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Current AffairsChild abuse statistics give cause for alarm
A growing number of Czech children are at risk from their own parents or
guardians. According to a report just released by the Social Affairs
Ministry an increasing number of Czech children suffer physical, sexual
and psychological abuse in their own homes.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic puts brakes on international adoptions after death of child
About 40 children born in the Czech Republic have been adopted into
families beyond this country's borders each year since 2000. But now,
after the death of a Czech-born child entrusted to the care of a family in
Sweden, international adoptions have been temporarily halted until the
procedures undergo a review. Petr Sedlak, from the Brno-based Office for
the International Legal Protection of Children, explains the history of
international adoptions of Czech children.
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Current AffairsDramatic rescue of baby girl poses serious questions about child trafficking
The dramatic arrest on Thursday of three men who were allegedly trying to
sell a ten-month-old baby girl to Great Britain has shocked the nation.
Child activists have called for greater vigilance and tougher legislation,
while the Czech branch of UNICEF says this particular case is no exception.
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Current AffairsPlight of Vietnamese baby brings attention to law limiting foreigners' rights to health insurance
The cries of little Do have won the hearts of children's ward staff at a
hospital in the North Bohemian town of Most. Do was born prematurely and
had to spend months in an incubator. He suffers from a high blood sugar
level and has to undergo eye surgery. His parents are from Vietnam but
have been living in the Czech Republic for several years now. When Do was
born, his parents weren't Czech citizens and due to Czech law, their son
had no health insurance.
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Press ReviewPress Review
Today's Czech dailies all take note of the latest tragedy in Iraq - 18
Italian soldiers killed in the town of Nasiriya when a bomb went off: a
soldier hangs his head at the devastation on the cover of HOSPODARSKE
NOVINY while the headline proclaims "Americans look for a way to get
out of Iraq". Meanwhile, other stories making the front pages include
the US ambassador's role in lobbying for American F-16s for Prague, and a
legal case involving the interior minister and the weekly Respekt.
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