Afghanistan encore

[Michel Borzykowski <borzykowski...>]

  Dear Friends:
  This is something that we as women and essentially as human beings
  need to support - I don't know if this is going to help but 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
  stuffed into 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 on 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, who cannot find proper medication and treatment for
  severe depression and would rather take their lives than live in such
  conditions, has increased significantly. There are almost no medical
  facilities available for 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 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 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 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, France3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
  4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
  5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
  6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble, FRANCE
  8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
  10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
  12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble,
  FRANCE
  14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble, FRANCE15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
  16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers,
  FRANCE
  18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
  20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier,
  FRANCE.
  22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
  24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
  26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
  28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
  29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
  31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
  33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
  35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
  37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
  39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
  41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
  43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
  45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
  47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
  49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg,Sweden50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
  51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
  53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
  55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
  57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
  59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
  61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
  63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
  65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
  68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
  70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
  72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
  74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
  76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
  78) Douglas Bratt79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden80) Li Lindstrom,
  Sweden
  81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
  83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
  85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland,
  Switzerland
  87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong
  Kong
  89)Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon90)Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
  91)Lisa L Miller, Reno NV92)Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
  93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.94) Melanie London, New York, NY
  95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
  97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
  99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
  101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL,
  USA
  103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
  105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
  106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX

  USA
  108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
  110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
  112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX
  USA
  114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
  116) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA - USA117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA
  118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA119) Bonnie LaChance, FL, USA
  120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA121) Pam Blades, FL, USA122) Louise Campbell, FL,
  USA
  123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA124) Donald Blades, FL,USA125) Tom LaChance, FL,
  USA
  126) Craig Huff, GA, USA127) Karen Huff, FL, USA128) Heather Huff, GA, USA
  129) Franki Silcox GA, USA130) Karin Horn, TX, USA131) Lara Nelson, OH, USA
  132) Beth Pilous, OH, USA133) Sarah Clare, OH, USA134) Carla Roth, OH, USA
  135) Jenny Zukowski, MI, USA136) Amanda Silic, MI, USA
  137) Heather Gilroy, MD, USA138) Kat Carrion, MD USA
  139) Michelle Stryjewski, MD USA140) Elizabeth H Stevens, OR, USA
  141) Alice Stevens, OR, USA142) Tyler R. Monzie/ OR/ USA
  143) Allea Martin, OR, USA145) Jose Tancuan, Or, USA146) Akia Woods, OR USA
  147) Bernie Gardent, OR, USA148) Leslie Hall, OR, USA
  149) Susan J. Woods, OR, USA150 [Cegelnik, Dixie] , OR, USA
  151 Susan Amburgey, OR, USA152 Cindy Harboldt, OR, USA153 Richard Rehm, CA,
  USA
  154. Lyn Lindsay, CA, USA155. Alma Gilligan, CA, USA
  156. Maureen Lechwar, CA, USA157. Leslie Morales, CA, USA
  158. Marci Marcantonio, CA, USA159. Jill Haskins, CA, USA
  160. Jacqueline Gouly, CA, USA161. Janet Talbott, CA, USA
  162. Manjula Subbiah, CA, USA163. Susan Duncan, CA, USA
  164. Blanca E. Reynoso, CA, USA165. Ruth C. Reynoso, Ca, USA
  166. Phyllis H. Rawlins, Anaheim, CA, USA167. Lori Rice, Naples, Italy
  168. Mina Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA (Turkey)
  169. Fred Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA170. Noelle Brunelle, NV, USA
  171. Kimberly A. Karl, NV, USA172. Alana Segall, NV, USA
  173. Mark Leonard, NV, USA174. Nancy Leonard, NV, USA175. Troy Leonard, NV,
  USA
  176. Robert Mock AZ. USA 177. Patty Flanigan AZ, USA
  178. William A Towne III, AZ, USA179. Ellen J. Matheson, Los Angeles, CA,
  USA
  180. Theresa Leets, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  181. G. Ahou Soomekh, Los Angeles, CA, USA182. Ronith Herman, El Paso, TX
  183. Lauren R. Stein, PA, USA184. Michelle F. King, PA, USA
  185. Jere' Webb, CA, USA186. Kim Anderson, CA USA187. Kirsten Hinsdale, VA,
  USA
  188. Ronald David, Wash, DC189. Cheryl Barnes, Buffalo, NY
  190. Dawne David, Wash DC, USA191. Madhu Dutta New Delhi, India
  192. Madhu Sen New Delhi, India193. Alokparna, VA USA
  194. Anjali Dasgupta, MS USA195. Tilottama Brahmachari, NJ, USA
  196. Chandrima Datta Ray, MS, USA197. Jaydip Datta Ray, MS, USA
  198. MarIa Florencia Vidano, MA, USA199. Matteo Dufour,Genova, Italia
  200. Francois Dufour, Lugano, Switzerland
  201. Francesco Ricasoli, Firenze, Italia202. Lena Larsson, Stockholm, Sweden
  203. Katarina Wigle, Stockholm, Sweden204. Petter ?berg, Stockholm, Sweden
  205. Per-Anders Stensson, Uppsala, Sweden206. Malin MArtensson, Uppsala,
  Sweden
  207. Maria Carlstedt208. Eli Cathrine Wilhelmsen, Uppsala, Sweden
  209. AnnaMaria Billing, Uppsala, Sweden210. Christina Molnar, Uppsala,
  Sweden
  211. Christina Bergmark, Stockholm, Sweden
  212. Katarina Mimmi SpAng, Stockholm, Sweden
  213. M"rta Terese M-rnvik, Stockholm, Sweden214. Sofi HAkansson, Malm-,
  Sweden
  215. ?sa Grogarn Sol, G-teborg, Sweden216. Anders Jonsson, G-teborg, Sweden
  217. ?sa Ericsson, G-teborg, Sweden218. Elna F leide Selle, Bergen, Norway
  219. Brynjar Stautland, B mlo, Norway
  220. Berte Figenschou Amundsen, Trondheim, Norway
  221. Marte M rkved-Romstad, Oslo, Norway222. Kjersti Forbregd, Trondheim,
  Norway
  123. Inger Margrethe Torgersen, Oslo, Norway
  224. Lisbeth Skogstrand, Oslo, Norway
  225. Ragnhild Skogstrand, Stokmarknes, Norway226. Hanne Husaas, Lier, Norway
  227. Helena Wikstr-m, Lund, Sweden228. Kimberly Rapport, Ca, USA
  229. Kristie Bennett, San Jose, CA, USA230. Debi Di Bias, Santa Monica, CA,
  USA
  231. Whitney Allen, San Francisco, CA USA232. Kaaren Shalom, Los Angeles, CA

