Dads Who Abuse Their Star Kids

All children have the right to live in safety and security, as stated by the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child, yet millions around the globe suffer the long term effects of child abuse, with only a few organizations actually dealing with the problem.



Child beating parents are very bad news wherever they are found, but there are occurrences where even children who have become world renown stars, are beaten, in what would seem to be an ongoing cycle of abuse.



Mohammed Ismail, father of Azharuddin, child star of Slumdog Millionaire, slapped and kicked his ten-year-old son in front of appalled neighbours and onlookers. Azharuddin star screamed for his father to stop, as he huddled in a corner.



This incident happened just after Azharuddin had flown back from Los Angeles where the film had been awarded eight Oscars. Asharuddin had been given the day away from school to rest, after his long flight, but his father had made up his mind to show Azharuddin off to the neighbourhood. The ugly scene was in utter contrast to Azharuddin's triumphant return to the slums, when his father had lifted him up and shown him off like some valued prize.



Several hours later Ismail apologized for the attack. Ismail suffers from tuberculosis.



She won five WTA Tour titles and reached a career-high ranking of fourth in 2002, yet in a recent interview, the tennis champion, Jelena Dokic, told how her father regularly beat her during tennis tournaments.



In 2002 Jelena fled from her family, so as to escape the brutality. However, mental turmoil and severe depression filled the years following the break. She is now on a comeback, having struggled with her form and injuries and is currently ranked 74th in the world.

When Damir Dokic was asked about the incidents, he said, "If a child, shows that they are talented in something, they should never be left alone. They should always be forced, I think even pushed into it.



There are no limits". Damir Dokic openly declared the 2001 Open draw was fixed and said he would reomove Jelena out of the Australian Olympic Team. He was expelled from the US Open in 2000 for staff abuse over the amount of a salmon lunch. Dokic also nabbed headlines when he wrecked a journalist's mobile phone at Wimbledon. In 1999 he was thrown out of a tournament after telling the match officials they were 'Nazis'. He was then arrested after going into the street outside the arena, when he blocked traffic and jumped on the bonnet of a car.Well known for his unpredictable behavior, Damir Dokic was recently arrested and detained in Serbia for supposedly threatening to fire a rocket at the Australian ambassador's car in Belgrade, as retribution for Jelena returning to Australia. Dokic says he is considering kidnapping his estranged daughter.



When a search was made of Dokic's home in Fruska Gora it turned up two illegal bombs, a Beretta handgun, plus seven licensed hunting rifles.



Dokic was furious over the interview his daughter gave, declaring he beat her. Dokic aims to sell his farm, where he makes brandy and set up a tennis centre, where he will coach would-be tennis stars. Dokic was once a boxer. He was given the nickname of 'Mad Dad'.