The Govt intend to criminalise 'retention' in the Child Abduction Act. The vast majority of those impacted will be DA victims attempting to escape from their abuser.
@filiahaguemums.bsky.social & over 100 others have written to MPs asking for Clause 104 to be removed #RemoveClause104 #NoClause104
#NoClause104
Clause 104 in the Crime and Policing Bill would criminalise parents, primarily mothers, who remain overseas with their children without the other parent’s permission, even when they are escaping domestic abuse. They could face up to seven years in prison.
#NoClause104 it will criminalise victim-survivors. @filiahaguemums.bsky.social & others sent this co-signed letter to peers for support. @globalarrk.bsky.social @right2equality.bsky.social @womensaid.bsky.social @commissionerda.bsky.social @verabaird.bsky.social
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Clause 104 will criminalise domestic abuse victim-survivors, separate children from their primary carers, and hand perpetrators more power.
It must be removed.
Victims need protection, not prosecution.
#NoClause104
Tonight, UK peers debate Clause 104 of the Crime & Policing Bill.
Together with #VAWG sector colleagues, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social are calling for 104 to be removed in its entirety.
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/12/08/n...
#NoClause104 #16Days #16DaysofActivism
