In the west. when you have been handed an injustice, shouting it from the rooftops is often the way to go because as more people hear about what happened, more people express their disdain for the situation, the pressure on the parties increases, bad publicity ensues until usually some better resolution is reached.
Here people seem to think you should be quiet and pursue things through private channels. But as Logic already pointed out, that hasn't seem to have helped much thus far. Earlier in private meetings Rebecca had with the family, the uncle granted access, then he yanked it away without providing a reason...so clearly he is not to be relied upon without the backing of a court order for enforcement.
Qatar authorities seems reluctant to get involved very much (as they do in any family matter here -- don't get me started on THAT topic, it's a whole nother thread...), so she really can't rely upon them to be advocates for her son.
The embassies are a joke. They're not here to serve citizen's interests. They're here to promote business relations and the like. That's true the world over. She'll get little assistance from them. They can't do anything.
Rebecca is really in this situation on her own. Courts here will not appoint a lawyer/social worker to monitor things because in their eyes this is a no brainer: of course the boy belongs with his extended paternal relatives who don't speak his language or know him well at all and have only seen him a handful of times in his life.
Who would be crazy enough to think that his mother who has raised him for the last ten years should continue to raise him?
Personally, I am exasperated with this situation...so I can only imagine how Rebecca must be feeling. I am annoyed at the 'blame Rebecca, she did this to herself' game, and the "lay down and take it" attitude that some people are advocating.
I wish the official British presence here would stand more forcefully behind this woman and help her, but they won't. At the very least they could be blacklisting the Muraikh family from being granted visas to the UK while this situation remains as it is (and since traveling to the UK is akin to breathing for most locals, I would think that would get some wheels moving really fast!).
I hope Rebecca has a lovely visit today with her son, and that she finally gets to explain to him the truth of what has happened, so that he knows his mother is fighting for his return. I hope that today will not be the only chance she is given to see her child, and that the family starts acting in Adam's best interests and allows him regular contact with his family, despite their personal issues with the mother and her case.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris
In the west. when you have been handed an injustice, shouting it from the rooftops is often the way to go because as more people hear about what happened, more people express their disdain for the situation, the pressure on the parties increases, bad publicity ensues until usually some better resolution is reached.
Here people seem to think you should be quiet and pursue things through private channels. But as Logic already pointed out, that hasn't seem to have helped much thus far. Earlier in private meetings Rebecca had with the family, the uncle granted access, then he yanked it away without providing a reason...so clearly he is not to be relied upon without the backing of a court order for enforcement.
Qatar authorities seems reluctant to get involved very much (as they do in any family matter here -- don't get me started on THAT topic, it's a whole nother thread...), so she really can't rely upon them to be advocates for her son.
The embassies are a joke. They're not here to serve citizen's interests. They're here to promote business relations and the like. That's true the world over. She'll get little assistance from them. They can't do anything.
Rebecca is really in this situation on her own. Courts here will not appoint a lawyer/social worker to monitor things because in their eyes this is a no brainer: of course the boy belongs with his extended paternal relatives who don't speak his language or know him well at all and have only seen him a handful of times in his life.
Who would be crazy enough to think that his mother who has raised him for the last ten years should continue to raise him?
Personally, I am exasperated with this situation...so I can only imagine how Rebecca must be feeling. I am annoyed at the 'blame Rebecca, she did this to herself' game, and the "lay down and take it" attitude that some people are advocating.
I wish the official British presence here would stand more forcefully behind this woman and help her, but they won't. At the very least they could be blacklisting the Muraikh family from being granted visas to the UK while this situation remains as it is (and since traveling to the UK is akin to breathing for most locals, I would think that would get some wheels moving really fast!).
I hope Rebecca has a lovely visit today with her son, and that she finally gets to explain to him the truth of what has happened, so that he knows his mother is fighting for his return. I hope that today will not be the only chance she is given to see her child, and that the family starts acting in Adam's best interests and allows him regular contact with his family, despite their personal issues with the mother and her case.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris