New Delhi: Dhara Shah, the mother of Ariha Shah, an Indian baby in German foster care, led a demonstration on Friday at Jantar Mantar, demanding that German authorities permit Ariha to partake in the Indian Independence Day celebrations within the German Indian community in order to protect her cultural rights and heritage.
Ariha’s family says they will go to the German embassy and request the German Ambassador that since the Indian Independence day is around the corner, Ariha should be allowed to celebrate the Independence day of her country. Dhara said that it is her cultural right and it needs to be preserved.
“We will go to the German embassy. We will request the German ambassador that 15th August is coming and every Indian has the right to celebrate it. We will ask him to let Ariha celebrate the Indian Independence day. She should not be deprived of her cultural identity,” Dhara Shah said while speaking to media.
“Our main motive to gather here is that Ariha has cultural rights and they should be preserved,” she added.
She said that in June this year, the court gave Ariha’s German child services.
“We are here to restore Ariha’s rights. She is an Indian citizen, she has linguistic and social rights which should be preserved,” she said. She also demanded that the Indian embassy should get consular access.
Earlier this week, the Ministry of External Affairs summoned the German Ambassador to address the ongoing case of Ariha Shah, the Indian infant who has been placed under German foster care since September 2021, due to allegations of parental abuse.
The child, Ariha Shah, was accidentally hurt by her grandmother in September 2021, following which the German authorities took the baby away. She is currently under German foster care. Since Baby Ariha’s family urged the authorities to look into their matter, the Indian Government has consistently raised the issue with the German authorities.
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