Fatouma是个和Abdoul Abdi他们反复说bused while children in custody of the province

本文包含对未成年人的虐待和性侵犯的描述。

Fatouma and Abdoul Abdi have filed a lawsuit against the province of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, alleging repeated incidents of childhood abuse while they were children and wards of the province. Akoma Family Centre Incorporated and Akoma Holdings Incorporated are also named as the defendants as they are successor organizations to the Home for Colored Children.

Fatouma and Abdoul are brother and sister. Abdoul was the subject of a deportation order in 2018 that was rescinded by法官and thenoverturnedby Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. His case gained national attention, and he was supported throughout by his sister.

Related article: “There was no care”: Fatouma Abdi is suing the province. Today, she is ready to tell her story.

驱逐出境案的核心是，尽管他是该省的病房，但没有人负责阿卜杜勒（Abdoul）为他获得公民身份。因此，当他因攻击指控而被捕时，他面临驱逐出境。

新的指控使未能保持更黑暗的责任。诉讼中的指控是具体且详细的，这表明有一条文档可以支持它们。

Taken into provincial care

法图玛和阿卜杜勒各自出生在沙特阿拉伯，住在吉布提的联合国难民营with their mother and two aunts. Their mother died at the camp. In 2000, the siblings moved to Canada with their two aunts; Fatouma was eight years old; Abdoul was six.

2001年，Fatouma和Abdoul被社区服务部（DCS）拘留，并在Halifax的儿童援助协会（CAS）的临时护理和永久护理中首先拘留。CAS是一家完全由该省资助和监管的非营利机构；2006年，该省解散了非营利组织，并将其运营纳入了省社区服务部

Their first placement was at Dayspring Children’s Centre in Bridgewater. While there, alleges their lawsuit, they “were not permitted to engage in their culture. They would be punished if they were caught speaking their own language. Fatouma’s hijab was permanently confiscated by CAS Halifax upon her initial apprehension. She was denied access to it and not permitted to wear any hijab during this time.”

根据他们的诉讼，2003年5月23日，法乌玛和阿卜杜勒被置于CAS Halifax的永久监护权中。然后，他们被安置在由达希拉·加尔（Dahira Gal）操作的哈利法克斯（Halifax）65 Glenforest Drive的索马里寄养家庭中；她的成年儿子穆罕默德·戈尔（Muhammad Gal）也住在家里。

诉讼中写道：“法图马抗议她和她的兄弟在加尔家族的位置。”“她对加尔一家人分享了索马里部落的文化的担忧，与阿卜迪家族成为……在他们在加尔·福斯特（Gal Foster Home）的位置后，法乌玛（Fatouma）和阿卜杜勒（Abdoul）的一部分。达希拉和穆罕默德·加尔。”

根据诉讼，法乌玛（Fatouma）于2003年11月3日向卡斯·哈利法克斯（Cas Halifax）报道了虐待行为，但因“做出虚假指控”而受到谴责，并被送回了gal家。在接下来的几个月中，她一再逃离家园，但被返回了。

然而，在2004年初，“杜克·德安维尔小学的法乌玛的一位老师报告了对Cas Halifax的虐待的担忧，”诉讼说。“在这种情况下，法乌玛在Gal Foster房屋内的虐待主张被认真对待并采取了行动。Cas Halifax发现Fatouma在Gal Foster Home被滥用。她于2004年3月被CAS Halifax撤离并与Abdoul分离。”

Abdoul’s experience

诉讼称，即使发现法图马遭到虐待，阿卜杜勒（Abdoul）仍在加尔（Gal）的家中待了三年。

Finally, in May 2007, Abdoul was moved out of the Gal home and into the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC), where he stayed until October 2008. He had his 15th birthday at the Home.

“During his time spent at the NSHCC, Abdoul was repeatedly sexually abused by a staff member,” reads the lawsuit. “On one occasion, the abuse was witnessed by another NSHCC staff member. CAS Halifax initiated an investigation into the sexual abuse perpetrated by staff of the NSHCC shortly after Abdoul was removed from the placement in 2008. CAS Halifax had received a referral from the Dartmouth District Office of Child Welfare over concerns that a staff member was sexually abusing male youth. One incident described in the referral involved a staff member exiting Abdoul’s bedroom while he was pulling his pants up.”

法图马的经验

同时，2006年7月，法图马被安置在沙利文之家在达特茅斯。

诉讼中写道：“ 2006年9月10日，富图透露了一个男性皮条客带她去蒙特利尔脱衣舞的经历。”当时她14岁。“她还报告说，他在那段时间对她进行了性侵犯。CAS Halifax决定，由于这项活动不涉及住宅设施或其员工，因此他们不会调查她的主张或将她搬到其他位置。”

Fatouma said she was assaulted “multiple times by males in the community,” and reported those assaults to social workers, and even police. “Each time, the child welfare workers decided not to investigate or move her to an alternate placement.”

2006年11月，Fatouma搬到了Truro的Wood Street安全治疗设施。该诉讼说：“她受到了身体虐待，在伍德街的工作人员长期受到该设施的工作人员的虐待和心理虐待时期，所有这些人都受到新斯科舍省的雇用。”

Fatouma gave birth to a child in 2007, and a second in 2008. Both children were taken from her and adopted by other families.

2010年，法图马（Fatouma）生下了双胞胎，马塞利诺（Marcelino）和马丁内斯（Martinez）。马丁内斯（Martinez）受到父母祖父母的照顾。法图马（Fatouma）抚养了一个特殊需要的孩子马塞利诺（Marcelino）。

But Marcelino was taken into care in 2014.”During a subsequent visitation, Fatouma raised concerns to CAS Halifax over the fact that Marcelino had marks and scratches on his face. She was not given a satisfactory answer as to why these injuries had occurred.”

Marcelino died on September 25, 2014. According to the lawsuit, the cause of death remains unknown.

诉讼中的任何要求都没有在法庭上进行审查，并且由于诉讼是在今天早上提起的，因此该省尚未回应指控。

The Abdis are represented by Halifax lawyer Mike Dull.

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