Re: ADAM JONES 10 - Bahrain (Taken by sharia court to Qatar) - 18/11/09

**Twiglet** Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:48 am

Gulf Daily News

2 March 2010

'Sponsorship' blow for mum

A BAHRAIN mother's fight to win back custody of her son in the Qatari courts suffered yet another blow yesterday, after the company sponsoring her stay there withdrew its support at the last minute.

Rebecca Jones learnt of the Qatari company's decision on Sunday - the night before she was due to appear in court for the latest hearing in battle for her son Adam.

The court yesterday adjourned the case until March 16 after accepting a letter from Mrs Jones' Qatari sponsor, who she declined to name, announcing it had terminated her employment.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=272000

**Twiglet** Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:50 am

Gulf Daily News

2 March 2010

New blow to Rebecca stinks of dirty tricks

Something stinks about the latest twist to Bahrain mum Rebecca Jones' fight to regain custody of her 10-year-old son Adam from relatives of his late Qatari father.

How is it that a letter from a company withdrawing its sponsorship of Rebecca's residency was handed first to the Qatari relatives' legal team, while all she knew of it was from a phone call the night before the latest court hearing?

The company has every legal right to withdraw its sponsorship, but to do so without warning, at such a crucial stage of the legal proceedings, is reprehensible.

Adam's uncle is a senior Qatari policeman and as such is in a position to wield a great deal of influence.

It is worthy of inquiry by the court as to whether any pressure was put on the company to withdraw its sponsorship and therefore damage Rebecca's legal standing.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=272049

**Twiglet** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:17 am

Gulf Daily News

12 March 2010

Artist raises BD1,000 for Adam campaign

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=272695

**Twiglet** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:18 am

Gulf Daily News

14 March 2010

Funds help on way

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=272839

**Twiglet** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:19 am

Gulf Daily News

14 March 2010

Sponsor woes for custody mum

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=272838

**Twiglet** Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:03 am

Gulf Daily News

16 March 2010

New blow for mum

A DESPERATE mother battling to regain custody of her 10-year-old son was dealt another blow yesterday when a second Qatari company backed out of sponsoring her.

Briton Rebecca Jones entered the High Family Appeals Court in Doha with hopes of being reunited with Adam after being offered sponsorship days before the hearing.

But she was left heartbroken after the firm withdrew from the agreement under suspicious circumstances half an hour after yesterday's hearing.

One of the conditions of the case, which could now drag on into its seventh month, is that Mrs Jones must be sponsored by a Qatar-based company.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=273040

**Twiglet** Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:55 am

Gulf Weekly

31 March 2010

Show of support for Adam custody battle‎

Children's Health Academy of Specialized Sports (CHAOSS) in Budaiya held its annual gymnastics and dance performance for parents and raised BD800 for 'Bring Adam Home' campaign, writes Asma Salman.

Three hundred children put up an impressive show that lasted more than four hours for a crowd of 500 who had come to see the children perform on stage and show support to the ongoing custody battle concerning 10-year-old Adam Jones.

http://www.gulfweeklyworldwide.com/article.asp?Sn=7323&Article=24446

**Twiglet** Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:56 am

Gulf Daily News

31 March 2010

Verdict date set in Adam's case‎

THE fate of a 10-year-old Bahrain boy allegedly abducted by his Qatari relatives will now be decided in just over a month.

A court in Qatar yesterday adjourned the five-month custody battle over St Christopher's Junior School pupil Adam Jones until May 2 for a verdict.

However, his mother Rebecca Jones has already registered her son's case in the UK under the Child Abduction Act and intends to return to Britain in the coming weeks to begin proceedings at the High Court of Justice, London.

She is planning the UK action because she already fears the worst, having been unable to secure a new sponsor in Qatar.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=274484

**Twiglet** Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:57 am

ArabianBusiness

31 March 2010

Custody battle mum registers case in UK High Court‎

A British mother who is battling for custody of her son against his Qatari relatives has registered the case in the UK High Court.

Custody of 10-year old Adam Jones was granted to his 77-year old Qatari grandmother after his deceased father’s family allegedly abducted him during a family visit.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/584957-custody-battle-mum-registers-case-in-uk-high-court

**Twiglet** Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:30 am

Gulf Daily News

22 April 2010

Rights issues focus of visit‎

BAHRAINI activists will raise their complaints at the highest level during a meeting with the United Nations (UN) human rights chief in Manama this evening.

The international custody battle involving Bahrain schoolboy Adam Jones will be among the issues to be highlighted, as will the plight of foreign workers and women's rights.

Representatives of several of the country's Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) will sit down with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the Foreign Ministry from 5.30pm.

The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS), Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS), the Bahrain Bar Society and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) will be among those represented at the meeting.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=276302

**Twiglet** Tue May 04, 2010 8:34 pm

Arabian Business

3 May 2010

Brit mum loses Qatari custody battle case‎

A British mother has lost her seven-month battle to regain custody of her 10-year-old son from his Qatari relatives, it has been reported.

