http://thebloodwoodtree.org MONARO CHRISTIAN FORUM Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:52:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is is a request for prayer for YWAM missionaries and their churches in Orissa, India. The request came from Mable Hurst, an associate of HCJB Global. Please read and make this a matter of urgent prayer. Dear beloved sponsors and friends of Good News India. We have never seen anything like this. ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/11/18/christian-orphanages-attacked-and-workers-massacred-in-india/ A year into the Rudd Federal Government, the Monaro Christian Forum are asking for evidence that this government is taking seriously the human rights abuses that occur in West Papua. A petition is gaining signatures from Monaro Christians, but has also received interest from members of the Sydney Muslim community ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/10/22/sydney-muslims-and-monaro-christians-have-one-voice-on-west-papua/ The Victorian Parliament are currently debating the "Abortion Law Reform Bill". The main features are: - that a Registered Medical Professional can perform an abortion without question up to 24 weeks (about 6 months pregnant). - Abortions can still be performed after this time up until the time of birth if another ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/09/12/victorian-abortion-law-reform-bill/ From Herman Wainggai, leader of the 2006 West Papuan refugees: Dear ALL, The right to self determination is a right held by West Papuan people – a right which has been recognised by United Nations as pre-eminent and preceding UN acknowledgment of Indonesia's acquisition of 'the Land of the Papuans'.  On 15th September ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/09/07/west-papua-rally/ Pacific island nations have taken the significant step of calling on the UN Security Council to address climate change as an issue of international peace and security - something security experts such as Thomas Homer-Dixon from the University of Toronto have been warning us of for at least 15 years. While ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/09/07/climate-wars/   Source: Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights’ Reports today confirm that it was the Indonesian Police who shot the local man Opinus Tabuni yesterday at remote highland city of Wamena in West Papua. The UN World Indigenous People Day event where the shooting occurred, was attended by 20,000 West Papuan people, ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/08/16/west-papua-police-shoot-man-at-indigenous-peoples-rally/ I've attached an extract from a press release by the Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights. We need to contact one or more of the Indonesian Embassy ((02) 6250 8600), Member for Eden Monaro Mike Kelly or Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and ask for the release of individuals taken ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/07/22/flag-raisers-beaten-charged-with-subversion-in-fakfak-west-papua/ A little while ago I wrote to The Member for Eden Monaro Dr Mike Kelly asking for some information on how the Australian Government was dealing with Global Oil Depletion. Dr Kelly responded with a copy of a speech by Mr Martin Ferguson, Energy & Resources Minister. While I don't ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/07/20/peak-oil-and-the-australian-government/ Last Monday the Indonesian government issued a joint ministerial decree banning followers of Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) from carrying out religious activities. This was a strong action for a government that so widely promotes it's religious tolerance credentials, but many Muslim organisations believe that it falls short of the mark ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/06/16/jamaah-ahmadiyah-indonesia-and-the-dilemma-of-religious-tolerance/ A couple of weeks ago I was walking in the evening as a storm came over. It wasn't quite dark, there was still just enough light to see the grassland moving in the wind from the storm. The grass is above my knees and silver at this time of year, and the ... http://thebloodwoodtree.org/2008/06/13/nullaga/