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Richard Levine wrote:

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< From: Ira A. Wilner <bdcst@sover.net<
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< Date: Monday, March 12, 2001, 9:52:51 AM
< Subject: Human Rights in Afghanistan
<
< ===8<==============Original message text===============
< Madu, 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 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. 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 can't work, those without male relatives or
< husbands are either starving to death or begging on the street,
< even if they hold Ph.Ds.
< 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, is very high.
< There are no proper medication and treatment for severe
< depression and would rather take their lives than live
< in such conditions, has increased significantly.
<
< There are almost no medical facilities available for
< women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter
< found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of
< beds, 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.
<
< One doctor is considering, when the little medication
< that is left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of the
< president's residence as a form of protest. 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, dress generally as
< they wanted, and 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 in 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 to be treated as unhuman and
< so much as property. Equality and human decency is a RIGHT
< not a freedom, either one lives inAfghanistan or elsewhere.
<
< EVEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO SIGN THIS, PLEASE PASS IT
< ON SO AS NOT TO KILL THE PETITION.
<
< SEE BELOW FOR WHAT TO DO WHEN LIST REACHES
< 300 NAMES:
<
< THANK YOU
<
< 1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
< 2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble, France
< 3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
< 4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
< 5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
< 6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
< 7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
< 8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
< 9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
< 10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
< 11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
< 12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
< 13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
< 14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
< 15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
< 16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
< 17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
< 18) RobertG ARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
< 19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
< 20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
< 21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
< 22) JeanI MBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
< 23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
< 24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
< 25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
< 26) Michel VILLAZ,G renoble, France
< 27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
< 28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
< 29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
< 30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
< 31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
< 32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
< 33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
< 34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
< 35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
< 36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
< 37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
< 38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
< 39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
< 40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
< 41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
< 42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
< 43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
< 44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm,S weden
< 45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
< 46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
< 47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
< 48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
< 49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
< 50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
< 51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
< 52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
< 53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
< 54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
< 55) Asa Pettersson,G rimsas, Sweden
< 56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
< 57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