  USA
  233. Gretchen German, Los Angeles, CA USA234. Susan Peretz, Los Angeles, CA
  USA
  235. Caryn West, Los Angeles, CA. USA
  236. Heather Juergensen, Los Angeles, CA USA
  237. Camryn Manheim. Los Angeles, CA USA
  238. Julianne Williams, Los Angeles, CA USA
  239. Jenna Elfman, Los Angeles, CA USA240. Rachel Smith, Los Angeles, CA USA
  241. Matthew Ian Glass, Los Angeles, CA USA
  242. Bret R. Howey, Los Angeles, CA USA243. Tammy Terrenzi, Los Angeles, CA
  USA
  244. Jocelyn Jones Watkins. Santa Monica, Calif, USA
  245. Irene Dirmann, Clearwater Florida USA
  246. Robin Karfo, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  247. Monica Larissa Hershaft, Los Angeles, CA USA
  248. Adrian Ursu. Los Angeles, CA USA249. Tim Capaldi, Detroit, MI USA
  250. Marisa Ozburn, Chicago, IL251. Kristina Boos, Detroit, MI USA
  252. Anne Monday, Detroit, MI USA253. Tiffany Reese, Detroit, MI USA
  254. Kim Huston, Detroit, MI USA255. Denise LaPlante, Detroit, MI USA
  256. Piper Paton Smith, Roseville, MI USA257. Yvette Beebe, Northville, MI
  USA
  258. Jody Harris, Redford, MI USA259. Pat Kovach, Brighton, MI USA
  260. Karyn Anderson, Singapore261. Steve Schafer, MI USA262. Sue Schafer, MI

  USA
  263. Elizabeth T. LaBelle MI USA264. Robert A. LaBelle MI USA
  265. Faye M. Woodley, CO USA266. Dan Woodley CO, USA267. Dani Watkins CO,
  USA
  268. Donna Royster CO, USA269. Chuck Pitte CO, USA270. Twila Eberly CO, USA
  271. Sandy Reavey CO, USA272. Carolee Laughton, CO, USA
  273. Jeffrey Adams, CO, USA274. Susan Conder, CO, USA275. Kathryn Haley, CO,

