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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will usually sing the highest praises of Scandinavia, and I have family in Sweden.

But this is just so wrong, I don't know how it could go through, after being turned down by the court initially, and I don't know why India is not up in arms about it.

I hold Norway to a higher standard than this, clearly the children should be returned to their parents.  But enough of the talk: OP, is there noone in the Indian community collecting signatures? Are there no Indian lawyers jumping on this case?[/quote]

OP here: the Hindu-American foundation, based in DC, was the one big U.S.-based organization I've heard of so far that's taken up the cause. India is up in arms and the case has escalated to the highest levels of the Indian government. The children's maternal grandparents met with Indian President Pratibha Patel on 1/21 and she assured them she would work on getting the children released). I've pasted a link below to the story from Hindu-American Foundation's website. They met with the Norwegian ambassador to the U.S. and had a petition (now closed) that collected over 6,000 signatures. The part of the story I found very strange was that as of the day the story appeared on the foundation's website, the Norwegian Embassy was unable to confirm the agreement reached by India and Norway that would allow the children to be handed over to the children's paternal uncle. I've been searching for news coverage, and the only thing I can find it is that the father's brother left India last Wednesday (Feb. 1). There have been no reports that I can find on what has happened since, and when he will be able to take custody, if this is a legitimate agreement. I'm also surprised that, given the number of Indian-Americans who have weighed in, and the fact that these issues could easily affect Americans citizens abroad, that there has been no U.S. press coverage of the issue:

http://www.hafsite.org/HAF_encouraged_by_Norwegian_ambassador_meeting

Story from Indian Express about grandparents' meeting with Indian prez: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/president-assures-help-to-indian-couple-in-norway/902501/0

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