[CH] Fwd: Help Afghani Women

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Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:34:14 -0000 

> 
> Subject: Afghani women
> > Dear friends,
> > I think this petition deserves our signatures,
> > Regards, Pat
> >
> ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
> >
> > Subject: Afghani Women
> > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:30:01 +0200
> > From: Efsa Kuraner <efkuraner@turk.net>
> >
> > Subject: Afghani women
> >
> > If you decide not to forward this, please send it back
> > to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures"
> > will be lost if you drop the line.
> >
> > Please take 3 minutes out of your life to do your
> > part. And be sure to include other members of your
> > household who are willing to sign. Oprah recently had
> > a show about this atrocity and it was heartbreaking.
> >
> > Petition to the United Nations Background Information:
> >
> > Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war
> > upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996,
> > women have had to wear burqua and have been
> > beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper
> > attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh
> > covering in front of their eyes. One woman
> > was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists
> > for accidentally exposing her arm(!) while she was
> > driving. Another was stoned to death for
> > trying to leave the country with a man that was not a
> > relative.
> >
> > Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public
> > without a male relative; professional women such as
> > professors, translators, doctors,lawyers, artists and
> > writers have been forced from their jobs and
> > restricted to their homes. Homes where a woman is
> > present must have their windows painted so that she
> > can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent
> > shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear
> > of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because
> > they cannot work, those without male
> > relatives or husbands are either starving to death or
> > begging in the street,even if they hold Ph.D.'s.
> > Depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached
> emergency
> > levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic
> > society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but
> > relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among
> women must
> > be extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper
> > medication and treatment for severe depression and
> > would rather take their lives than live in such
> > conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a
> > reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies
> > lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their
> > burqua, unwilling to speak, eat,or do anything, but
> > slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were
> > seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or
> > crying, most of them in fear.
> >
> > It is at the point where the term "human rights
> > violations" has become an understatement. Husbands
> > have the power of life and death over their women
> > relatives, especially their wives, but an angry
> > mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman,
> > often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or
> > offending them in the slightest way. Women
> > enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress generally
> > as they wanted, and to drive and appear in public
> > alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this
> > transition is the main reason for the depression and
> > suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or
> > simply used to basic human freedoms are now
> > severely restricted and treated as subhuman in the
> > name of right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not
> > their tradition or 'culture', but it is
> > alien to them, and it is extreme even for those
> > cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone
> > has a right to a tolerable human
> > existence, even if they are women in a Muslim country.
> >
> > If we can threaten military force in Kosovo the name
> > of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians,
> > citizens of the world can certainly express
> > peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and
> > injustice committed against women by the Taliban.
> >
> > STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current
> > treatment of women in Afghanistan is completely
> > UNACCEPTABLE and deserves action by the
> > United Nations and that the current situation overseas
> > will not be tolerated.
> >
> > Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it
> > is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001 to be treated as
> > subhuman and as so much property. Equality
> > and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a
> > freedom to be granted,whether one lives in Afghanistan
> > or elsewhere.
> >
> > 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA
> > 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA
> > 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA
> > 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA
> > 5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. USA
> > 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA
> > 7) Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA
> > 8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA
> > 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA
> > 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA
> > 11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA
> > 12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA
> > 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA
> > 14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA
> > 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA
> > 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA
> > 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA
> > 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA
> > 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara, CA
> > 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles, CA
> > 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena, CA
> > 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles, CA
> > 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles, CA
> > 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA
> > 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks, CA
> > 26) Joleen Nordstrom ~ Hollywood, CA
> > 27) Theresa Donahoe - Martinez,CA
> > 28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA
> > 29) Roxanne Ryan - Alamo, CA
> > 30) Miriam Tyler- San Jose CA
> > 31) John Burns- San Jose CA
> > 32) Kristin Lynn Minick- Fort Worth TX
> > 33) Jeff Neal- Marietta, GA
> > 34) Anna Neal- Marietta, GA
> > 35) Frances Murley-Fort Worth, TX
> > 36) David Murley-London, England, UK
> > 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX
> > 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX
> > 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX
> > 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI
> > 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI
> > 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD
> > 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD
> > 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis, MN USA
> > 45) Joseph Miller, Minneapolis, MN USA
> > 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake, MN USA
> > 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls. Mn. USA
> > 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids, MN USA
> > 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine, MN USA
> > 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello, MN USA
> > 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village, Calif!ornia,USA
