Klarinet Archive - Posting 000675.txt from 2001/06

From: jsshankles <jsshankles@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Fwd: Women's Rights Petition
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:33:14 -0400

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hong Xianwei [mailto:xianweih@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Fwd: Women's Rights Petition

--- Thor Chun Ping Thor Chun Ping
<arthru1984@-----.com> wrote:
> To: tchsband@-----.com
> From: "Thor Chun Ping Thor Chun Ping"
> <arthru1984@-----.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:18:57
> Reply-to: tchsband@-----.com
> Subject: [tchsband] Women's Rights Petition
>
> >From: "Tingru He" <wengyi@-----.net>
> >Reply-To: rjcsb2001@-----.com
> >To: rjcsb2001@-----.com
> >Subject: [rjcsb2001] Women's Rights Petition
> >Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:55:47 +0800
> >
> >Dear All,
> > >
> > >If you decide not to forward this after reading
> it, please send it
> > >back to me. 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.
> > >
> > >Petition to the United Nations Background
> Information:
> > >
> > >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 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
> > >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 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, USA
> > >8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA, USA
> > >9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA, USA
> > >10) Jenna Shaw-Battista, San Francisco, CA, USA
> > >11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA, USA
> > >12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA, USA
> > >13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA, USA
> > >14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA, USA
> > >15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA, USA
> > >16) Terri Treas, Los Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA, USA
> > >18) Babette Crooms, Los Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Bárbara, CA, USA
> > >20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >21) Elio Chávez, Jr., Pasadena, CA, USA
> > >22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >23) Robert Collie, Los Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA, USA
> > >25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
> > >26) Joleen Nordstrom - Hollywood, CA, USA
> > >27) Theresa Donahoe - MartÃ?nez, CA, USA
> > >28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA, USA
> > >29) Roxanne Ryan - Ã?lamo, CA, USA
> > >30) Miriam Tyler - San JosÃ(c), CA, USA
> > >31) John Burns - San JosÃ(c), CA, USA
> > >32) Kristin Lynn Minick - Fort Worth, TX, USA
> > >33) Jeff Neal - Marietta, GA, USA
> > >34) Anna Neal - Marietta, GA, USA
> > >35) Frances Murley - Fort Worth, TX, USA
> > >36) David Murley - London, England, UK
> > >37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX, USA
> > >38) Bonnie Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX, USA
> > >39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX, USA
> > >40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI, USA
> > >41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI, USA
> > >42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD, USA
> > >43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD, USA
> > >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 Ã?ngeles, CA, USA
> > >55) Drew Hedin, Los Ã?ngeles, 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, IA, USA
> > >61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE, USA
> > >62) Cheryl Gerace, NE, USA
> > >63) Sheri Lew, CO, USA
> > >64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO, USA
> > >65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan, USA
> > >66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan, USA
> > >67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI, USA
> > >68) Margaret A. Meyers, Okemos, Michigan, USA
> > >69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos, Michigan, USA
> > >70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark, CO, USA
> > >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., Usa
> > >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, USA
