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Petition to the U.N. If you decide not to forward this, please send it back to me. (See bottom for directions.) This is an actual petition, and "signatures" will be lost if you drop the line. Please take 3 minutes out of your life to do your part. And be sure to include other members of your household who are willing to sign. Oprah recently had a show about this atrocity and it was heartbreaking. Petition to the United Nations Background Information: 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 restricted to 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 in 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 must be extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression and would rather take their lives than live in such conditions. 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. 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 a growing list of infractions. Women enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress generally as they wanted, and to 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 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 2001 to be treated as subhuman and as so much property. Equality and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be granted,whether one lives in Afghanistan or elsewhere. > >1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA >2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA >3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA >4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA >5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. USA >6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA >7) Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA >8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA >9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA >10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA >11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA >12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA >13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA >14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA >15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA >16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA >17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA >18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA >19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara, CA >20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles, CA >21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena, CA >22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles, CA >23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles, CA >24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA >25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks, CA >26) Joleen Nordstrom ~ Hollywood, CA >27) Theresa Donahoe - Martinez,CA >28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA >29) Roxanne Ryan - Alamo, CA >30) Miriam Tyler- San Jose CA >31) John Burns- San Jose CA >32) Kristin Lynn Minick- Fort Worth TX >33) Jeff Neal- Marietta, GA >34) Anna Neal- Marietta, GA >35) Frances Murley-Fort Worth, TX >36) David Murley-London, England, UK >37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX >38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX >39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX >40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI >41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI >42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD >43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD >44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis, MN USA >45) Joseph Miller, Minneapolis, MN USA >46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake, MN USA >47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls. Mn. USA >48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids, MN USA >49) Tracy Ford, Blaine, MN USA >50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello, MN USA >51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village, Calif!ornia,USA >52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA >53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks, CA USA >54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles, CA USA >55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles, CA USA >56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods, CA USA >57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines, IA USA >58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines, IA USA >59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood, IA USA >60) Luke Finken, Earth >61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE USA >62) Cheryl Gerace, NE >63) Sheri Lew, CO >64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO >65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan >66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan >67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI >68) Margaret A. Meyers, Okemos, Michigan >69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos, Michigan >70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark, CO >71) Bart Johnson, Err, France >72) Sharon!O'Connor, Olympia, WA USA >73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia >74) Martha Lindley, Seattle, WA, USA >75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville, WA, USA >76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle, WA, USA >77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell, WA, USA >78) Trudie Breen, CA, USA >79) Catherine Standiford, CA, USA >80) Beverly Truett, AZ, USA >81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA >82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center, CA, USA >83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage, AK USA >84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia, WA USA >85) Lynda Lynde, Helena, MT USA >86) Constance Gelu, University Place, WA USA >87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma, WA USA >88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden, WA USA >89) Amanda James-Bow, WA USA >90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey, FL USA >91) Chris Poirier, Largo, Fl USA >92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto, Fl USA >93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne FL USA >94) Ellen Catano, Manchester NH USA >95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati OH USA >96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH USA >97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood OH USA >98) Brittany Brown, Cincinnati OH USA >99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati, Oh USA >100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA >101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA >102) Amy Cregger, Memphis, TN USA >103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH USA >104) Trina Bookman, Logan, OH USA >105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, Mo USA >106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN USA >107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, Tn USA >108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN USA >109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam, WA, USA >110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA >111) Rag!nar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA >112) MARILYN KING, CLEARWATER, FL, USA >113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar,FL,USA >114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA >115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA, USA >116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs, GA, USA >117) Hope Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA >118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA >119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA >120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA >121) Paula King, Lexington, KY,USA >122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,Mn,USA >123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton, MN USA >124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park, MN, USA >125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,Usa >126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA >127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain S.D.USA >128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls S.D.USA >129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls, SD USA >130) Susie Kostel, Tabor, SD USA >131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect, IL USA >132) Janet Tilden, Fremont, NE USA >133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs, TN, USA >134) Shari Watkins, Franklin, TN, USA >135) Teresa Beck, Columbia, TN USA >136) Amy Stephens, Brentwood, TN, USA >137) Vicki Warren, Lyles, TN, USA >138) Linda Lupo, Westland, MI, USA >139) Cathie McClary, Clinton Twp. MI, USA >140) Diane Catellane, Clinton Twp. MI, USA >141) Judy Mellen, Clarkston, MI, USA >142) Donna Waite, Lake Orion, MI, USA >143) Ann Acton, South Lyon, MI, USA >145) Tami Hall, South Lyon, MI, USA >146) Wendy Belsley, South Lyon, MI, USA >147) Gretel Coombs, East Lansing, MI, USA >148) Mike Jones, Lansing, MI, USA >149) Jeff Jones, Atlanta, GA, USA >150) Marion Jones , Atlanta, GA , USA >151) Pat Scott, Enumclaw, WA, USA >152) Bob Panzer, Houston, TX, USA >153) Pat Panzer, Houston, TX, USA >154) Joe Schwartz, Jacksonville AL USA >155) Stefanie Walfield, Fayetteville, NC, USA >156) Liz Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA >157) Christine Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA >156) Mike Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA >157) Randy Parsons, Eatonton, Ga. >158) Bonita Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA >159) Ralph Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA >160) Charles Lundquist, Binghamton, N.Y. U.S.A. >161) Tracy Rowe, Hollywood, CA USA >162) Daniel Raphael New York, New York USA >163) Ann Brameier, New York, NY USA >164) Kazuko Tao, Healdsburg, Ca USA >165) Shelley Zavat, Rio Nido, Ca. USA >166) Kendall Smith, Fort Bragg, Ca USA >167) Candi Zizek, Sacramento, California USA >168) Annette Blackwood, West Hartford, CT USA >169) Frank Sentner, West Hartford, CT USA >170) Ann Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA >171) George Steadman, Roanoke, VA USAar > >172) Elizabeth Byam,Washington, DC USA >173) Mary Dougal,Montclair, NJ USA >174) Kathleen Ennen, Champaign, Il. USA >175) Patricia S. Berky, Baltimore, Md. USA >176) Harriet J Smith, Potomac, Md USA >177) Gail Kleiner, Germantown, Md USA >178) N. Rao, Germantown, MD, USA >179) Sheela Kadambi, Bethesda, MD, USA >180) Lalita. J, Mumbai, India >181) Lakshmi D, Madras, India >182) Lata Sriram,Mumbai, India >183) Dorothy Mathias, Mumbai, India >184) Usha Amonkar, Mumbai, India >185) Shweta Kamat , NM , USA >186) Pallavi D, IA, USA >187) Vinaya K, Mumbai, India. >188)Medha P, Mumbai, India. >189)Saurabh, Mumbai, India. >190)Ajay A. Chipalkatti, Mumbai, India. >191)Abhinav Das, Mumbai, India >192) Chaitanya Prakash , OOTY, India >193) Piyush Prakash, Ooty, India. >194) A K Agrawala, Meerut, India. >195) Geeta Agrawala, Meerut, India. >196) Nupur Bhatacharjee, Meerut, India. >197) R.B. Agrawala, Meerut, India. >198) Nishank Agrawal,Chennai,India. >199) Lakshmi Suryanarayanan, Bangalore, India >200)Samhita Mundkur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia >201)Shanth Mannige, Pune, India >202) Satish Khot, Pune, India >203) Geera Kalanjee, Mumbai, India >204) Vijay Kalanjee , Mumbai, India >205) Noshir E. Deboo, ohio, USA >206) Tim Swonger, Ohio USA >207) Rob Mitchell, Ohio USA >208) James DeWine, Colorado USA >209) Mary Manning, Colorado USA >210) Bud Abrahamson, Oceanside, CA, USA >211) Ward Hauenstein, Colorado USA >212) Mary Elizabeth Hauenstein, Colorado USA >213) Richard Glaser Basalt Colorado USA >214) Jennifer Hoffmann, Wyoming, USA >215) Pamela Kearns, Wyoming USA >216) Margaret L. Dahlin, Washington USA 217) Donald M. Dahlin, Washington USA 218) Shelly R. Rodriguez, Washington USA 219) Deborah L. Carpenter, Wyoming USA 220) Michelle R. Weaver, Lake Orion, MI 221) Pierre H. Belanger Jr., Royal Oak, MI 222) Daniel M Loch Sterling Heights, MI 223) Jim Loch, Boca Raton, FL 224) Claudia Loch, Boca Raton, FL 225) Arthur Schwartz, Montreal, Canada 226) Barbara Murawski, Montreal, Canada 227) Shayne Magdoff, New Iberia, LA USA 228) Lynn S. 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