| Peter Sep on Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:35:36 +0200 (CEST) |
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Daphne Meijer wrote: > > Please consider signing this petition - so easy to express one's support > > with email really. > > 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 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) 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) Iris Berenstein, Johannesburg, South Africa > >> 117) Lynne Jeffreys, Johannesburg, South Africa > >> 118) Sharon van Heerden, Johannesburg, South Africa > >> 119) Lizelle Mc Mahon, Johannesburg, South Africa > >> 120) Frik du Toit Suid Afrika > >> 121) Glenda Warrin, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 122) Andrew le Roux, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 123) Nathea Beukes, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 124) Johan Wiesner, Toowoomba, Australia > >> 125) Retha Wiesner, Toowoomba, Australia > >> 126) Leon de Villiers, Toowoomba, Australia > >> 127) Leslie Willmers, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 128) Wayne Jacobs, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 129) Davlynne Lidbetter, Cape Town, South Africa > >> 130) Gunnar Blondal, Oslo, Norway > >> 131) Magn?s Bl?ndal, Reykjavik, Iceland > >> 132) Alan Hughes, Manston,England > >> 133) Claire Page, Rochester, England > >> 134) Cathy Smith, London, England > >> 135) Nim Singh, London, England > >> 136) Serena Bentine, London, England > >> 137) Clare Fisk, London, England > >> 138) Alexander Robinson, London, England > >> 139) Darren Savage, London, England > >> 140) Victoria Malim, London, England > >> 150) Dotun Olanipekun-Mohamed, England > >> 151) Raymond Au-Yeung, England > >> 152) Wouter Barendrecht, Hong Kong > >> 153) Choi Kam Chuen Hong Kong > >> 154) JOyce Emons, Taiwan > >> 155) Wendela Elsen, Taiwan > >> 156) Arthur van Benthem, Jakarta, Indonesia > >> 157) Hans Janssen, Singapore > >> 158) Barbara Martens, Australia > >> 159) Reinier Evers, USA > >> 160) Harriette van den Hoek, USA > >> 161) Suzanne Karsters,USA > >> 162) Niko Koot, Amsterdam, the Netherlands > >> 163) Jorna Go, Ireland > >> 164) Aukje Rypma, the Netherlands > >> 165) Anne Schermer, the Netherlands > >> 166) Marc Nelissen, the Netherlands > >> 167) Justus van Oel, the Netherlands > 168) Daphne Meijer, the Netherlands 169) Peter Sep, The Netherlands > 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 : > > [email protected] < <mailto:[email protected]>> > < <mailto:[email protected]>> > Send after every 200 names.) > Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill > the petition. Thank you. It is best to copy rather than forward the > petition. > Melissa Buckheit , Brandeis University -- * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet toegestaan zonder * toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een gesloten en gemodereerde mailinglist * over net-kritiek. Meer info: [email protected] met 'info nettime-nl' in de * tekst v/d email. Archief: http://www.factory.org/nettime-nl. Contact: * [email protected]. Int. editie: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime.