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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211208T000000
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SUMMARY:1991: Dissolution of the USSR and the founding of the Commonwealth of Independent States including Russia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1991-dissolution-of-the-ussr-and-the-founding-of-the-commonwealth-of-independent-states-including-russia-2021-12-08/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083845
CREATED:20201209T013924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T013932Z
UID:3575-1640476800-1640563199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2004: Devastating tsunami in South Asia\, killing 200\,000 to 300\,000 people
DESCRIPTION:The Indian Ocean tsunami traveled as much as 3\,000 miles (nearly 5\,000 km) to Africa\, arriving with sufficient force to kill people and destroy property. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra\, according to the USGS\, which monitors earthquakes worldwide. \n\n\n\nThe Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 50 feet (15 meters) in some places\, according to news reports. But in many other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean\, more like an extremely powerful river or a flood than the advance and retreat of giant waves. \n\n\n\nSource: National Geographic: The Deadliest Tsunami in History?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2004-devastating-tsunami-in-south-asia-killing-200000-to-300000-people-2021-12-26/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20191212T235446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T032604Z
UID:4153-1644105600-1644191999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Waitangi Day
DESCRIPTION:Waitangi Day marks the signing in 1840 of a treaty between representatives of the British Crown and over five hundred Māori chiefs. Claudia Orange explains that: \n\n\n\nMost chiefs signed a Māori-language version of the treaty. The English- and Māori-language versions held different meanings\, and Māori and Europeans therefore had different expectations of the treaty’s terms. Ever since\, resolution of these differences has presented New Zealand with challenges.  Claudia Orange\, ‘Treat of Waitangi’\, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand  \n\n\n\nIn a 2008 statement on the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand said: \n\n\n\nThe Church may have initially been slow to recognise the injustices caused to indigenous peoples as part of colonisation\, but Catholic social teaching on the rights of indigenous people is now clear and unequivocal. Ecclesia in Oceania\, specifically written for our region\, asked for forgiveness for times the Church had been a party to injustices done to indigenous peoples in Oceania\, and expressed the support of the regional Bishops for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In statements on the Treaty of Waitangi (1990 and 1995) and Indigenous Peoples (1993)\, we have affirmed the Church’s commitment to work to resolve historic injustices and to reconcile peoples.  A Statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on 10 December 2008.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/waitangi-day-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220217T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220217T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T011411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T011845Z
UID:1399-1645056000-1645142399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2014: Murder of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati in offshore immigration detention on Manus Island
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember twenty three year old asylum seeker Reza Barati who was killed in riots at the Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Manus Island. A Senate Committee inquiry later found that the Australian Government had failed in its duty to protect him\, and other asylum seekers\, from harm. Here is an extract from the conclusions of the Committee. \n\n\n\n8.5        In summary\, the committee has found that the events of 16 to 18 February 2014 at the Manus Island RPC were eminently foreseeable\, and may have been prevented if transferees had been given a clear pathway for the assessment of their asylum claims. Many of the problems at the centre had their origins in the events of July to October 2013\, when the centre was transformed from a mixed facility into a single adult males facility and experienced a massive influx of new transferees\, reaching more than double the initial intended capacity of the centre in the space of approximately 12 weeks. The inability of the centre’s infrastructure to cope with this influx\, combined with the complete absence of any clear refugee status determination and resettlement framework to deal with these asylum seekers\, created an environment where unrest and transferee protests were the inevitable result.  8.6        It is clear from evidence presented to the committee that the Australian Government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers including Mr Barati from harm.  Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report\n\n\n\nThe Manus Island RPC was found to be unconstitutional by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court in 2016 and was shut in 2017. A number of detainees were transferred to the Bomana Immigration Detention Centre.  \n\n\n\nIn November 2019 a delegation of representatives from the Australian Catholic community traveled to Papua New Guinea to gain a deeper understanding of conditions for asylum seekers there. Read their statement here. \n\n\n\nIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has made a complaint about the conditions of detention in Bomana to the International Criminal Court (ICC). \n\n\n\nAs SBS News report\, Director of the jurisdiction\, complementary and cooperation division of the ICC office of the prosecutor\, Phakiso Mochochoko has found that the conditions of detention “appear to have constituted cruel\, inhuman or degrading treatment.”  Read more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2014-murder-of-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-barati-in-offshore-immigration-detention-on-manus-island-2022-02-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220301T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T034121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T034121Z