< 58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
< 59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
< 60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
< 61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
< 62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
< 63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
< 64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
< 65) Magnus Hjert, London,U K
< 66) Kevin Stamvik, Hurley, UK
< 67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
< 68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
< 69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
< 70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
< 71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
< 72) Rebecka Swane,S tockholm,Sweden
< 73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
< 74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
< 75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
< 76) ThereseS tedman, Malmoe, Sweden
< 77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
< 78) Douglas Bratt
< 79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
< 80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
< 81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
< 82)M arianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
< 83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
< 84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
< 85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
< 86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
< 87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
< 88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
< 89) Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
< 90) Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
< 91) Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
< 92) Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
< 93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
< 94) Melanie London, New York, NY
< 95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
< 96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
< 97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
< 98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles,C A
< 99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL
< 100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
< 101) Michael Jampole, BeachP ark, IL, USA
< 102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
< 103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
< 104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
< 105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
< 106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX,U SA
< 107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX USA
< 108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA
< 109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
< 110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA
< 111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
< 112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA
< 113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX USA
< 114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA
< 115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
< 116) Milton Lonnee, Houston, TX, USA
< 117) Chela Lonnee, Houston, TX - USA
< 118) Tim Watson, Houston, TX - USA
< 117) Emily Watson, New Orleans, LA - USA
< 118) Kimberlea Jackson, Plano, TX - USA
< 119) DianaE lliott, Daytona Beach, FL - USA
< 120) Marjorie Fortin,C olumbus, GA - USA
< 121) Crystal Slaughter, Columbus, GA - USA
< 122) Vicki Black, Columbus, GA - USA
< 123) Denise Black, Jeannette, PA - USA
< 124) Doris Songer, Greensburg, PA USA
< 125) Barbara Golden, Accra, Ghana
< 126) Mavis Ampah Sintim-Misa, Ghana
< 127) Grettle Kermah, CA, USA
< 128) Lynda Pickbourn, Accra, Ghana
< 129) Henry Butler, MD, USA
< 130) Kathleen Gregory, USA
< 131) Elaine Hidalgo, MD, USA
< 132) Megan O'Brien, VA, USA
< 133) Jeannie O'Leary. Washington, DC, USA
< 134) B.Pierce, DC,U SA
< 135) Jamie Gettle, MD, USA
< 136) Ilisa Sokolic, Raleigh, NC USA
< 137) Emma Lebelle, Sydney, Australia
< 138) Ellen Lebelle, Nogent sur Marne, France
< 139) Sandra Pickar, Los Angeles, USA
< 140) Jean-Paul Goulin, Nogent sur Marne, France
< 141) Jean-Claude Baltzinger, Vich, Switzerland
< 142) Claude Muller, Lausanne, Switzerland
< 143) Melanie MULLER, Morges, Switzerland
< 144) Sophie Bogoyavlensky, Lausanne, Switzerland
< 145) Anne Wilken, Lausanne, Switzerland
< 146) Katreen Hardt, New York, NY, USA
< 147) Almond Zigmnd, Las Vegas, NV
< 148) Rachel Gould, Brighton, UK
< 149) Catherine Holland, Co. Cork, Eire
< 150) Alan Callender, Co. Cork, Eire
< 151) Geoffrey Holland, Cholburi, Thailand
< 152) Chris Bocking, London, UK
< 153) Caroline Redhead, Hong Kong
< 154) Sally Storey, London, UK
< 155) Robin Mullen, London, UK
< 156) Julia Burns, London UK
< 157) Kate O'Connell, Sydney, Australia
< 158) Mary-Jane Francis, Sydney, Australia
< 159) Sandra Harris, Australia
< 160) Lea Harris, Australia
< 161) Lindy Quennell, New Zealand
< 162) Sharon Caskie, Falkirk, Scotland
< 163) Heather McQueen, Edinburgh, Scotland
