PRESS RELEASE
To all local and international media outlets
from the Bulgarian National Group ‘No to the Strategy for the Child 2019-2030’ with 157.000 members
and from the ROD Association, Parents United for Children
On 7 September 2019 we are organizing a national protest across Bulgaria in most major cities,
parallel with international protests in Oslo Norway and in 14 other nations, under them theme:
STOP! BARNEVERNET IDEOLOGY
As concerned parents and with the support of reputable lawyers, we oppose the ideology financed by Norway’s Child Protection Services Barnevernet that undermines the traditional family and gives the CPS and dubious NGOs wrong powers to interfere in normal family life. We oppose the new legislation based on the Strategy for the Child. We are raising awareness of the tragic consequences when families are torn apart in the name of child protection. The Norwegian financial mechanism has been spreading their type of child ‘protection’ in several nations where legislation has dramatically changed. In Bulgaria over twenty new laws have been adopted that will change the way families are treated by social services. We oppose these type of state-sponsored interference.
UPCOMING EVENTS
4 September 2019 SOFIA
National car protest against the Third Facultative Protocol
5 September 2019 SOFIA
Press conference at BTA (Bulgarian Telegraph Agency) on the topic ‘Norwegian Barnevernet know-how to control civil society all over the world.’ Participants: Alexander and Valentin Zhelev, lawyers and parents.
7 September 2019 national and international protests across Bulgaria and 16 other nations
Sofia at 12:00 in front of the Norwegian Consulate
https://www.facebook.com/events/2645134938839210/
Varna at 12:00 Kozirkata (Visor) and procession to the Norwegian Consulate in Varna https://www.facebook.com/events/2360051800740662/
Plovdiv at 9.30 Car procession, starts from the parking on the ring road on the SPS next to Metro, onto the Trakiya highway and ends in Sofia with participation in the national protest in front of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sofia – https://www.facebook.com/events/2619745924716096/
Burgas at 12:00 in front of the Municipality https://www.facebook.com/events/488846665013824/
Pazardzhik at 12:00 in front of the Municipality https://www.facebook.com/events/1267153733445164/
Petrich at 11:00 in front of City Hall – https://www.facebook.com/events/2087328661560755/
Blagoevgrad at 17:30 Car procession, starts from „Neofit Rilski“ https://www.facebook.com/events/327989294752537/
Sandanski at 18:00 Car procession Technomarket parking
https://www.facebook.com/events/657094071466479/
Pleven at 10:30 Car procession from the monument at the beginning of the city garden (opposite the museum) to the theater. Plus Car procession at 17:30 Praktiker parking https://www.facebook.com/events/1179564302230939/
Levski at 17:00 in front of the Municipality – https://www.facebook.com/events/1242323289278511/
Yambol at 18:00 Car procession, starts at Mr. Technopolis parking https://www.facebook.com/events/880007302386055/
Stara Zagora at 18:00 in front of the regional administration (Syndicate house) https://www.facebook.com/events/382672745725560/
Sliven at 12:00 in front of the Municipality
https://www.facebook.com/events/2225113617801307/
Kardzhali at 18:00 in front of the monument of Vasil Levski with a procession in the city center
https://www.facebook.com/events/372854806737512/
Ruse at 18:00 from the ‘Vase’ to the Monument of Freedom
https://www.facebook.com/events/407163599915226/
Pernik at 17:30 Car procession, starts at Kaufland Parking, East district https://www.facebook.com/events/360730701513470/
Montana at 17:30 The Fountain in front of the Municipality, Zheravitsa Square https://www.facebook.com/events/450653445521845/
Smolyan at 12:00, Car procession. Meeting point: the turnoff to Pamporovo (the sign with the bear) https://www.facebook.com/events/367498357498543/
Dobrich at 12:00 in front of the Municipality
https://www.facebook.com/events/786011285187067/
Veliko Tarnovo at 17:30 Car protest beginning at the circus sqare https://www.facebook.com/events/452048568724932/