> > >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) Wahiba Abu-Ras, Old Bridge, NJ., USA
> > >177) Magdi Awad, Old Bridge, NJ, USA
> > >178) Melissa Joralemon, NY, USA
> > >179) Vida Cofie-Robertson, NJ, USA
> > >180) Sema Gurun, NY, USA
> > >181)Sahika Yildirim, UB, Mongolia
> > >182) Ayse Taylan, Istanbul, TÃ*rkiye
> > >183) Kemal Gencay, Istanbul, TÃ*rkiye
> > >184) A.Saim Arpat, Bodrum, TÃ*rkiye
> > >185) Ali Karakurum, Ankara, TÃ*rkiye
> > >186) Haluk Akkaya, Istanbul, TÃ*rkiye
> > >187) LluÃ?s MartÃ?n i Calafell, Barcelona,
> España
> > >188) Marilyn Wouters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
> >
> > >189) Elena Schildgen, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
> > >190) Karen Gynes, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
> > >191) Nicola Adams, Auckland, New Zealand
> > >192) Fiona Twitcher, Istanbul, Turkey
> > >193) Sunita Martin, Moscow, Russia
> > >194 William Martin, Moscow, Russia
> > >195) Walsh Bee Yan, Moscow, Russia
> > >196) Thomas J. Walsh, Moscow, Russia
> > >197) Patricia Walsh, Moscow, Russia
> > >198) Peter Fairnington, Surfers Paradise,
> Australia
> > >199) Cathy Fairnington, Surfers Paradise,
> Australia
> > >200) Hans Juergen Broda, Hamburg, Germany
> > >201) Sigrid Marlies Broda, Hamburg, Germany
> > >202)Trudie Koerner, Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei
> > >203) Gerlinde Lechner, Augsburg, Germany
> > >204) B. A. Harris, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
> > >205) R Harris, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
> > >206) S. Philip-Fogg, Singapore
> > >207) K. J. Fogg, Singapore
> > >208) K. Lulla, Singapore
> > >209) N. Bala, Singapore
> > >210) M. Selvakumar, Sydney, Australia
> > >211) S. Shanthi, Sydney, Australia
> > >212) R.R. Chandra, Singapore
> > >213) Quek Buan Li, Singapore
> > >214) Alex Chan, Singapore
> > >215) Patricia Tay, Singapore
> > >216) Cherie Chan, Singapore
> > >217) Daryl Chan, Singapore
> > >218) Sean Chan, Singapore
> > >219) Ng Kok Seong, Singapore
> > >220) Yee Lai Chin, Singapore
> > >221) Ng Yi Wen, Singapore
> > >222) Ng Tze Kang, Singapore
> > >223) Ng Tze Yang, Singapore
> > >224) Gerald Teh, Singapore
> > >225) Christina Cheng, Singapore
> > >226) Quek Swee Chong, Singapore
> > >227) Tan Hwee Kwan, Singapore
> > >228) Theresa Freeman-Wang, London,England
> > >229) Keely Salopek, West Palm Beach,Fl. USA
> > >230) Lizzie taylor, Kingussie, Scotland
> > >231) Ellen Barratt, Sydney, Australia
> > >232) Beth Barratt, Sydney, Australia
> > >233) Kirsten Mackenzie, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
> > >234) Mario Velona' - MOnte Carlo - Monaco
> Principality
> > >235) Cheryl Starkie, Antibes, France
> > >236) Jacquie Reid, Leeds, England
> > >237) Graham St.George,Nice,France
> > >238) Linda Plonka,Leeds,England
> > >239) Julie Hoyle, Bradford, England
> > >240) Helen Smith, Bradford, England
> > >241) Sara Sherriden, Leeds, England,
> > >242) Evelyn Cowan, Birtley, England
> > >243) Claire McRoy, Houghton Le Spring, England
> > >244) Brian McRoy, Houghton Le Spring, England
> > >245) Rodney Peters Sunderland,England
> > >246) Leanne Peters, Sunderland, England
> > >247) Steven Angus, Houghton le Spring, England
> > >248) Monica Angus, Houghton le Spring, England
> > >249) Bill Angus, Houghton le Spring, England
> > >250) Rachel Angus, Houghton le Spring, England
> > >251) Sarah White, Herrington, England
> > >252) Claire White, Herrington, England
> > >253) Ian White, Herrington, England
> > >254) Audrey White, Herrington, England
> > >255) Louise Wilkie, Herrington, England
> > >256) Ross Willie, Herrington, England
> > >257) Nicola Grainger, Herrington, England
> >
> > >258) Jill Anderton, Herrington, England
> >
> > >259) Serena Elisa Watson, Newcastle upon Tyne,
> England
> >
> > > 260) Rose Yussof, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
> > > 261) Sonoran Thor Jun Bin, Singapore
262) Hong Xianwei, Singapore
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> > >than 300 names on it, please e-mail a copy of it
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> > >
> > >Even if you decide not to sign, please be
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