Dad spends 4th day on crane to see son
2013-02-18 16:14
Paris - A divorced French father cut off from access to
his son spent a fourth day perched in protest on top of a crane in the city of
Nantes on Monday.
Serge Charnay, 42, has become a standard-bearer for
separated fathers seeking to spend more time with their children.
The unemployed computer technician lost his visitation
rights in 2011, after taking his son away for two months without the mother's
approval.
On Friday morning he climbed a crane in an abandoned shipyard
to draw attention to his case.
"Benoit, two years without daddy," read a
banner draped across the crane. Since he began his protest the police have
given him water.
But by Monday morning he had not yet received food.
Dozens of separated fathers rallied at the foot of the
crane on Sunday to show support for Charnay.
Many accuse the French justice
system of disregarding father's rights.
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has asked his justice
and family ministers to meet this week with fathers' rights organisations.
Charnay has said he will come down from the crane after
that meeting.
- SAPA
