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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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%