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Adoptiossa mukana ollut hallituksen jäsen kertoo että isälle selitettiin monta kertaa ja tämä sanoi ymmärtävänsä adoption oikeudessa.Eli isä valehtelee,luultavasti motivaationa raha.Toivottavasti asia selviää pian.Madonna on vieraan Oprah'in talk show'ssa USA:ssa keskiviikkona puhumassa asiasta.

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Malawi father knew of Madonna adoption plan - govt
Mon 23 Oct 2006 10:54 AM ET
By Mabvuto Banda

LILONGWE, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A senior Malawian government official on Monday dismissed as untrue remarks by an illiterate father who said he was misled into signing over his son for adoption by pop diva Madonna.

Yohane Banda, father of the one-year-old boy, told Reuters Television on Saturday that he never intended his son to be adopted by Madonna. He accused senior officials in government of not telling him the truth about the papers he signed.

"Had they told us that Madonna wanted to adopt my son and make him her own son, we would not have agreed to that," Banda said in his local language of Chichewa.

"It would have been better for him to continue staying at the orphanage because I see no reason why my child should be given away forever when I can feed him," he said, speaking at his village of Lipunga near the Zambia border.

But his comments were categorically denied by Penson Kilembe, director of child welfare in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, who told Reuters the ministry explained every detail of the process to Banda and his family.

"We explained every detail and Madonna herself explained her intentions in the face of the judge and in Banda's presence," Kilembe said. "He (Banda) was asked several times in court if he understood what was going on and he said he did."

Kilembe is one of the senior government officials whom Banda said he met several times over his son, David, and whom he said had made him sign papers he later said he never understood. Banda told Reuters he could not read or write and relied on what government officials told him.

Kilembe said Banda was told 12 children had been presented to Madonna who picked David, and that the singer would select another child if Banda did not want his son adopted.



CONTROVERSY

Madonna spent nine days in Malawi from Oct. 4 on what her publicists described as a humanitarian visit to help thousands of orphans in the Southern African country hard hit by AIDS.

But she left a storm of controversy over her plans to adopt David, who was flown to London last week to join the singer.

Malawian child rights groups, accusing the government of breaking its own laws in granting an interim adoption order to a non-resident, are challenging the process in court.

In the Reuters interview, Banda said what he was told by the officials was that the papers he signed said Madonna would look after David, educate him and bring him back.

"What he has told you now is not true," Kilembe said, but refusing to provide the adoption papers that the father signed.

The High Court in Lilongwe will on Friday start hearing the case lodged by the Human Rights Consultative Committee, an alliance of 67 rights groups, which argues that Malawi laws forbid international adoption.

The American singer, who is married to British film director Guy Ritchie, hopes to make David a brother to her 10-year-old daughter Lourdes and son, Rocco, who is six. She has denied cutting corners to speed the adoption process.

David will stay with Madonna for 18 months and be monitored by Malawi officials before final approval is given for him to officially join her family, according to the interim order.



© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

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Sunnuntain Helsingin sanomissa oli aika kamala kirjoitus Madonnan adoptaatiosta. Haukuttiin Maddea muistakin asioista.. Järkyttävää! Tekis mieli esittää siihen vastine!

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Tässä kyseinen Hesarin artikkeli. Tameka ei oikein osaa sanoa miten tuon tekstin tulkitsisi

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Ei se teksti mielestäni niin paha ollut. Enemmänkin siinä arvosteltiin Madonnan arvostelijoita. Yhtä kaikki, paha soppa tästä adoptiosta on keitetty.

Tässä ensimmäinen kuva tänään kuvatusta haastattelusta Oprah-show'ssa joka kuvattiin satelliitin välityksellä Lontoosta.Madonna kertoi mm.että pojan isä on ilmeisesti median painostuksesta muuttanut mieltään.

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Madonna ihmettelee adoptiokohua
25.10.2006 15:36

Popin kuningatar Madonna ihmettelee hänen adoptiohankkeensa herättämää kohua. BBC:n mukaan Madonna puhui aiheesta ensimmäisen kerran julkisesti amerikkalaisen tv-tähti Oprah Winfreyn talk show’ssa.

Winfreyn ohjelman nauhoituksia seurannut yleisö kertoi Madonnan syyttäneen mediaa asian ympärille syntyneestä kohusta. Madonna myös korosti toimineensa asiassa täysin laillisesti.