Silistra at 19:00 in front of the Municipality
https://www.facebook.com/events/2662123950473709/
Panagyurishte at 12:00 at Square ‘20th of April’
https://www.facebook.com/events/1306335352868766/
Vratsa at 6:00 in front of the Municipality
https://www.facebook.com/events/2421361197952470/
Haskovo will join the Sofia protest! Gathering point is the parking of the ‘21st Century’. Departure at 9:00
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS:
Protest in NORWAY
Oslo at 12:00 in front of the Parliament
https://www.facebook.com/events/2380690382187327/
Bergen at 15:00 in front of the police station
Protest in AUSTRIA
Vienna, Reisnerstraße 54-56 from 11:00 to 13:00 , organized by ‘Step up 4 Children’s Rights’
https://facebook.com/events/2387866164867936/
Protest in DENMARK
Copenhagen and Aarhus, 14:00, organized by Mikkel Meinike Nielsen and Kenneth Lau Jakobsen
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1422646951219835/
Protest in LITHUANIA
Vilnius at 12:00 organized by Sąjunga Vardan Šeimos
https://www.facebook.com/events/2415737351843427/
Protest in SPAIN
La Coruna at 11:00 in front of the Norwegian consulate, organized by Asociación Ex-Marinos Noruegos Long Hope
Benidorm at 11:00 in front of the Norwegian consulate organized by Alejandro Garcia
Protest in SERBIA
is currently specifying
Protest in ITALY
Rome in front of the consulate of Norway, organized by GESEF (Genitori Separati dai Figli)
Protest in CANADA
is currently specifying
Protest in USA: CPS Protest-online media campaign in all States. Organized by Operation Cps Accountability and Family Law Reform
https://www.facebook.com/events/351608042409723/
Protest in IRELAND
currently specifying
Protest in HAWAII
currently specifying
Protest in NEW ZEALAND
Auckland at 12:00 organized by Unite as a Nation and SAVE our TAMARIKI
https://www.facebook.com/events/2334270436621614/
Protest in POLAND
Warsaw at 13:00 the palace Zamkovius
https://www.facebook.com/events/895966890778530/
Protest in GERMANY
Berlin, Rauchstraße 1 from 10:30 to 11:30 organized by CitizenGO.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2339050066345140/
Protest in ROMANIA
currently specifying
Protest in ARMENIA
Yerevan in front of the EU office at 13:00, organized by Liberation movement
https://www.facebook.com/events/724840341296403/
Protest in RUSSIA
14 September 2019 in St. Petersburg and Moscow in front of the Norwegian consulate, organized by
Ассоциация родительских комитетов и сообществ России „АРКС“ / https://www.facebook.com/groups/arksorgmoskva/
16 September 2019
A TEACHERS’ PROTEST will be held in Sofia, which we fully support!
17 September 2019
Sofia, A PROTEST in support of the Bulgarian father Chavdar from Shumen. His case will be tried on this day in Sofia, which will be decided whether his children will be given from the Norwegian welfare system and placed into foster families in Norway, because the mother is likely to enter jail connected to a case of corruption.
28 September 2019
Sofia, national protest, people from all over the country will be joining.
29 September 2019
Sofia, International Forum ‘SOCIAL CHILD KIDNAPPING – THE HIDDEN WAR AGAINST THE FAMILY!’ Participants are international and local specialists in the field for the struggle for the security of the family and children, such as Vladimir Sheytanov (lawyer), Peter Nikolov (lawyer), Iliyana Mavrodieva (lawyer); Gabriele Kuby, a German sociologist, writer and international speaker, author of the book ‘The Global Sexual Revolution; Steven Bennett, co-founder of the initiative ‘Step up 4 Children’s Rights’ and author of the book ‘Stolen Childhood’; and Marius Reikeras, legal expert on human rights issues, especially regarding Norway.
We appeal all of you, journalists, reporters, photographers, we ask those of you with an alert civil conscience and active civil position to come and witness and report the event!
With respect,
A civil association with over 157.000 Bulgarian parents,
Members of the Facebook group ‘National Group No to the Strategy for the Child 2019-2030!’
ROD Association ‘Parents United for Children’
media@rod-bg.org