UID:1545-1646092800-1646179199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day is sometimes known as ‘Bikini’ Day because it marks the anniversary of the US ‘Bravo’ nuclear bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll in 1954.  \n\n\n\nThe explosion gouged out a crater more than 200 feet deep and a mile across\, melting huge quantities of coral which were sucked up into the atmosphere together with vast volumes of seawater. The resulting fallout caused widespread contamination in the Pacific.   Te Wharepora Hou
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-day-2022-03-01/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220304T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220304T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T043113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T043113Z
UID:1551-1646352000-1646438399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:International Day of Unplugging
DESCRIPTION:In the USA\, the Reboot Network initiated the National Day of Unplugging to encourage people to unplug\, unwind\, relax and do things other than using digital technology\, electronics and social media for twenty four hours beginning at sundown on the first Friday in March. It builds on the Sabbath Manifesto which draws on and adapts the Jewish tradition of the Sabbath. \n\n\n\nAs Christians in Australia\, we can also reflect on the meaning for today’s world of the commandment to keep the Lord’s day holy. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: \n\n\n\nGod’s action is the model for human action. If God ‘rested and was refreshed’ on the seventh day\, we too ought to ‘rest’ and should let others\, especially the poor\, ‘be refreshed’. The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt ad provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money. Catechism of the Catholic Church\, n 2172.\n\n\n\nDo we need rest and respite from digital technologies? Might we at times fall into servitude or even worship of social media? \n\n\n\nFind out more about the Sabbath Manifesto and the National Day of Unplugging here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-day-of-unplugging-2022-03-04/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220311T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041431Z
UID:1614-1646956800-1647043199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2011: Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami
DESCRIPTION:On this day an earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan killed 18\,500 people. Damage to a nuclear power plant in this event caused widespread contamination and the displacement of thousands of people. Reflecting on these events\, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan called for the abolition on nuclear power: \n\n\n\nWe\, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan\, appeal to all people who share our common home called Earth that we join hands\, rise together and act in solidarity to end nuclear power generation. For that purpose\, we turn first to the Catholic Church throughout the world\, seeking cooperation and solidarity. Then\, building on that\, we hope to develop a global solidarity that transcends religions\, races and nations. Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2011-fukushima-earthquake-and-tsunami-2022-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220520T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220520T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200228T053523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T053523Z
UID:2581-1653004800-1653091199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2002: Timor-Leste Constitution enters into force
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2002-timor-leste-constitution-enters-into-force-2022-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220604T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220604T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200318T065028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T124548Z
UID:2813-1654300800-1654387199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre\, Bejing
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember the students who were killed in Tiananmen Square while protesting for democracy. For last year’s anniversary\, Hong Kong Catholics organised an exhibition so that younger generations may gain insight into what happened. Find our more here. \n\n\n\nLearn about the iconic image of a lone unarmed man confronting a row of tanks here. \n\n\n\nThe Tank Man\n\n\n\nHe will live forever in our memories. \nHis singular act of courage and hope\nproclaimed the dignity of each person\nin the face of powers and principalities.\n\nGod grant us his courage and his hope.\n\nSandie Cornish
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1989-tiananmen-square-massacre-bejing-2022-06-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220707T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220707T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200511T071800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T071800Z
UID:3281-1657152000-1657238399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1945: Blessed Peter To Rot
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1945 Blessed Peter To Rot was martyred in Papua New Guinea. Find out more about his life here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1945-blessed-peter-to-rot-2022-07-07/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220710T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220710T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200511T072335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T072335Z
UID:3302-1657411200-1657497599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1985: Sinking of Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1985-sinking-of-greenpeace-ship-rainbow-warrior-in-auckland-2022-07-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220717T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220717T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200511T082148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T082148Z
