A Canadian woman awaits news of her two daughters, of whom she has sole custody.
Back in July, their father took them on vacation to visit his relatives in Australia – but they reportedly didn’t return on schedule.
Instead, their father, who has dual Lebanese-Australian citizenship, allegedly took them to Lebanon, in the midst of the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Their mother is waiting for a hearing in Australia, to question the father’s relatives about their whereabouts.
The father reportedly wants sole custody of the girls and for them to live with him permanently in Australia.
Canada has issued international warrants and an extradition order.
But neither Australia or Lebanon will honor the extradition order. Under Lebanese law, there can be no such thing as parental kidnapping.
Although Australia is a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Lebanon is not.
Read more in this Calgary Herald article: Mother fights to get abducted girls back and this Star Phoenix article: Children taken away to Lebanon by father.
