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Rui’s Birthday is November 16th

Posted on November 15, 2010November 23, 2018 by Brian Prager

5 years old, Tuesday

Rui and Daddy — Rui and his daddy in Central Park, NYC

Rui’s story has been added to a list of stories of others in equally serious predicaments by The Japan Children’s Rights Network, a group dedicated to fighting Japanese legal discrimination and sanctioning of parental abduction. Their website contains a wealth of useful resources. Please take a look!

You can read Rui’s story here.

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