UID:3309-1658016000-1658102399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Emoji Day
DESCRIPTION:This day was created by Emojipedia to celebrate the use of emojis. An emoji is a small digital image or icon used to convey an idea or emotion. They are different from emoticons which use characters rather than images\, for example the smiley face emoticon is :). Emojis are commonly used in text messages and on social media.  \n\n\n\nEmoji exist in various genres\, including facial expressions\, common objects\, places and types of weather\, and animals. They are much like emoticons\, but emoji are actual pictures instead of typographics. \n\n\n\nIf you are confused about the meaning of the many emojis that you see\, that’s what Emojipedia is for – is is a visual encyclopedia of emojis.  \n\n\n\nOriginating on Japanese mobile phones in 1997\, emoji became increasingly popular worldwide in the 2010’s after being added to several mobile operating systems. They are now considered to be a large part of popular culture in the west. For example\, in 2015\, Oxford Dictionaries named the Face with Tears of Joy emoji Word of the Year. Find out more about emoji here. \n\n\n\nImage Credit
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-emoji-day-2022-07-17/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220925T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220925T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200811T051100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T032247Z
UID:4245-1664064000-1664150399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Migrant and Refugee Sunday
DESCRIPTION:The theme for Migrant and Refugee Sunday 2020 is “Forced Like Jesus Christ to Flee”. Read Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees here.\n\n\n\nFrom this year forward\, Migrant and Refugee Sunday will be celebrated in Australia on the last Sunday in September. This brings the practice of the Church in Australia into line with the practice of the Church around the world.  \n\n\n\nThe Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) produces a Migrant & Refugee Kit it to help parishes\, schools and Catholic organisations to celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday.  \n\n\n\nThe Migrant and Refugee Section of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development also offers resources for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The 2022 theme is ‘Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees’ You can read Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022 here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/migrant-and-refugee-sunday-2022-09-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220927T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220927T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200820T063203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200820T063203Z
UID:3818-1664236800-1664323199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1988: Formation of Burma's National League for Democracy by Aung San Suu Kyi
DESCRIPTION:The Nobel Prize website explains that Peace Prze Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is “the daughter of the legendary liberation movement leader Aung San. Following studies abroad\, she returned home in 1988. From then on\, she led the opposition to the military junta that had ruled Burma since 1962. She was one of the founders of the National League for Democracy\, and was elected secretary general of the party. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi\, she opposed all use of violence and called on the military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government. The aim was to establish a democratic society in which the country’s ethnic groups could cooperate in harmony.”
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1988-formation-of-burmas-national-league-for-democracy-by-aung-san-suu-kyi-2022-09-27/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221109T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221109T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201027T041257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T041257Z
UID:4008-1667952000-1668038399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1989: Opening of the Berlin Wall
DESCRIPTION:“On November 9\, 1989\, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe\, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day\, he said\, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders. East and West Berliners flocked to the wall\, drinking beer and champagne and chanting “Tor auf!” (“Open the gate!”). At midnight\, they flooded through the checkpoints. More than 2 million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin that weekend.   The reunification of East and West Germany was made official on October 3\, 1990\, almost one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall.” The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1989-opening-of-the-berlin-wall-2022-11-09/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221110T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221110T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201027T042308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T042308Z
UID:4011-1668038400-1668124799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1995: Execution of nine Nigerian environmentalists and human rights activists
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1995\, writer and human rights activist\, Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed in Nigeria despite worldwide pleas for clemency. The country’s military rulers ordered the execution of Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other dissidents. \n\n\n\nBBC On This Day
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1995-execution-of-nine-nigerian-environmentalists-and-human-rights-activists-2022-11-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221112T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221112T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201027T044052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T044052Z
