From the International Human Rights Group... 

URGENT UPDATE AND CALL FOR PRAYER SUPPORT:

APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST MELISSA
& THREATENS FAMILY

12 March 2007 - This morning, the OLG appeals court in Germany upheld the decision of the lower court against the Busekros family.

The court also held that Hubert and Gudrun must undergo psychiatric evaluation. The family, while willing to do this to see Melissa returned home, genuinely fears that all of this will be used against them to take their remaining children away from them.

An additional fear is that Melissa will be returned to the psychiatric clinic system in Germany and "disappear." This would leave the family with no way to know where Melissa is or how she is doing. She could become a ward of the State and completely lost to her family.

The pressure on this family, which has been incredible for the past month, has just increased to levels that are behond imagination. Please pray for their peace and wisdom as they continue to fight to hold their family together in this hostile environment.