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Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:48:58 -0700
From: Paul Filicetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Blue Mountain Clinic Cherie Garcelon/Laura Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jake Paisain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Information....
Subject: Human rights violations
Subject: women in Afghanistan
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 beds, wrapped in their
burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting
way.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 female relatives,especially their wives,but an angry mob has
often just as much right to stone or beat a woman, 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 1996. The rapidity of this
transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who
were once educators, 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) Natalie Edwards, Charlottesville VA USA
106) Cyndy Williams, Charlottesville, VA USA
107) Donna Hall, Lynchburg, Va USA
108) Robin Hinkle, Lynchburg, VA USA
109) George Vass Venice, FL USA
110) Martha Ferris, Moncks Corner, SC USA
111) Teresa Smith, Charleston, SC, USA
112) Terry Longo, Orlando, FL, USA
113) Charlotte Downs, Orlando, FL, USA
114) Laura M. Connaughton, Orlando, FL USA
115) Ronit Doran, Tel Aviv, Israel
116) Eran Hazoum, Tel Aviv, Israel
117) Ze'ev Ben-Tsvi, Givaatim, Israel
118) Esther Spanjer, Netherlands
119) Pascal Moser, Bern, Switzerland
120) Lucien Moser, Bern, Switzerland
121) Josepha Oostvogels, Bern, Switzerland
122) Germany
123) Sierd de Bruin, Bern,Switzerland
124) Tina Eslick, Rossdorf, Germany
125) Daniela Bergsch, Cologne, Germany
126) Brigitte Molsich, Pulheim, Germany
127) Beate Molsich, Bochum, Germany
128) Claudine Ip, Mauritius
129) Max Li ,Mauritius
130) Laval Liong, Mauritius
131) Jrme BOURGEOIS, FRANCE
132) Patricia Labeye, France
133) Nicolas Gilbert, FRANCE
134) Cline BONNAIRE, France
135) Claudio Banegas Bruzzone, BELGIUM
136) Stephane Wajskop, BELGIUM
137) Nannette RIPMEESTER, The Netherlands
138) Marja Exalto Sijbrands
139) Bep Jungschlager, Delft, The Netherlands
140) Mandy Jungschlager, Schiedam, The Netherlands
141) Shirly van den Boogert, Delft, The Netherlands
142) Robert de Vette, Schiedam, The Netherlands
143) Margt van den Oever, Delft, The Netherlands
144) Vivian Engels, Delft, The Netherlands
145) Bart Sosef, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands
146) Matthijs Withaar, Naaldwijk, The Netherlands
147) Joost Den Haag, the Netherlands
148) Marco Van Belle, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
149) Leon van Rijnsbergen, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
150) Walco van Loon, Hilversum, The Netherlands
151) Noor van de Beek, Batam, Indonesia
152) Lucie Kompier, Utrecht, The Netherlands
153) Canavesi Manuela, Milano Italia
154) Sabina Langer, Milano, Italia
155) Giorgio Amsicora Onnis, Treviglio (Bg), Italia
156) Matteo Boni, Milano, Italia
157) Camillo Boni, Milano, Italia
158) Barattieri Silvana, Milano, Italia
159) Cavaliere Sara, Milano, Italia
160) Flocchini Anna, Milano, Italia
161) Lucia GASPERINI, Milano, Italia
162) Bruno Mansoux, Paris, France
163) Giovanni Losurdo, Pisa, Italia
164) Reza Ansari, Paris, France
165) Jean Kaplan, Paris, France
166) Giovanni Gallavotti, Italia
167) Michael Keane, The Hague, The Netherlands
168) Emmanuel Lesigne, Tours, France
169) Yves Lacroix, Brest, France
170) Victoria Dreitz, Laurel, Maryland, USA
171) Jeffrey Prince, Florida, USA
172) PM Johnson, Washington, USA
173) P. FILICETTI, Montana, USA
174) J. Paisain, Montana, USA
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