This petition is not real. The email address has long ago been shut down
because of the tons of mail that were sent to it. It's best to stop
circulating these email petitions. They're virtually always hoaxes or
simply someone's good intention gone out of control. You can test the
validity of these by simply sending a message to the receiving email address
asking if it's a legitimate petition. I've now tested about a dozen email
petitions (including this one, which I've been seeing for over a year now)
and have always gotten back a nondeliverable message, often with information
that the email address doesn't exist or has been shut down. I've even
received back information that some petitions are urban legends and to
please stop sending mail and circulating them. Real petitions are not
circulated via email. They are done via an organization's website or by
some other means. I think these hoaxes distract from helping people such as
the women in Afghanistan. I'm sure there are real organizations to contact
if one wants to help them.
Marnie Carroll
> 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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> forward the petition. Melissa Buckheit , Brandeis University
> Yves Lacroix
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