{"id":7888,"date":"2014-07-01T00:48:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T22:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2014-07-04T00:50:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T22:50:57","slug":"help-the-solidarity-network-from-most-czech-republic-in-their-conflict-related-to-child-chicane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/?p=7888","title":{"rendered":"Help the Solidarity Network from Most (Czech Republic) in their conflict related to child chicane"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Solidarity Network from Most (MSS) would like to ask you to send this protest e-mail to the Social Affairs Department of Most City Hall. Its employee from the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children abused her position and violated the rights and dignity of a seven-year-old Jakub G. You can show your support easily by filling this simple e-form<\/a> with a model protest letter that will be sent to the department. This is the second conflict of the MSS preceded by a victory in the case against Zepter International Ltd. from last year (see the article Solidarity Network from Most, Czech (MSS) got unpaid commissions from Zepter<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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What is the conflict about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In April 2014, two sons of \u017daneta G. had a minor argument on their way to school. Romana Vojtov\u00e1, an employee of Most City Hall working at the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children, noticed the incident. According to her statement, the seven-year-old Jakub was threatening his eleven-year-old brother\u2019s life. She intervened, asked the older brother for their mother\u2019s phone number and sent him to school. She then took the younger of two boys to her office, where she threatened to send him to institutional care if he repeats his behavior.<\/p>\n

It took several days for Jakub\u2019s mother to calm him down. He would often cry, afraid that he would be separated from his mom and placed in a youth detention center. He considered Ms Vojtov\u00e1\u2019s threats as real, unable to perceive that they cannot be enforced.<\/p>\n

There is no indication that the children were in any danger due to their behaviour, and even if they were, what Romana Vojtov\u00e1 did was not right. To take a child away on his way to school and repeatedly threaten him that he would be taken from his parents and sent into a youth detention center means exposing him to trauma which may affect his future development. It is unacceptable to harm anyone like this and justify it by claiming that it was done in his best interests and to ensure his safety.<\/p>\n

\u017daneta wrote a complaint about the behavior of Ms Vojtov\u00e1 to the Head of Department who responded that Vojtov\u00e1\u2019s action had not been problematic. \u017daneta decided not to give up and contacted the MSS.<\/p>\n

What has been done until now:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together with \u017daneta, MSS first defined the main goals:<\/p>\n

a) Confession by Romana Vojtov\u00e1 that she made a mistake and her sincere expression of regret.<\/strong> This step is a necessary part of prevention, i.e. reducing the risk that the same problem will repeat if Romana Vojtov\u00e1 deals with \u017daneta\u2019s sons or other children in the future.<\/p>\n

b) Re-training and instruction on correct practice in the field of social and legal protection of children, with particular stress put on an empathic and sensitive approach when solving problems related to children and their parents. <\/strong>We also require evidence that such training will occur or has occurred.<\/p>\n

c) Personal apology to the mother and children. <\/strong>If Romana Vojtov\u00e1 (who caused this traumatic situation) apologizes to Jakub and admits her mistake, it can significantly reduce the risk of negative consequences in Jakub\u2019s mental development. The apology is needed in particular to reduce Jakub\u2019s fear of the threat of being removed from parents and placed in a youth detention center. There is no evidence that such a threat was justified and feasible under the current circumstances.<\/p>\n

On 4th June 2014 MSS together with \u017daneta handed over a letter to Romana Vojtov\u00e1 as well as the Head of Department Nad\u011b\u017eda Krupczov\u00e1, describing the problem and the proposed solution. A deadline of seven days was given to solve the situation, which was not met.<\/p>\n

Show your support – Send an e-mail!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Solidarity Network from Most, Czech (MSS) decided to launch a campaign to achieve the above mentioned goals. The first step is sending protest e-mails<\/a><\/strong>. Further steps will follow until the situation is resolved.<\/p>\n

It is very easy to send an email – you can find a model letter with all the necessary e-mail addresses here (you can change the text if you like). The protest letter will be sent to the Head of the relevant department Nade\u017eda Krupczov\u00e1, youth social curator Romana Vojtov\u00e1, the secretary of the City Hall Jaroslava Boudov\u00e1 and to the Department of Social Affairs.<\/p>\n

The campaign counts on the involvement of groups and individuals in Czech Republic and abroad. If many people send a protest email, it will be an important sign for the employees of the City Hall that a lot of people support \u017daneta\u2019s struggle.<\/p>\n

The protest e-mail addressed to specific employees of the Department of Social Affairs of the City Hall in Most<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hereby I join the international protest against the actions of Ms Romana Vojtov\u00e1, an employee of the City Hall in Most. She inappropriately intervened in the rights of a minor Jakub G. and threatened his mental development by exposing him to a stressful and traumatizing situation.<\/p>\n

Ms Romana Vojtov\u00e1 is an officer in the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children and should know how to deal with children with empathy and sensitivity. She took Jakub to her office and threatened him that he will be taken from his mother and put into a youth detention center. What she did was extremely insensitive and inconsiderate and I deem it indefensible.<\/p>\n

Until the situation is rectified, I will inform people about this case not only in the country where I live, but also elsewhere in the world. I will also support all forms of protest against such practices in your department.<\/p>\n

Hereby I express solidarity with Mrs. \u017daneta G. and her sons and emphasize the willingness to stand up for their rights.<\/p>\n

Name, city, country (or organization) and date<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Solidarity Network from Most, Czech (MSS)<\/strong><\/p>\n


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Solidarity Network from Most (MSS) would like to ask you to send this protest e-mail to the Social Affairs Department of Most City Hall. Its employee from the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children abused her position and violated the rights and dignity of a seven-year-old Jakub G. You can show your support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-co-se-pise-jinde","category-solidarita-v-praxi","category-vsechny-prispevky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8517"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7889,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888\/revisions\/7889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asal.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}