< 164) Sabine Leitgeb, Frankfurt,Deutschland
< 165) Jean-Paul Charlieu, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
< 166) Sjaak ten Thij Enschede Netherland
< 167) Wieke Kuiper, Zwolle Netherland
< 168) bart koens, Doetinchem Netherlands
< 169) Bob Deveen, Aalter, Belgium
< 170) Wim Van Cauwenbergh, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
< 171) Kristof Boden, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
< 172) Marijn Nivelle, Riemst, Belgium
< 173) Ronny Bogaert, Riemst + Leuven, Belgium
< 174) Geert Duchateau, Riemst, Belgium
< 175) An Reynders, Riemst, Belgium
< 176) Tilly Biesmans, Tongeren, Belgium
< 177) Els Dols, Beek, The Netherlands
< 178) Mireille Derks, The Netherlands
< 179) Wilma de Jong, The Netherlands
< 180) Nathalie Deelen, The Netherlands
< 181) Maartje van Alphen, The Netherlands
< 182) Anneke van Alphen, The Netherlands
< 183) Margriet Koningswoud, The Netherlands
< 184) Jobke Koningswoud, The Netherlands
< 185) Esther Koningswoud, The Netherlands
< 186) Marijke van Dijk, The Netherlands
< 187) Arina van de Voorden, The Netherlands
< 188) Lineke van Dijk, The Netherlands
< 189) Jan van Dijk, The Netherlands
< 190) Sophia Dekker, The Netherlands
< 191) Martha Jacobse, The Netherlands
< 192) Cornelie Klerk, The Netherlands
< 193) Hester Karels, The Netherlands
< 194) Jan Karels, The Netherlands
< 195) Loes Karels, The Netherlands
< 196) Gerda Karels, The Netherlands
< 197) Sherwin eusenia, The Netherlands
< 198) Andre Karels, The Netherlands
< 199) Chiela Karels, The Netherlands
< 200) Heiltje Karels, The Netherlands
< 201) Joost Karels, The Netherlands
< 202) Tineke Karels, The Netherlands
< 203) Gerard Karels, The Netherlands
< 204) Pity Karels, The Netherlands
< 205) Carl Klaase, The Netherlands
< 206) Hans Karels, The Netherlands
< 207) Ralph Henderikse, The Netherlands
< 208) Feyola Henderikse, The Netherlands
< 209) Jonathan van den Berg, The Netherlands
< 210) Jodl Postma, The Netherlands
< 211) Jelma Wiegersma, The Netherlands
< 212) Johan Smit, The Netherlands
< 213) Petra Dekker, The Netherlands
< 214) Catherine Singayevskaya, Russia
< 215) Svetlane Petrova, Russia
< 216) Alexey Petrov, Russia
< 217) Alexey Osipov, Russia
< 218) Hannah Shooty, Russia
< 219) Gerda Wijnveen, The Netherlands
< 220) Jan-Hendrik Kuperus, The Netherlands
< 221) Fokke Zandbergen, The Netherlands
< 222) Aafke Hoekstra, The Netherlands
< 223) Imke Postma, The Netherlands
< 224) Alie van Leersum, The Netherlands
< 225)eddy van der ploeg, The Netherlands
< 226) Rudine Bijlsma, The Netherlands
< 227) Marleen Kwast, The Netherlands
< 228) Marieke Kamphuis, The Netherlands
< 228) Teo van de Bunt, The Netherlands
< 299) Heidi de Kock, The Netherlands
< 230) Martine Ronner, The Netherlands
< 231)Ans Bouwens, The Netherlands
< 232) Ludy Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
< 233) Petra Brussen, The Netherlands
< 234) Lysan van Winden, The Netherlands
< 235) Chris Keller, The Netherlands
< 236)Dorine Spoel, The Netherlands
< 237)Desiree Ragetli, Catalonia (Spain)
< 238)Irene van de Mheen, Spain
< 239)Floor Bos, holland
< 240)Jeroen de Haan,holland
< 241) Gery Groot Zwaaftink, Holland
< 242) Eric Borrias, Holland
< 243) Chava Herschel, Holland
< 244) Helene Herschel, Holland
< 245 Arjan Barink, Netherlands
< 246) Kristina Jasiunaite, Lithuania
< 247) Giedre Kristaponyte, Lithuania
< 248) Elena Jasiunaite, Lithuania
< 249) Ansgar Steinwachs, Germany
< 250) Patrick Brandwagt, The Netherlands
< 251) Meinou Vunderink, The Netherlands.
< 252) Jan en Marja Heusinkveld, Holland
< 253) Jopie van Wingerden, The Netherlands
< 254) Tineke Swart, The Netherlands
< 255) Joke Roovers, The Netherlands
< 257) Wil Blokhuis, The Netherlands
< 258) Tiny Tromp, The Netherlands
< 259) Lida Bruin-Kunst, The Netherlands
< 260) Philepien Wilms Tetteroo, Holland
< 261) Annelies van Rossum, The Netherlands
< 262) Thea Bagchus-Dellaert, The Netherlands
< 263) Lia Visser & Piet Muller, The Netherlands
< 264) Elly Koel, The Netherlands
< 265) Hennieta Dijkhuis, The Netherlands
< 266) Frantoise de Lange, The Netherlands
< 267) Joke Kroonenberg-Beerlage, the Netherlands.
< 268) Oiet J. Kroonenberg, the Netherlands
< 269) Gregg Sablic, Levittown.NY, USA
< 270)Robert Anger, Santa Monica, CA, USA
< 271) Paul Deason, Santa Monica, CA. USA
< 272) MICHAEL RIVA, SANTA MONICA CAL/USA
< 273) Michael Bolton, Vancouver, BC, CAN
< 274) Kendelle Elliott, Vancouver, BC, Can
< 275) Moyra Van Nus, Vancouver, BC
< 276) Kate Laner, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
< 278) Siovhan Sheridan Ayala, Seattle, WA, USA
< 279) Sanchitha Jayaram, Chicago, IL, USA
< 280) Geetha Jayaram, Columbia, MD
< 281) Harriet Suskin, Bowie, MD
< 282) Brenda Gerwin, Bethesda, MD
< 283) Deborah Miller, Bayonne, NJ
< 284) Galya Greenberg, West Hartford, CT
< 285) Deborah R. Starr, Suffield, Ct.
< 286) Ira A. Wilner, Putney, VT
< 287) Richard Levine, Keene, NH, USA

288) Joyce E. Tilton, Keene, NH, USA
289) Sandra J. Taylor, Hancock, NH, USA

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< Best regards,
< Richard mailto:richardlevine@monad.net

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