UID:4019-1668211200-1668297599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1991: Dili Massacre\, Timor-Leste: more than 271 people killed
DESCRIPTION:On November 12\, 1991\, Indonesian troops fired upon a peaceful memorial procession to a cemetery in Dili\, East Timor that had turned into a pro-independence demonstration. More than 271 East Timorese were killed that day at the Santa Cruz cemetery or in hospitals soon after. An equal number were disappeared and are believed dead. \n\n\n\nEast Timor Action Network (ETAN)
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1991-dili-massacre-timor-leste-more-than-271-people-killed-2022-11-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221116T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221116T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201027T053409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T053409Z
UID:4022-1668556800-1668643199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1989: Murder of six Jesuit priests and two co-workers in El Salvador
DESCRIPTION:In the early hours on 16 November 1989\, six Jesuit priests\, a cook and her 16-year-old daughter were shot and killed at the Pastoral Centre of José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador. The victims were Fathers Ignacio Ellacuría\, Rector of the University; Ignacio Martín-Baró\, Vice-Rector; Segundo Montes\, Director of the Human Rights Institute; Amando López\, Joaquín López y López and Juan Ramón Moreno\, all teachers at UCA; and Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter\, Celina Mariceth Ramos. The priests publicly opposed U.S. support of the Salvadoran armed forces\, and pleaded for peaceful dialogue between the right and the left. They polled poor citizens and kept detailed records of refugees fleeing the country. \n\n\n\nReport of the UN Truth Commission on El Salvador pages 45-47
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1989-murder-of-six-jesuit-priests-and-two-co-workers-in-el-salvador-2022-11-16/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221201T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201027T222928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T222928Z
UID:4071-1669852800-1669939199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1961: First raising of the Morning Star flag\, West Papua
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1961 the West Papuan national flag\, the Morning Star was first raised. Although the Netherlands’ plans for West Papuan independence at that time did not come to fruition\, the flag prepared for an independent West Papua continues to be a symbol of the desire for self determination and independence for the West Papuan people. \n\n\n\nFind out more at West Papua Flag Day
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1961-first-raising-of-the-morning-star-flag-west-papua-2022-12-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20201209T013924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T013924Z
UID:4188-1672012800-1672099199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2004: Devastating tsunami in South Asia\, killing 200\,000 to 300\,000 people
DESCRIPTION:The Indian Ocean tsunami traveled as much as 3\,000 miles (nearly 5\,000 km) to Africa\, arriving with sufficient force to kill people and destroy property. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra\, according to the USGS\, which monitors earthquakes worldwide. \n\n\n\nThe Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 50 feet (15 meters) in some places\, according to news reports. But in many other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean\, more like an extremely powerful river or a flood than the advance and retreat of giant waves. \n\n\n\nSource: National Geographic: The Deadliest Tsunami in History?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2004-devastating-tsunami-in-south-asia-killing-200000-to-300000-people-2022-12-26/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20191212T235446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T235446Z
UID:4431-1675641600-1675727999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Waitangi Day
DESCRIPTION:Waitangi Day marks the signing in 1840 of a treaty between representatives of the British Crown and over five hundred Māori chiefs. Claudia Orange explains that: \n\n\n\nMost chiefs signed a Māori-language version of the treaty. The English- and Māori-language versions held different meanings\, and Māori and Europeans therefore had different expectations of the treaty’s terms. Ever since\, resolution of these differences has presented New Zealand with challenges.  Claudia Orange\, ‘Treat of Waitangi’\, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand  \n\n\n\nIn a 2008 statement on the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand said: \n\n\n\nThe Church may have initially been slow to recognise the injustices caused to indigenous peoples as part of colonisation\, but Catholic social teaching on the rights of indigenous people is now clear and unequivocal. Ecclesia in Oceania\, specifically written for our region\, asked for forgiveness for times the Church had been a party to injustices done to indigenous peoples in Oceania\, and expressed the support of the regional Bishops for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In statements on the Treaty of Waitangi (1990 and 1995) and Indigenous Peoples (1993)\, we have affirmed the Church’s commitment to work to resolve historic injustices and to reconcile peoples.  A Statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on 10 December 2008.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/waitangi-day-2023-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230217T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230217T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T011411Z
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SUMMARY:2014: Murder of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati in offshore immigration detention on Manus Island
