I got this letter from a friend and I thought I'd better forward it to you
all. It concerns the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
jim duffield
>
>
> Subj: Please Read...
> Date: 03/17/2000 10:28:55 AM Pacific Standard Time
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shahryar)
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> Please do not ignore this email. This is something that we as
> human beings need to support - I don't know if this is going to help
> but take 3 minutes out of your life to do your part.
>
> 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 stuffed
> into 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 on 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, who cannot find 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
> motionlesson 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.
>
> One doctor is considering, when what little medication that is
> left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of thepresident'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 in 1999 to be treated as subhuman and so
> much as property.
>
> Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives in
> Afghanistan or elsewhere.
>
> >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) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE 19) Claude CHEVILLARD,
> >Montpellier, FRANCE 20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE 21) Patrick
> >AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE. 22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE 23)
> >Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France 24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain 25)
> >Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain 26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, 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, Sweden 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,
> >Grimsas, 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, 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, Stockholm,Sweden 73) Jens Venge,
> >Stockholm, Sweden 74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden 75) Nina
> >Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden 76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden 77)
> >Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden 78) Douglas Bratt 79) Mats Lofstrom,
> >Stockholm, Sweden 80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden 81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden 82)
> >Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden 83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm,
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> >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, CA 99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL 100)
> >James Kjelland, Evanston, IL 101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, 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, USA 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) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA -
> >USA 117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA 118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA 119) Bonnie
> >LaChance, FL, USA 120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA 121) Pam Blades, FL, USA122)
> >Louise Campbell, FL, USA 123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA 124) Donald Blades,
> >FL,USA 125) Tom LaChance, FL, USA 126) Craig Huff, GA, USA 127) Karen
> >Huff, FL, USA 128) Heather Huff, GA, USA 129) Franki Silcox GA, USA 130)
> >Karin Horn, TX, USA 131) Lara Nelson, OH, USA 132) Beth Pilous, OH, USA
> >133) Sarah Clare, OH, USA 134) Carla Roth, OH, USA 135) Jenny Zukowski,
> >MI, USA 136) Amanda Silic, MI, USA 137) Heather Gilroy, MD, USA 138) Kat
> >Carrion, MD USA 139) Michelle Stryjewski, MD USA 140) Elizabeth H Stevens,
> >OR, USA 141) Alice Stevens, OR, USA 142) Tyler R. Monzie/ OR/ USA 143)
> >Allea Martin, OR, USA 145) Jose Tancuan, Or, USA 146) Akia Woods, OR USA
> >147) Bernie Gardent, OR, USA 148) Leslie Hall, OR, USA 149) Susan J.
> >Woods, OR, USA 150 [Cegelnik, Dixie] , OR, USA 151 Susan Amburgey, OR, USA
> >152 Cindy Harboldt, OR, USA 153 Richard Rehm, CA, USA 154. Lyn Lindsay,
> >CA, USA 155. Alma Gilligan, CA, USA 156. Maureen Lechwar, CA, USA 157.
> >Leslie Morales, CA, USA 158. Marci Marcantonio, CA, USA 159. Jill Haskins,
> >CA, USA 160. Jacqueline Gouly, CA, USA 161. Janet Talbott, CA, USA 162.
> >Manjula Subbiah, CA, USA 163. Susan Duncan, CA, USA 164. Blanca E.
> >Reynoso, CA, USA 165. Ruth C. Reynoso, Ca, USA 166. Phyllis H. Rawlins,
> >Anaheim, CA, USA 167. Lori Rice, Naples, Italy 168. Mina Giovannitti, Las
> >Vegas, USA (Turkey) 169. Fred Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA 170. Noelle
> >Brunelle, NV, USA 171. Kimberly A. Karl, NV, USA 172. Alana Segall, NV,
> >USA 173. Mark Leonard, NV, USA 174. Nancy Leonard, NV, USA 175. Troy
> >Leonard, NV, USA 176. Robert Mock AZ. USA 177. Patty Flanigan AZ, USA
> >178. William A Towne III, AZ, USA 179. Ellen J. Matheson, Los Angeles, CA,
> >USA 180. Theresa Leets, Los Angeles, CA, USA 181. G. Ahou Soomekh, Los
> >Angeles, CA, USA 182. Ronith Herman, El Paso, TX 183. Lauren R. Stein, PA,
> >USA 184. Michelle F. King, PA, USA 185. Jere' Webb, CA, USA 186. Kim
> >Anderson, CA USA 187. Kirsten Hinsdale, VA, USA 188. Ronald David, Wash,
> >DC 189. Cheryl Barnes, Buffalo, NY 190. Dawne David, Wash DC, USA 191.
