court. They testified about abuse, fear and never having attended school.
The father warned of the dangers of Swedish society, telling his children they would be raped and lobotomized and that all Swedes were racists.
“If all the children in Sweden were lobotomized, why are they so happy?” recalled one of the daughters, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
Between September 2003 and March 2004, the children were confined to the family's apartment, never leaving the dwelling once, according to public prosecutor Johan Strömbäck.
Three of the children have sought compensation totaling 148,000 kronor ($20,000) for deprivation of liberty (frihetsberövande), including missing out on their education.
During a morning court hearing, three of the man's four children testified about their experience while confined by their dominating father, who is a native of Iran.
The 17-year-old son related how he peered out of the bathroom window and watched other children play, thinking that “we want to go to school, we want to live like other children.”
“It was hell, it's impossible to describe. If I think about it, my entire soul quakes,” he said.
His brother, who is a year older, described how he spent long periods crying and crying, and talked about his desire to go and play football with other children.
But he wasn't allowed to go outside, or to have any friends.
“We always got to play the quite game,” explained one of the sons, according to the Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT) newspaper.“I remember one time when I was horsing around loudly and he took me to another room and forced a glass jar filled with pepper in my mouth.”
Both brothers needed the assistance of an interpreter, but their 22-year-old sister testified in clear Swedish. She said that she had to fight to learn the language, despite the fact that she was born in Sweden, just like her brothers. She explained that she clearly remembered how smug her father was when he learned that children who were not residing in Sweden were exempt from compulsory school attendance.
“He has deprived us of our rights as Swedish citizens,” the daughter said. “I’ve never attended school, either in Iran or in Sweden. Not one single minute.”
The children's mother also testified during the emotionally charged hearing.“They don't know what the inside of a school, or a classroom, or a bank looks like,” she said. “I sometimes felt like he had control our breathing.”
Shortly after her husband's arrest on June 27th, the woman filed for divorce, citing that the man had abused her and the children for 20 some years. She has also requested that she be given sole custody of the two children who are still under 18.
The youngest child, a 16-year-old daughter was treated differently than the others, and doesn't believe she was deprived of her freedom. Prosecutors were delayed in bringing charges against the man after uncertainties arose regarding his identify.
According to the original indictment, the father is listed as being 68-years-old, but according to Strömbäck he is actually a decade younger. "He says himself that a mistake was made in the translation of his original documents," the lawyer said.
When the 58-year-old man took the stand in the afternoon, he denied all the accusations against him, claiming his wife and children were lying.
He said his children had made up their stories out of fear of their mother.“She’s taken over the whole family and controls their lives, not me,” he said.
He claimed that his wife was a “fundamentalist” and wanted to send the children to schools in Iran run by mullahs.
The father also refuted accusations that he had beaten his children.“I’m against violence, it’s the mother who is violent,” he said.“She does what she wants in the name of Islam.”
He said his children did in fact attend school in Iran and that there are diplomas to prove it at the country’s education ministry.
However, the 58-year-old was unable to produce any diplomas in court.
According to him, the children’s mother forbid them from attending school in Sweden.“They want to make me look like a monster,” he said.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Dad locks up 4 children, wife in apartment; kids not allowed to go to school (Uppsala, Sweden)
UNNAMED DAD is arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife and 4 children locked up in their apartment. The children, who range in age from 16 to 22, were not allowed to attend school.
http://www.news24.com/Content/World/News/1073/501d17d7b5124aa2b3e53072f1b642c1/13-07-2009%2010-07/Father_locks_up_wife,_kids
Father locks up wife, kids
2009-07-13 22:04
Stockholm - A man has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife and four teenage and young adult children locked up at home for several years, Swedish police said on Monday.
The case was unravelled at the end of June when police officers were alerted to an altercation at the family's flat in Uppsala, some 70km north-west of Stockholm.
Other details emerged while the police officers were at the flat, police spokesperson Christer Nordstrom told the German Press Agency dpa.
The children, aged 16 to 22, were apparently not allowed to attend school and like their mother were not allowed to leave the flat without being accompanied by the father, Nordstrom said.
Formal charges have yet to be presented against the man. The investigation includes suspicions that he assaulted his wife and unlawfully detained the children, Nordstrom said.
The man and his wife came to Sweden from Iran in 1985 and have Swedish citizenship, as do the children. The family has revisited Iran on numerous occasions. In 2004 the whole family left Sweden and did not return until early this year, Nordstrom said.
Local authorities have launched a separate probe into how the children had been kept out of school for so many years.
- SAPA
http://www.news24.com/Content/World/News/1073/501d17d7b5124aa2b3e53072f1b642c1/13-07-2009%2010-07/Father_locks_up_wife,_kids
Father locks up wife, kids
2009-07-13 22:04
Stockholm - A man has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife and four teenage and young adult children locked up at home for several years, Swedish police said on Monday.
The case was unravelled at the end of June when police officers were alerted to an altercation at the family's flat in Uppsala, some 70km north-west of Stockholm.
Other details emerged while the police officers were at the flat, police spokesperson Christer Nordstrom told the German Press Agency dpa.
The children, aged 16 to 22, were apparently not allowed to attend school and like their mother were not allowed to leave the flat without being accompanied by the father, Nordstrom said.
Formal charges have yet to be presented against the man. The investigation includes suspicions that he assaulted his wife and unlawfully detained the children, Nordstrom said.
The man and his wife came to Sweden from Iran in 1985 and have Swedish citizenship, as do the children. The family has revisited Iran on numerous occasions. In 2004 the whole family left Sweden and did not return until early this year, Nordstrom said.
Local authorities have launched a separate probe into how the children had been kept out of school for so many years.
- SAPA
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