Madonna adoptoi taannoin reilun vuoden ikäisen malawilaispojan David Bandan. Madonnan adoptiohanke on ärsyttänyt esimerkiksi useita ihmisoikeusjärjestöjä, joiden mukaan poptähdelle myönnettiin adoptio-oikeudet huomattavasti helpommin kuin yleensä Malawista adoptoiville ulkomaalaisille.

Myös afrikkalaispojan isä Yohane Panda on alkanut epäilemään poikansa luovuttamista adoptoitavaksi. Herra Panda on sittemmin kertonut, ettei hän tiennyt Madonnan adoptoivan David-pojan pysyvästi, ja että isä menettäisi lapsensa huoltajuuden kokonaan.

Oprah Winfreyn show’ta seurannut Sheryl Lewis kertoo Madonnan olleen Yohane Pandan väitteestä tyrmistynyt. Laulajan mukaan hänellä oli ”isän suullinen ja kirjallinen suostumus, mutta nyt lehdistön toiminta on vaikuttanut isään”.

Madonnan adoptiohanke on kerännyt ennätysmäärän mediahuomiota viime aikoina. Asiaa ovat kommentoineet eri tahot toimittajista ihmisoikeusaktivisteihin ympäri maailman. Viimeisin tieto ihmisoikeusrintamalta on se, että kaikkiaan 67 eri malawilaisorganisaatiosta koottu ihmisoikeuskomitea on viemässä Madonnan toimet oikeuden tarkasteltaviksi.

Madonna rahoittaa kuutta orpokotia Malawissa. Tähti on myös rakentamassa uutta 4000-paikkaista orpokotia maan pääkaupungin Lilongwen ulkopuolelle.

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Madonna ihastelee David-poikaa Madonnaliciosin uutisissa:

Madonna: 'David is amazing'
Posted: 25 October 2006 - From AP Via Yahoo! News
Madonna said the 13-month-old boy she plans to adopt from the African country of Malawi is healthy and thriving in her London home, in an interview that aired Wednesday on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.'
The child, David Banda, was taken to London last week after Malawi's High Court granted Madonna and her husband, director Guy Ritchie, an interim adoption order.
Madonna said David was healthy, despite having overcome malaria and tuberculosis. The interview was taped Tuesday via satellite from London.
'David is amazing,' the 48-year-old pop star said. 'What really surprises me is how great my children are with him and how he's transitioned so easily from living in Africa in an orphanage to living in our house.'
David's father, Yohane Banda, has said he didn't understand the adoption meant he would give up custody of his son 'for good.' But in an interview posted Tuesday on Time magazine's Web site, Banda said he will not contest the adoption.
'I don't want my child, who is already gone, to come back,' he said. 'I will be killing his future if I accept that.'
Banda has said he is too poor to raise David.
Madonna said she met Banda, who thanked her for giving his son a new life. 'I sat in that room, I looked into that man's eyes,' she said.
The 30-minute interview with Winfrey was the first time Madonna had spoken on TV about the adoption, which has been challenged by human rights groups that allege the singer used her fame and fortune to flout Malawai's adoption laws.
'If only my wealth and my position could have made things go faster,' she said. 'I assure you it doesn't matter who you are and how much money you have, nothing goes fast in Africa.'
Typically, prospective parents are required to stay in the country during the 18-month evaluation period, but the judge who granted the interim custody order Oct. 12 said the issue of residence is not specified in the laws. A social worker in London will check on David for the next 18 months.
Madonna said she initially was urged to consider adopting a child in Ethiopia or Kenya because of Malawi's vague adoption laws.
'I did have my heart set on David, but I was also told there was a possibility I wouldn't be able to adopt him,' she said. 'I was told to look around at all the orphanages.'
Madonna said she was worried the firestorm of publicity that surrounded the adoption may dissuade other parents from adopting children from Africa.
'I'm disappointed because more than anything it discourages other people from doing the same thing,' she said. 'I feel the media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa, period, not just the orphans of Malawi.'
Winfrey, whose talk show is based in Chicago, commended Madonna for the adoption.
'I have to say, Madonna, that's a brave thing that you did,' Winfrey said. 'This audience, I know, applauds you for it.'
In a phone interview from Miami, Ricky Martin, who has defended the rights of children through his foundation and as an ambassador for UNICEF, told The Associated Press: 'I know Madonna as a mother, and she's exemplary. The love she gives her kids is a dream, and I know that her heart is big enough to adopt not just one child but to adopt 20.'
When asked if he would like to adopt someday, the 34-year-old pop star said: 'Totally. I don't know when, but right now I am sponsoring three children in India and we have a very beautiful connection.'