> >Madhu Dutta New Delhi, India 192. Madhu Sen New Delhi, India 193.
> >Alokparna, VA USA 194. Anjali Dasgupta, MS USA 195. Tilottama Brahmachari,
> >NJ, USA 196. Chandrima Datta Ray, MS, USA 197. Jaydip Datta Ray, MS, USA
> >198. Maria Florencia Vidano, MA, USA 199. Matteo Dufour,Genova, Italia
> >200. Francois Dufour, Lugano, Switzerland 201. Francesco Ricasoli,
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> >Stockholm, Sweden 204. Petter Aberg, Stockholm, Sweden 205. Per-Anders
> >Stensson, Uppsala, Sweden 206. Malin Martensson, Uppsala, Sweden 207.
> >Maria Carlstedt 208. Eli Cathrine Wilhelmsen, Uppsala, Sweden 209.
> >AnnaMaria Billing, Uppsala, Sweden 210. Christina Molnar, Uppsala, Sweden
> >211. Christina Bergmark, Stockholm, Sweden 212. Katarina Mimmi Spang,
> >Stockholm, Sweden 213. Marta Terese Mornvik, Stockholm, Sweden 214. Sofi
> >Hakansson, Malmo, Sweden 215. Asa Grogarn Sol, Goteborg, Sweden 216.
> >Anders Jonsson, Goteborg, Sweden 217. Asa Ericsson, Goteborg, Sweden 218.
> >Elna Foleide Selle, Bergen, Norway 219. Brynjar Stautland, Bomlo, Norway
> >220. Berte Figenschou Amundsen, Trondheim, Norway 221. Marte
> >Morkved-Romstad, Oslo, Norway 222. Kjersti Forbregd, Trondheim, Norway
> >223. Inger Margrethe Torgersen, Oslo, Norway 224. Lisbeth Skogstrand,
> >Oslo, Norway 225. Ragnhild Skogstrand, Stokmarknes, Norway 226. Hanne
> >Husaas, Lier, Norway 227. Helena Wikstrom, Lund, Sweden 228. Kimberly
> >Rapport, Ca, USA 229. Kristie Bennett, San Jose, CA, USA 230. Debi Di
> >Bias, Santa Monica, CA, USA 231. Whitney Allen, San Francisco, CA USA 232.
> >Kaaren Shalom, Los Angeles, CA USA 233. Gretchen German, Los Angeles, CA
> >USA 234. Susan Peretz, Los Angeles, CA USA 235. Caryn West, Los Angeles,
> >CA. USA 236. Heather Juergensen, Los Angeles, CA USA 237. Camryn Manheim.
> >Los Angeles, CA USA 238. Julianne Williams, Los Angeles, CA USA 239. Jenna
> >Elfman, Los Angeles, CA USA 240. Rachel Smith, Los Angeles, CA USA 241.
> >Matthew Ian Glass, Los Angeles, CA USA 242. Bret R. Howey, Los Angeles, CA
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> >Glenn Mason, Manhattan, NY, USA 251. Melanie Kuhn, Athens, GA, USA 252.
> >Lida Pejman, San Francisco, CA USA 253. Mitra Pejman, Berkeley, CA, USA
> >254. Fariba Soltani, Potomac, Maryland, USA 255. Noushin Bashir, San Diego,
> >CA, USA 256. Mahasti ghazi, San Diego, CA, USA 257. Siamak Farah, Los
> >Angeles, CA, USA. 258. Ben Amini, Windsor, Ca, USA 259. Mitra Shari,
> >Richmond, Ca, USA 260. Mehdi Anvarian, San Francisco, CA, USA
> 261. Shahryar Amiri, Venice, CA, USA
> >262. Elham Ghaznavi
> 263. Donald C. Richie, Lombard, IL, USA
> 264. Effie Mihopoulos, Chicago, IL, USA
> 265. Dina Stengel, Chicago, IL, USA
> 266. Rodney D. Coates, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
> 267. Jim Duffield, Perth, Western Australia
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