The
Dominic Johansson Case: Home schooled boy snatched from plane in Sweden
A series of articles in different media, September 7,
2009 --
By Bob Unruh
Social-services agents in Sweden
have swooped down on an elementary school to grab a 9-year-old boy and take him
out of class so he would not meet an internationally known human-rights attorney working on the family's custody
dispute with the state, according to the attorney and parents.
Government officials then cancelled a
scheduled telephone conversation between the child, Domenic Johansson,
and his parents, Christer and Annie, because of "what happened today at
the school."
WorldNetDaily,
wnd.com, May 11, 2010
By Bob Unruh
A top human rights expert who also is accomplished in Swedish law has been
assigned to help a homeschool family whose 7-year-old son was taken into
custody by police and has been detained by social services agents in Sweden for
almost a year.
The startling assignment by Swedish
courts of attorney Ruby Harrold-Claesson to the case of Christer and Annie
Johansson came only days after WND reported on
a campaign by the Home School Legal Defense
Association for homeschoolers and others worldwide to contact Swedish
authorities about the case.
WorldNetDaily,
wnd.com -April 30, 2010
By Bob Unruh
Members of Sweden's parliament
are being warned to drop plans to change their homeschooling
laws or they soon could be on par with Germany, where
persecution over homeschooling recently prompted a family to flee to the U.S.
for asylum.
The warning comes from the
Virginia-based Home School Legal Defense Association,
the premier homeschooling-advocacy organization in the world.
WorldNetDaily, wnd.com, April 26, 2010
Parents
plead for return of 7-year-old son. Dad, mom being allowed 1 hour visit every
5 weeks
By Bob Unruh
A plea has been sent worldwide for moms, dads, brothers, aunts and grandparents
– in fact anyone – to contact Swedish authorities and ask them to return to his
parents a 7-year-old boy taken
into police custody over a
dispute that includes the family's decision to homeschool.
WorldNetDaily,
wnd.com, April 19, 2010
State takes custody
of 7-year-old over homeschooling. Now human rights organizations reviewing
'state-napping'
By Bob Unruh
Social workers have been visiting a Swedish couple
whose son was "abducted" by government agents last year because he
was being homeschooled, but that's not necessarily a good sign, and now two
major rights organizations are exploring options to reunite the family.
The Home
School Legal Defense Association and
members of the Alliance Defense Fund
have been advising Christer and Annie Johansson on the
"state-napping" of their son, Dominic, 7, from an airliner as the
family was preparing to move to India last year.
WorldNetDaily, wnd.com - February 27, 2010
Swedish family
persecuted for homeschooling
Purcellville, VA—Christer
and Annie Johansson, a Christian homeschooling family, are in the unimaginable
position of permanently losing custody of their only child, 7-year-old Dominic
Johansson, simply because they homeschool.
HSLDA
Press Release, hslda.org - December 22, 2009
Court
Upholds State-Sponsored “Kidnapping” of Homeschooled Boy
As
most people count their blessings and prepare to enjoy Christmas with family,
many others face serious struggles. Among these is the Swedish family of Annie
and Christer Johansson whose only child, 7-year-old Dominic Johansson, was
“kidnapped” by Swedish authorities in June of this year as the family was on a
plane leaving the country for a new life and home in India. Annie Johansson is
from India where her entire family lives.
HOME SCHOOLING / INTERNATIONAL, hslda.org - December 22, 2009
What
happened next with boy snatched from plane in Sweden?
Mats Tunehags Blog
The 7 year old Domenic were taken from his parents in late June because they
wanted to home school him. Dominic is
still not reunited with his family; his mother Annie is critically ill (trauma)
and his father Christer is going through sleepless nights fighting for justice
for his family.
Världen idag, varldenidag.se - 2009-09-22
Home
schooled boy grabbed by police on plane in Sweden
By Don Hank
Home Education foundation hef.org.nz - October 2009
Sweden—the
Next Germany for Homeschoolers?
Home
School Legal Defense Association has sent a formal letter of inquiry to the
head of a local Swedish social services unit as well as several other Swedish
and American government officials inquiring about the case of Annie and
Christer Johansson of Gottland, Sweden.
HSLDA Press Release, hslda.org - September 16, 2009
Police 'nab'
7-year-old homeschooler. Officials took child from plane as it was about to
take off
By Bob Unruh
A mother and father are going public with details about how Swedish social-services
officials had police halt a plane en route to takeoff in order to take custody
of their 7-year-old son after they had argued with local school officials about
his homeschooling.
"I'm no better than other people.
I'm just a normal human being, trying my best to do what I feel is important
both in my life and in this world. My family is maybe a little different from
the norm, but, when did that become a crime," the father, Christer
Johannson, has written on the Swedish
website Vaken.
WorldNetDaily,
wnd.com, September 09, 2009
Home schooled
boy grabbed by police on plane in Sweden
By Don Hank
Christer and Annie Johannson are a Swedish couple from
Gotland that attempted last year to home school their son Dominic, a bright and
happy 7 year old, just prior to their leaving the country to take up residence
in India. They made all the right moves, informing the school of their plans.
LAIGLESFORUM -
September 7, 2009