{"id":43985,"date":"2021-04-18T22:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T20:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/?p=43985"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:25:49","slug":"sw-2021-04-18-the-mfa-of-sweden-currently-acts-as-a-formal-paper-pusher-and-administrative-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/sw-2021-04-18-the-mfa-of-sweden-currently-acts-as-a-formal-paper-pusher-and-administrative-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"SW 2021.04.18 The Swedish Reality \u2013 The Dark Side"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ex-minister of MFA in Sweden Ann Linde<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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MFA of Sweden (UD) \u2013 A Formal Paper Pusher<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From the very beginning of my litigation, I have been facing a blatant denial of justice in Belarus. I have been witnessing a grave violation and abuse of my children and my right to have a \u201cFAIR\u201d trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, some governments that are supposed to fight for the rights of the left-behind parents prioritize their own business and political goals over their abducted children. Even though they are also their own citizen. Many governments won\u2019t do much if they have any other more substantial economic\/political interests in that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the left-behind parent, you have to navigate very carefully yet still remain resilient as, at the end of the day, you will become the sole and the primary leader of this fight \u2013 because nobody else cares about your children more than you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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MFA of Sweden, a formal paper-pusher and administrative agent<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Central Authority of Sweden currently lives under the impression that it is enough to just act as a formal paper-pusher and administrative agent rather than to support their citizens and act dynamically to try to get abducted children back home. In the end, I was forced to reach out for help internationally, and I got help from the USA!<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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From that moment and on, the MFA of Sweden started to move, not much, but compared with earlier when they barely moved, this was a new experience that I didn\u2019t believe existed in the organization of the Swedish Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cengagement\u201d of the MFA and the Central Authority of Sweden happened only thanks to my persistent follow-ups and my control over the whole process. The chaos within the Swedish Central Authority can be documented by how they react (or, rather \u2013 not react) to any new important events happening in my case. Thus, I was continuously updating and providing them with official translated documentation about my case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, Sweden is considered one of the worst Hague violators by many countries, which, unfortunately, is not surprising to me. I have witnessed a series of shocking gaps in the qualifications of the staff working at the Swedish Central Authority, which I have duly documented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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I did the heavy lifting instead of the Swedish Government, which was barely moving at all. The weak link in the battle for the return of my abducted children has been the Swedish State.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Finally, when I in April 2020 demanded to have all the documentation on performed actions by them in regard to my case (as this is my legal right), I received back around 150 pages, including my communication with them and internal communication between units in Sweden, including some (very few) external communication with their counterpart in Belarus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine of these pages (around 6%) were blank documents, as the MFA of Sweden was using the law about confidentiality as an argument to deny me the content of these pages. Thus, what was impressive to notice was the fact that Sweden never filed any complaint to International Organizations (NGOs) against Belarus that blatantly violated \u201cThe Hague Convention\u201d regarding Child Abduction!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The cherry on the top was when I received the following statement from the MFA of Sweden;<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMs. Y. concluded in her response to me (2020.01.17) that Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) is \u201cNeutral\u201d and \u201cdoes not represent any of the parties in a return process\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can the Swedish state claim \u201cneutrality\u201d in cases of child abduction while simultaneously <\/em>
promoting itself as a humanitarian superpower and a defender of human rights?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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