Despite Adam Jones telling a Doha court he wanted to go back to his mother, judges told Rebecca Jones she had no right to custody of her child.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/587304-brit-mum-loses-qatari-custody-battle-case

**Twiglet** Tue May 04, 2010 8:36 pm

Maktoob Business

3 May 2010

Brit mother loses 7-mth Qatari custody battle‎

"I don't understand why Rebecca didn't get custody of Adam. He (Adam) stood in front of judges and said he wants to come back to Bahrain so why have they ignored his rights," Barrie was quoted as saying.

"At this moment we honestly don't know what is going on or what our next step would be ... The Qatari justice system has failed us,” he added.

http://business.maktoob.com/20090000465198/Brit_mother_loses_7_mth_Qatari_custody_battle/Article.htm

**Twiglet** Tue May 04, 2010 8:39 pm

Gulf Times

4 May 2010

British woman loses custody battle‎

A British mother at the centre of a legal battle in Qatar’s courts, has reportedly lost her seven-month fight to regain custody of her 10-year old son.
Rebecca Jones, whose son Adam has been living with his uncle for the duration of the court case, originally came to Qatar on a weekend visit.
She claimed that during their trip her son was kidnapped from her and after numerous court appearances and appeals, local courts have ruled that Adam should be kept in the care of his elderly Qatari grandmother.
Even though Adam stated in court that he wished to return to his mother and family based in Bahrain, the courts ruled that Jones had no right to custody of her son.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=359308&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

**Twiglet** Thu May 06, 2010 5:28 am

Gulf Daily News

5 May 2010

Bravest little boy in the world

A BAHRAIN mother has described her son as the "bravest little boy in the world" after breaking the devastating news to him that she had lost her custody fight.

However, Briton Rebecca Jones has vowed to continue her battle to win back her son Adam, despite a Doha court granting custody to his Qatari relatives.

Ms Jones met Adam on Monday and said the verdict was hard to comprehend, but revealed his words to her had given her strength.

"The past seven months have devastated my whole family," she wrote on her Facebook campaign page on Monday night.

"Yesterday (Sunday) was hard to comprehend, but as my son told me tonight: 'Mum, they won this battle but we will win the war.'

"Bless him. I've told him the truth, he had tears in his eyes for a few minutes, but when I told him that we were going to continue fighting he was okay.

"My beautiful son is the bravest little boy in the world. I am the proudest mother alive to have him as my son."

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=277284

**Twiglet** Sat May 08, 2010 7:25 am

Gulf Daily News

7 May 2010

We love you brave son...‎

A BIRTHDAY wish has gone out to friends of Bahrain schoolboy Adam Jones, whose hopes of returning to the country were dashed by a Qatari court earlier this week.

His 11th birthday falls on May 31 and his mother Rebecca will be in Qatar to celebrate with him, even though she lost her custody battle in Doha on Sunday.

However, she is urging his friends and other supporters to e-mail their birthday messages and videos to her so that she can pass them on to Adam.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=277334

**Twiglet** Sat May 08, 2010 7:27 am

Gulf Daily News

6 May 2010

Adam and Sarah - innocents failed by the law‎

I have always believed that the law should be tempered by compassion, whether it be in the criminal, civil or religious courts.

But there is no compassion in the treatment of two Bahrain-based mothers, whose children were taken from them and who are still battling against seemingly impossible odds to get them back.

On Sunday a court in Doha quashed Briton Rebecca Jones' appeal to overturn an earlier order granting custody of her 10-year-old son Adam to Qatari relatives, after he was allegedly snatched from her after she was duped into visiting them from Bahrain more than seven months ago.

In Bahrain, Filipina Lecita Flores is still fighting to be reunited with her now seven-year-old daughter Sarah after six years - despite repeated court orders that her Bahraini relatives should hand her back.

The Qatari ruling over Adam's fate and the failure by authorities in Bahrain to enforce court orders that Sarah be handed back to her mother, are testimony to the reality that women in this part of the world have no right even to the children they give birth to.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=277361

**Twiglet** Mon May 17, 2010 8:11 pm

News Of the World

16 May 2010

Mum loses son, 10, to gran in Qatar

A devastated British mum told last night how she was TRICKED into losing her ten-year-old son to his scheming Qatari grandmother.

Rebecca Jones signed legal papers written in Arabic and witnessed by her dead husband's family - believing they were about an inheritance for her boy Adam.

But instead the documents gave full custody to 77-year-old Mariam Al Madhaiki - who immediately swept the frightened child away from Rebecca and enrolled him in an Islamic school in Qatar.

Last week, to Rebecca's dismay, Sharia judges in the Middle East state THREW OUT her appeal to win him back after a seven-month battle - despite Adam sobbing in court: "I want my mother."

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/814292/A-devastated-British-mum-says-she-was-tricked-into-losing-son-to-his-scheming-Qatari-gran.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

**Twiglet** Mon May 17, 2010 8:14 pm

Wales Online

17 May 2010

Mother loses appeal to get her son back‎

OFFICIALS yesterday said they would stay in close contact with overseas authorities after a British woman lost her appeal to win back custody of her 10-year-old son from his grandmother in Qatar.

Rebecca Jones, 43, originally from Sheffield, lost a seven-month battle to regain custody of son Adam, who she claims she was tricked into giving up by the family of her dead husband.

Mrs Jones, who now lives in Bahrain, is reported to have registered the case at the High Court under the Child Abduction Act and has appealed to the British Government for help.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2010/05/17/mother-loses-appeal-to-get-her-son-back-91466-26459733/

**Twiglet** Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:24 am

Gulf Daily News

31 May 2010

A birthday 'in captivity'

BAHRAIN schoolboy Adam Jones, torn from his family in an agonising custody battle, will celebrate his 11th birthday today - with a policeman standing over him. It falls on one of the two days a week his mother Rebecca is allowed to visit him in Qatar, so she will be there to help him blow out his birthday candles.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=279230

**Twiglet** Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:27 am

Gulf Daily News

31 May 2010

A silent wish for justice‎

........ Then I got to work and picked up the report on Adam Jones and how he would be celebrating his birthday today in the home of virtual strangers, after a bitter custody battle waged and won by his late Qatari father's family.

By fortunate coincidence, it falls on one of the two days his mother Rebecca is allowed to see him each week, so at least they will be together for a few hours.

But he will be without his stepdad and younger sister, or any of the friends he would normally have celebrated with at home here in Bahrain.

When Adam and Rebecca blow out the candles on his birthday cake, they will be watched over by a police escort and there will be no privacy for those loving hugs and kisses. It made me realise how lucky so many of us are to have our children with us and how little things like being a little bit late in the morning are not worth bringing tears to young eyes over.

The action by the Qatari relatives which took Adam away from his mother, during what was supposed to be a happy family visit, was despicably cruel.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=279216

**Twiglet** Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:07 am

Gulf Daily News

24 September 2010

Adam's mum plans new custody battle‎

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=287682

**Twiglet** Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:12 pm

Gulf Daily News

8 November 2010

New hope for Adam's return‎

THE case of a Bahrain boy, allegedly abducted by his relatives in Doha, was among the points discussed by Qatari Amir Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Queen Elizabeth at a recent meeting, it emerged yesterday.

On the Facebook page set up in support of a campaign to secure the return of 11-year-old Adam, Rebecca Jones said she had received an email from the British Embassy in Doha to inform her that her case had been brought up.

The news comes after an earlier plea from the British national for people to write to Queen Elizabeth and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague requesting their assistance in the case.

"The issues concerning Adam's welfare were also brought up by Sir William Hague," she said on the Facebook page.

"I just want to thank everyone for all their time and effort in writing to Her Majesty the Queen or William Hague to try to bring Adam's case into the limelight.

"It has had the desired effect. Let's hope this will be the start of something positive."

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=291135

**pam supportfromireland** Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:34 am

sounds very promising. Hope ends well !

**Twiglet** Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:45 pm

The Northern Echo

24 November 2010

Mother fights for "kidnapped" son

A SOLICITOR from the region is spearheading a campaign to reunite a mother with her 11-year-old son, who she claims was kidnapped in the Middle East.

John McArdle of Darlington is in daily contact with Rebecca Jones, who maintains that she was tricked into signing over custody of her son Adam to his Qatari relatives.

Mr McArdle first heard about Mrs Jones story while visiting friends in Bahrain. He said he felt compelled to act.

"Journalists and lawyers are used to dealing with stories that are in shades of grey, he added. But this is not one of them. It is an outrageous miscarriage of closed justice. Every day this boy is retained in Qatar is a day of his childhood lost."

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8686343.Mother_fights_for__kidnapped__son/

**Twiglet** Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:51 am

Gulf Daily News

23 January 2011

Bullying claim by Adam's mum

A BRITISH mother fighting to regain custody of her son in Qatar claims he is being bullied at home and falling behind at school because of problems adjusting to his new life.

Adam Jones, who has been at the centre of a bitter custody battle since October 2009, is the victim of beatings dealt out by his 14-year-old cousin, according to his mum Rebecca.

The former St Christopher's School pupil, who shares a home with his alleged tormentor, is also failing classes at his new school in Qatar, Ms Jones told the GDN.

She is now more desperate than ever to win back custody of Adam, who she said was being treated like a prisoner and was unable to leave the house of his Qatari relatives.

"He (Adam) is being bullied by his uncle's son," she said.

"He's been kicked, punched, slapped and scratched. I've threatened to report this to the police.

"Adam has also been failing all his subjects at school, every single one - he's really struggling.

"I've made a request to the Children's Authority in Qatar to get a tutor for him and to give him some support, but that's been ignored."

Ms Jones controversially lost custody of Adam 14 months ago after a court in Doha ruled he should live with the relatives of his dead Qatari father.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=296753

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