Allow Noam to Remain in Switzerland - Pйtition pour que Noam reste en Suisse

Noam is a little boy 4 years old and a Swiss citizen. His parents were married in Israel. Shortly after his birth, his father joined an ultra orthodox religious sect and demanded that Noam and his mother do likewise. When Noams mother refused to do so, he harassed her and even threatened to kill her. After finally obtaining a divorce and the custody of the baby, the mother fled Israel in order to save her life and protect Noam from being integrated into the sect. She returned with Noam to Switzerland, where they have been living happily for the past two years. The father has demanded Noams return to Israel in application of the Hague Convention. Two different Swiss courts have rejected the demand. They did so by referring to the exception allowed by the Convention, and considering that returning the child to Israel would place him in an intolerable situation and gravely jeopardize his development. Unfortunately, the Federal Tribunal reversed both previous court decisions, and has ordered Noams return to Israel at the end of September 2007. If his mother goes back with him, she will most probably go to prison and be subjected to reprisals from the father, who moreover never contributed to the child's support. If Noam goes alone, it will cause him an irreversible trauma: he will be separated from his mother, sent to a country he doesn't know, and left with a father who would send him to one of the sect's religious schools.
Please, help us to correct this injustice and sign this petition to allow Noam to stay in Switzerland. Thank you.

We act as citizens concerned with the protection of children and the safeguard of human rights and fundamental liberties. We request that the leaders of our country take all measures to allow Noam to remain in Switzerland.

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Noam est un petit garзon suisse de 4 ans. Ses parents se sont mariйs en Israлl. Peu aprиs sa naissance, son pиre a rejoint une secte religieuse ultra-orthodoxe et a tentй d'obliger Noam et sa maman а faire de mкme, n'hйsitant pas а harceler et menacer de mort la maman. Aprиs avoir enfin obtenu le divorce et la garde de Noam, sa maman a fui Israлl pour protйger sa vie et soustraire son enfant а la secte. Elle est revenue avec Noam en Suisse, oщ ils vivent heureux depuis plus de deux ans. Invoquant la Convention de la Haye, le pиre de Noam a exigй son retour en Israлl. Deux tribunaux vaudois ont rejetй cette demande, appliquant l'exception prйvue par la Convention et considйrant que le retour en Israлl de ce trиs jeune enfant le placerait dans une situation intolйrable et compromettrait gravement son dйveloppement. Mais le Tribunal fйdйral vient de dйcider de renvoyer Noam en Israлl а la fin du mois de septembre 2007.
Si sa maman l'accompagne, elle risque la prison et les reprйsailles du pиre, qui n'a de plus jamais contribuй а l'entretien de Noam.
Si Noam devait partir seul, il subirait un traumatisme irrйparable: se retrouver sans sa maman, dans un pays qu'il ne connaоt pas, dont il ne parle pas la langue et avec un pиre qui pourrait le placer dans une institution religieuse de la secte. S'il vous plaоt, aidez-nous а йviter cela et signez pour que Noam puisse rester en Suisse. De tout cur, merci.

Nous agissons en qualitй de citoyens concernйs par la protection des enfants et la sauvegarde des droits de l'homme et des libertйs fondamentales, et nous demandons а nos dirigeants de prendre des mesures pour que Noam reste en Suisse.