Re: Second request
To arrange an meeting with the mayor of Wilhelmshaven Eberhard Menzel
Dear Mr Duin,
As the mayor of Wilhelmshaven Mr. Eberhard Menzel (a member of the executive
committee of the SPD party for the Weser-Ems region of which you are the
chairman) holds the key to gaining access to my children, I once again approach
you this time to request that you convene an urgent meeting between
us at which Mr Menzel will be present together with the complete file of
the Jugendamt for us to discuss the issue with a view to finding an immediate
solution to my grievances against him and his officials in particular the
head of the Jugendamt Mr Klaus Juerjens, who have on more that one occasion
committed criminal acts and acts of terror against both me and my children.
As I mentioned to you when we met on the 25 February in Emden and in my letter
to you dated the 03.03.04 the child Welfare Department (Jugendamt) of the
City of Wilhelmshaven has and continues to play a crucial role in preventing
me access to my children abducted to Wilhelmshaven in November 1995 and again
in January 1996.
At the meeting that I attended in your offices in Emden on the 25 February
2004 you said that you would speak to mayor Menzel concerning the issues
raised. Since then you have met with him on at least two occasions as reported
with photos in the local newspapers, firstly on the 1 March 2004 three days
later and on the 20 March 2004.
Wilhelmshavener Zeitung 20 March 2004.
mayor Menzel front centre Garrelt Duin back right
Since these meetings between you and mayor Menzel officials of the city of
Wilhelmshaven have continued their activities to further attempt to prevent
me access to my children. Mayor Menzel has obviously done nothing to improve
the situation neither has he attempted to meet with me to hear my grievances
or to in any way attempted to find solutions to the problems raised but has
allowed his staff to continue to violate both my rights and those of my children.
The mayor of Wilhelmshaven Mr Eberhard Menzel in his role of chief executive
officer of the city of Wilhelmshaven takes the full legal and moral responsibility
for the actions of his officials. Instead of acting in an impartial manner
Mayor Menzel has and continues to play both a direct and an indirect role
in preventing me access to my children. Mayor Menzel personally endorsed
the actions of the officials of the immigration office to refuse me permission
to travel to Brussels to act on the invitation of the presidents representative
Mary Banotti to report on the issues that I want to raise directly at the
European parliament against the activities of his officials.
Yours faithfully
Michael Hickman
cc.
Mr. Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament
Mrs Mary Banotti, the presidents mediator for transnationally abducted children
Mayor Eberhard Menzel, Mayor of the city of Wilhelmshaven
President Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
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