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Subject:

RE: Women in Afghanistan

From:

Tim Pugh <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:22:45 -0000

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I strongly feel that the geophysical mail base is not the suitable venue
for political objections no matter whom they affect.  Up to now I have
found this site of interest but if this type of material is going to be
placed on a scientific site it may be time to reassess its value.

Tim Pugh
Geophysical Manager

-----Original Message-----
From: R. C. Searle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 1:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Women in Afghanistan


>>Dear Friends,
>>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, so that depression is becoming so widespread
that
>>it
>>has reached emergency levels.  There 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.
>>
>>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.  There are almost no medical facilities available
for
>>women, and relief workers, in protest, have mostly left the country,
>>taking medicine and psychologists and other things necessary to treat
the
>>sky-rocketing level of depression among women.  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.  One doctor is considering, when what little
medication
>>
>>that is left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of the
>>president's residence as a form of peaceful 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 sub-human in the name of
>>right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or
'culture', but
>>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 support and
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 sub-human 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, 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, 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, USA
>>122) 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) Paul Jarrell, Wadsworth, OH - USA
>>129) Ian Austin ,  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>130) Germaine Maxwell, POS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>131) Phyllis Serrao, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>132) Max Serrao,  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>133) Lynn Waldron. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>134) Carole Carmichael, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>135) Denise Clarke,  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>136) Lisa Boisson, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>137)Yvonne Roberts-White, TRINIDAD &TOBAGO
>>137)Eileen Roberts, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>138) Elizabeth Chin Aleong, British Virgin Islands
>>139) Joy Ramlogan, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>>140) Eriko Togo, DC, USA
>>141) Luca F. Mezzomo, ITALY
>>142) Luigi Ruggerone, ITALY
>>143) Gabriele Parenti, ITALY
>>144) Alessandro Delia-Russell, ITALYn
>>145) Cristiana Vitale, ITALY
>>146) Cristina Davies, Egypt
>>147) Noha Bawazir, Lebanon
>>148) Carlos Milani, France
>>149) Andrea Moraes, Brasil
>>150) Luiz Eduardo Braga, Brasil
>>151) Debbie Andree, AZ USA
>>152) Klemens Arnarson, Iceland
>>153) Eva Ros Johannsdottir, Iceland
>>154) Helga Benediktsdottir, Iceland
>>155) Sigridur Benediktsdottir, Iceland
>>156) Arnar Geirsson, Iceland
>>157) Tryggvi Helgason, Iceland
>>158) Samuel J. Samuelsson, Iceland
>>159) Sigurbjörn Sveinsson, Iceland
>>160) Gunnar M. Sandholt, Iceland
>>161) Gudmundur Einarsson, Iceland
>>161) Logi Jonsson, Iceland
>>162) Gudrun petursdottir, Iceland
>>163) Ragnar Arnason, Iceland
164) Jean Boncoeur, France
165) Jean Goslin, Brest, France
166) Roger Searle, Durham, UK


>>PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message,sign the bottom and
>>forward it to everyone on your distribution lists.  If you receive
this
>>list with more than 200 names on it, please e-mail a copy of it to :
>>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> (Send after every 100 names.)
>>
>>Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill
>>the petition.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>NB. it is easier to copy than to forward


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