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember twenty three year old asylum seeker Reza Barati who was killed in riots at the Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Manus Island. A Senate Committee inquiry later found that the Australian Government had failed in its duty to protect him\, and other asylum seekers\, from harm. Here is an extract from the conclusions of the Committee. \n\n\n\n8.5        In summary\, the committee has found that the events of 16 to 18 February 2014 at the Manus Island RPC were eminently foreseeable\, and may have been prevented if transferees had been given a clear pathway for the assessment of their asylum claims. Many of the problems at the centre had their origins in the events of July to October 2013\, when the centre was transformed from a mixed facility into a single adult males facility and experienced a massive influx of new transferees\, reaching more than double the initial intended capacity of the centre in the space of approximately 12 weeks. The inability of the centre’s infrastructure to cope with this influx\, combined with the complete absence of any clear refugee status determination and resettlement framework to deal with these asylum seekers\, created an environment where unrest and transferee protests were the inevitable result.  8.6        It is clear from evidence presented to the committee that the Australian Government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers including Mr Barati from harm.  Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report\n\n\n\nThe Manus Island RPC was found to be unconstitutional by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court in 2016 and was shut in 2017. A number of detainees were transferred to the Bomana Immigration Detention Centre.  \n\n\n\nIn November 2019 a delegation of representatives from the Australian Catholic community traveled to Papua New Guinea to gain a deeper understanding of conditions for asylum seekers there. Read their statement here. \n\n\n\nIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has made a complaint about the conditions of detention in Bomana to the International Criminal Court (ICC). \n\n\n\nAs SBS News report\, Director of the jurisdiction\, complementary and cooperation division of the ICC office of the prosecutor\, Phakiso Mochochoko has found that the conditions of detention “appear to have constituted cruel\, inhuman or degrading treatment.”  Read more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2014-murder-of-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-barati-in-offshore-immigration-detention-on-manus-island-2023-02-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T034121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T034121Z
UID:4504-1677628800-1677715199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day is sometimes known as ‘Bikini’ Day because it marks the anniversary of the US ‘Bravo’ nuclear bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll in 1954.  \n\n\n\nThe explosion gouged out a crater more than 200 feet deep and a mile across\, melting huge quantities of coral which were sucked up into the atmosphere together with vast volumes of seawater. The resulting fallout caused widespread contamination in the Pacific.   Te Wharepora Hou
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-day-2023-03-01/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T043113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T043113Z
UID:4508-1677801600-1677887999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:International Day of Unplugging
DESCRIPTION:In the USA\, the Reboot Network initiated the National Day of Unplugging to encourage people to unplug\, unwind\, relax and do things other than using digital technology\, electronics and social media for twenty four hours beginning at sundown on the first Friday in March. It builds on the Sabbath Manifesto which draws on and adapts the Jewish tradition of the Sabbath. \n\n\n\nAs Christians in Australia\, we can also reflect on the meaning for today’s world of the commandment to keep the Lord’s day holy. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: \n\n\n\nGod’s action is the model for human action. If God ‘rested and was refreshed’ on the seventh day\, we too ought to ‘rest’ and should let others\, especially the poor\, ‘be refreshed’. The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt ad provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money. Catechism of the Catholic Church\, n 2172.\n\n\n\nDo we need rest and respite from digital technologies? Might we at times fall into servitude or even worship of social media? \n\n\n\nFind out more about the Sabbath Manifesto and the National Day of Unplugging here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-day-of-unplugging-2023-03-03/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230311T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041431Z
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SUMMARY:2011: Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami
DESCRIPTION:On this day an earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan killed 18\,500 people. Damage to a nuclear power plant in this event caused widespread contamination and the displacement of thousands of people. Reflecting on these events\, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan called for the abolition on nuclear power: \n\n\n\nWe\, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan\, appeal to all people who share our common home called Earth that we join hands\, rise together and act in solidarity to end nuclear power generation. For that purpose\, we turn first to the Catholic Church throughout the world\, seeking cooperation and solidarity. Then\, building on that\, we hope to develop a global solidarity that transcends religions\, races and nations. Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2011-fukushima-earthquake-and-tsunami-2023-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230520T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230520T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T083846
CREATED:20200228T053523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T053523Z
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SUMMARY:2002: Timor-Leste Constitution enters into force
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2002-timor-leste-constitution-enters-into-force-2023-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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