Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 2001/03

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Subj: [kl] Fwd: FW: Taliban petition - please distribute - concerns human rights - of topic - but extremely important!!!!!
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:38:35 -0500

>From: 71@-----.is
>To: siggaeva@-----.com
>Subject: Fwd: FW: Taliban petition
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:15:54 GMT
>
>Forwarded Message:
> > Til: Harpa Rut Heiðarsdóttir , Sigríður Eva
>Guðmundsdóttir <71@-----.is>, Unnur Eyjólfsdóttir
> > Frá: Sigrún Svafa Ólafsdóttir <6989690@-----.is>
> > Efni: FW: Taliban petition
> > Dagsetning: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:34:54 -0000
> > -----
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thuridur Aradottir [mailto:thuri_ara@-----.com]
> > Sent: 23. febrúar 2001 11:16
> > To: skubry@-----.com;
> > Nevermind3@-----.is;
> > aaradottir@-----.com
> > Subject: Fwd: Taliban petition
> >
> >
> >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >Madhu,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 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. When what little medication that
> > >is left finally runs out, one doctor is considering
> > >leaving these women in front of the president's
> > >residence as a form of 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, 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 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 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 2000 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 Fransisco, CA
> > >9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA
> > >10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA
> > >11) Jeanne Racik, Berkeley, 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, Minnepolis, 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, California,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) Ragnar 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 Don Hill, Nashville, TN USA
> > >137 Suzanne Supplee, Reistertown, MD
> > >138 Mina Dillard-Gits, Agoura Hills, CA
> > >139 Negrita Jayde, Venice CA
> > >139) Gregory Hines, Venice CA
> > >140) John Balik, Malibu CA
> > >141) Silvio Morelli, Australia
> > >142) John Corcoran, Pittsburgh, PA
> > >143) Nancy C. Bowers, Pittsburgh, PA
> > >144) Angela Warchock, Cleveland, OH
> > >145) Bridget Marzullo, Cleveland, OH USA
> > >146) Mary McPhee, Cleveland, OH USA
> > >147) Cheryl Glaab, Phillipsburg, NJ USA
> > >148) P. Lynn Faugno, Point Pleasant,NJ USA
> > >149) Jill Apito Hewitt, Point Pleasant, NJ USA
> > >150) Jenn Apito, Hoboken, NJ USA
> > >151) Mary Jane Billy, Hoboken, NJ USA
> > >152) Andrea Billy, Lambertville, NJ USA
> > >153) Jennifer Treichler, Lambertville, NJ USA
> > >154) Lori High, Yardley, PA USA
> > >156) Sandra Brown, Kennett Square, PA
> > >157) Matilda B. Bixby, New Castle, DE
> > >158) Ellen W. Jennings, Middletown, DE.
> > >159) Jo Ann Jones, Fairfax, Virginia
> > >160) Ida Timothee, Falls Church, VA
> > >161) Patrick Kessler, Herndon, VA
> > >162) Adriana Vieco, Washington, DC
> > >163) Fabio Silva, Washington, DC
> > >164) Kesha Evans, Wahington, DC
> > >165) Aaron O'Toole, Washington, DC
> > >166) Anne O'Toole Salinas, Washington, DC
> > >167) Janai Orina, Washington, DC
> > >168) Karen Klinger, Austria
> > >169) Laura Ilardi, Washington, DC
> > >170) Thuridur Aradottir, Reykjavik, Iceland
> > >171) Sigrún Svafa Ólafsdóttir, Selfoss, Iceland
> > >172)Sigríður Eva Guðmundsdóttir, Selfoss, Iceland
> > >173)Guðmundur Þór Norðdahl, Reykjavik Iceland

> > >DIRECTIONS:
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> > >bottom and forward it to everyone on your
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> > >with more than 300 names on it, please e-mail a copy
> > >of it to:
> > >
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> > >
> > >Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate
> > >and do not kill The petition.
> >
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