Rep. Chris Smith, who joined with David Goldman and his son Sean before they left Brazil for the United States, said he was “ecstatic” that father and son were finally together as they should be.
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The Brazilian Supreme Court late tonight ruled in favor of a New Jersey dad seeking to be reunited with his nine-year-old son after a long and bitter fight with the child's Brazilian abductors, said Congressman Chris Smith.
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Congressman Chris Smith arrived in Brazil today. Final expected votes of the year were cast on the House floor last night, after which Smith, a Senior Member of Congress, departed for Dulles International. Today he met with U.S. State Department officials and David Goldman, who also took a flight last night to Brazil.
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A unanimous ruling by the Brazilian Federal Regional Tribunal court today may pave the way for the prompt return of nine-year-old Sean Goldman back home to his New Jersey father, David Goldman, Congressman Chris Smith said today. The Court ordered that Sean must be turned over to his father on Friday at the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janiero.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Smith painted a grim picture of human rights abuse in China, Cuba, Sudan, Vietnam and other nations, and called for increased U.S. pressure to bring about changes in the lives of human rights victims.
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The heartbreaking stories of left-behind parents whose children are held in other countries were laid out before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at a hearing on international child abduction and parental access that also included judicial and legal experts, the head of the Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other witnesses.
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The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) will hold a hearing on international child abduction and parental access, including the cases involving David Goldman of Tinton Falls, Monmouth County N.J., and other left behind parents, said US Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), an executive member of the TLHRC.
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Less than 10 days after Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong testified before a Congressional panel, he was arrested by Chinese police just hours after President Obama departed China, prompting human rights activists to hold an emergency press conference to draw attention to his plight. “Last week, human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong and other extraordinary human rights defenders asked for a meeting in Beijing with the leader of the free world who just happens to be this year’s Nobel Peace ...
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The Asbury Park Press reports that Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., announced Thursday that a congressional panel dedicated to human rights will hold a hearing on the international child abduction case involving David Goldman of Tinton Falls, N.J.
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