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unsuccessful attempt at suicide. More
Current AffairsCzech Constitutional Court rules against sending ten-year-old boy to psychiatric facility due to custody battle
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mother fighting to prevent her ten-year-old son – a perfectly healthy boy
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six months there during his parents’ custody battle on the basis of a
previous court ruling. The court dealt with the case at the instigation of
the boy’s father who demanded that the boy be taken from his mother’s
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Current AffairsMinister slams judge in Kuřim abuse case
Few cases have been more shocking or sickening than the Kuřim child abuse
case which went to trial last week. Since it began new headlines and
explicit details have followed daily, describing how Ondřej and Jakub
Mauer were subjected to psychological terror and physical abuse by a
number
of adults, including their own mother. The sensitive nature of the case
has
led some, including government Minister Cyril Svoboda to criticise the
presiding judge in the case for choosing to leave proceedings open. More
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