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July 2016 Blog Posts (2)

Please Help an American Father Bring His Daughter Home Safely From the Philippines

4-year-old Rachel Edwin was brought to the Philippines by her mother, over the objections of her father, Elisha Edwin, who feared the mother would not bring her daughter back to the U.S. Mr. Edwin's objections were ignored by the court, and now Rachel is in a remote and dangerous part of the Philippines. Since the mother has exceeded by months the court-mandated date for returning her daughter to the U.S., Mr. Edwin has been awarded full custody of Rachel and is doing everything h…

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Added by Jeff Dunsavage on July 7, 2016 at 10:57pm — No Comments

Jenny Chen & the Media's Hierarchy of Empathy

Anyone who has had a spouse, child, or sibling go missing abroad can tell you that the media are the tail that wags the government dog. Local authorities lack interest and resources to do much for a foreign family. If you can’t get mainstream-media play or go viral in social media, you are on your own.

Please take a moment to…

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Added by Jeff Dunsavage on July 4, 2016 at 8:16pm — 2 Comments

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