> > 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
> > 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks, CA USA
> > 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles, CA USA
> > 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles, CA USA
> > 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods, CA USA
> > 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines, IA USA
> > 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines, IA USA
> > 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood, IA USA
> > 60) Luke Finken, Earth
> > 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE USA
> > 62) Cheryl Gerace, NE
> > 63) Sheri Lew, CO
> > 64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO
> > 65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan
> > 66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan
> > 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI
> > 68) Margaret A. Meyers, Okemos, Michigan
> > 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos, Michigan
> > 70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark, CO
> > 71) Bart Johnson, Err, France
> > 72) Sharon!O'Connor, Olympia, WA USA
> > 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
> > 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle, WA, USA
> > 75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville, WA, USA
> > 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle, WA, USA
> > 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell, WA, USA
> > 78) Trudie Breen, CA, USA
> > 79) Catherine Standiford, CA, USA
> > 80) Beverly Truett, AZ, USA
> > 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA
> > 82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center, CA, USA
> > 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage, AK USA
> > 84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia, WA USA
> > 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena, MT USA
> > 86) Constance Gelu, University Place, WA USA
> > 87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma, WA USA
> > 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden, WA USA
> > 89) Amanda James-Bow, WA USA
> > 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey, FL USA
> > 91) Chris Poirier, Largo, Fl USA
> > 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto, Fl USA
> > 93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne FL USA
> > 94) Ellen Catano, Manchester NH USA
> > 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati OH USA
> > 96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH USA
> > 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood OH USA
> > 98) Brittany Brown, Cincinnati OH USA
> > 99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati, Oh USA
> > 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA
> > 101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA
> > 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis, TN USA
> > 103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH USA
> > 104) Trina Bookman, Logan, OH USA
> > 105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, Mo USA
> > 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN USA
> > 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, Tn USA
> > 108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN USA
> > 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam, WA, USA
> > 110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA
> > 111) Rag!nar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA
> > 112) MARILYN KING, CLEARWATER, FL, USA
> > 113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar,FL,USA
> > 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA
> > 115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA, USA
> > 116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs, GA, USA
> > 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA
> > 118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA
> > 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA
> > 120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA
> > 121) Paula King, Lexington, KY,USA
> > 122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,Mn,USA
> > 123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton, MN USA
> > 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park, MN, USA
> > 125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,Usa
> > 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA
> > 127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain S.D.USA
> > 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls S.D.USA
> > 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls, SD USA
> > 130) Susie Kostel, Tabor, SD USA
> > 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect, IL USA
> > 132) Janet Tilden, Fremont, NE USA
> > 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs, TN, USA
> > 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin, TN, USA
> > 135) Teresa Beck, Columbia, TN USA
> > 136) Amy Stephens, Brentwood, TN, USA
> > 137) Vicki Warren, Lyles, TN, USA
> > 138) Linda Lupo, Westland, MI, USA
> > 139) Cathie McClary, Clinton Twp. MI, USA
> > 140) Diane Catellane, Clinton Twp. MI, USA
> > 141) Judy Mellen, Clarkston, MI, USA
> > 142) Donna Waite, Lake Orion, MI, USA
> > 143) Ann Acton, South Lyon, MI, USA
> > 145) Tami Hall, South Lyon, MI, USA
> > 146) Wendy Belsley, South Lyon, MI, USA
> > 147) Gretel Coombs, East Lansing, MI, USA
> > 148) Mike Jones, Lansing, MI, USA
> > 149) Jeff Jones, Atlanta, GA, USA
> > 150) Marion Jones, Atlanta, GA , USA
> > 151) Pat Scott, Enumclaw, WA, USA
> > 152) Bob Panzer, Houston, TX, USA
> > 153) Pat Panzer, Houston, TX, USA
> > 154) Joe Schwartz, Jacksonville AL USA
> > 155) Stefanie Walfield, Fayetteville, NC, USA
> > 156) Liz Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA
> > 157) Christine Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA
> > 156) Mike Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA
> > 157) Randy Parsons, Eatonton, Ga.
> > 158) Bonita Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA
> > 159) Ralph Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA
> > 160) Charles Lundquist, Binghamton, N.Y. U.S.A.
> > 161) Tracy Rowe, Hollywood, CA USA
> > 162) Daniel Raphael New York, New York USA
> > 163) Ann Brameier, New York, NY USA
> > 164) Kazuko Tao, Healdsburg, Ca USA
> > 165) Shelley Zavat, Rio Nido, Ca. USA
> > 166) Kendall Smith, Fort Bragg, Ca USA
> > 167) Candi Zizek, Sacramento, California USA
> > 168) Annette Blackwood, West Hartford, CT USA
> > 169) Frank Sentner, West Hartford, CT USA
> > 170) Ann Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA
> > 171) George Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA
> > 172) Elizabeth Byam,Washington, DC USA
> > 173) Mary Dougal, Montclair, NJ USA
> > 174) Kathleen Ennen, Champaign, Il. USA
> > 175) Patricia S. Berky, Baltimore, Md. USA
> > 176) Wahiba Abu-Ras, Old Bridge, NJ. USA
> > 177) Magdi Awad, Old Bridge, NJ USA
> > 178) Melissa Joralemon, NY USA
> > 179) Vida Cofie-Robertson, NJ USA
> > 180) Sema Gurun, NY, USA
> > 181)Sahika Yildirim, UB, Mongolia
> > 182) Ceylan Orhun istanbul-turkey
> > 183) Efsa Kuraner, Istanbul, Turkey
> > 184) Meyzi Barin Istanbul Turkey
> > 185) Marie-Aude Serra, Istanbul Turkey
> > 186) Gil Serra, Istanbul Turkey
> > 187) Brian Wilks, France
> > 188) Donald Morton, Netherlands
> > 189) Martyn Wheatley, London, UK
> > 190) Sue Ledwith, Leicester UK
> 191) Andrew Bleach, Derbyshire, UK
> 192 )Vince Southcott, Leamington, UK
> > 193) David Zacks, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
> > 194) Chris Zacks, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
> > 195) Addie Daruvalla, Portsmouth, UK
> > 196) Rosemary Daruvalla, Portsmouth, UK
> > 197) Pesi Sorab, Hayling Island,UK
> > 198) Celia Ann Sorab, Hayling Island,UK
> 
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