  USA
  276. Gloria Haley, CO, USA277. Samatra Doyle, CO, USA278. Janet Neary, CA,
  USA
  279. Kelly Metzler, CA, USA280. Elizabeth Anderson, MN, USA
  281. Rinda West, IL, USA282. Richard Kroth, IL, USA
  283. Heather Driscoll, Chicago, IL, USA284.Mariluz Adler, Venice,CA,USA
  285. Marisol Adler, Venice,CA, USA286. Petra Matouschek, Pasadena, CA, USA
  287. Alina Wolff, Vienna, AUSTRIA288. Angelika Brudniak, Vienna, AUSTRIA
  289. Marie-Theres Holler, Vienna, AUSTRIA290. Barbara Peretti, Salzburg,
  AUSTRIA
  291. Susanne Gordon-Oberhofer, Salzburg, Austria
  292. Karin Pernegger, Nantes, France293. David Michael Clarke, Nantes,
  France
  294. Heidi Nikolaisen, Bergen, Norway295. Lise Johansen, Tromso, Norway
  296. Jeff Rechenbach, Cleveland, Ohio USA297. Susan C. Pisha, Portland, OR
  USA
  298. Ms. Charlie M. Clint, Portland, OR USA
  299. Beverly Wilson Thornburg, Denver, CO USA300. Sue Lowe, Austin, TX USA
  301. Cheyenne Weaver, Austin, TX USA302. Christine Walsh, Seattle, WA USA
  303. Olivia Vlcek, Seattle, WA USA304. Jenny Sayward, Seattle, WA USA
  305. Diane Ste. Marie, WA USA306. Jane Langenes, Seattle, WA USA
  307. Sharon Chambers, Seattle, WA USA308. Jackie Jackman, Ill, USA
  309. Marcia Patience, Chicago, IL USA310. K. Heaton, Kansas, USA
  311. T. L. Essig, Lees Summit, MO USA312. Erica Bourgeois, Vancouver, BC
  Canada
  313. Nicci Bergunder, Vancouver, BC Canada\
  314. Chief Kim Baird, Tsawwassen, BC Canada
  315. Leah George-Wilson, North Vancouver, BC Canada
  316. Stefany Mathias, Vancouver, BC Canada
  317. David DeLeary, Toronto, ON, Canada318. Debra Goldblatt, Toronto, ON,
  CANADA
  319. Kelly Lamb, Toronto, ON, Canada320. Carla Roblin Pryce, Toronto, ON,
  Canada
  321. Theresa Taylor, Toronto, ON, Canada322. Leah Taylor Roy, Boston, MA,
  USA
  323. Jan-Marie Gundacker, Bradley Beach, NJ, USA324. Jane Wyker, Rye, NY US
  325. Barbara Berdon, NY, USA326. Carol Rickard, Longboat Key, FL, USA
  327. Sally C. Mahofski, Sarasota, FL, USA
  328. Katharine Graham, Manchester, MA, USA329. Thaddeus Beal, Somerville, MA

  USA
  330. Vreni Blatter, Olten, Switzerland331. Christoph Blatter, Olten,
  Switzerland
  332. Marcel Hermans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  333. Cornelia Blatter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  334. Shauna Church, Brooklyn, NY, USA335. Jill Enfield, NYC, NY, USA
  336. Barbara Bell, NYC, NY, USA337. Betsy Chory, Los Angeles, CA USA
  338. Dody Dorn, Los Angeles, CA USA339. Rica Linders, los Angeles, CA USA
  340. Lisa Strömbeck, Tolånga, Sweden341. Gitte Villesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  342. Kirsten Stoltmann, Chicago, USA343. Pipilotti Rist, Zürich, switzerland
  344. Tobias Rehberger, Germany345. Jan-Willem Poels, NM USA
  346. Berend Strik, NY, USA347. Robert Moreau Sweden348. Ann Körling Sweden
  349. Ghanima Ghanem, France350. Ilsabe Hofstetter, Cambrai, France
  351. Marie Eschenbrenner, Aincourt, France352. Paula Klein, Paris, France
  353. Alex Keiller, Paris, France354. John Nordling, Stockholm, Sweden
  355. Martin Gelin, Stockholm, Sweden356. Spicey, Stockholm, Sweden
  357. Katja Svensson, The Åland Islands, Finland
  358. Michael Holmqvist, London, United Kingdom
  359. Carl Carpelan, London, United Kingdom360. Knut Larsson, Stockholm,
  Sweden
  361. Gabriel Sandberg, Stockholm, Sweden362. Annika Madejska, Stockholm,
  Sweden
  363. Maxx Dunell, Stockholm, Sweden364. Fredrick Wallbom, Stockholm, Sweden
  365. Annette Öhberg, Stockholm, Sweden366. Anna Karkea, Stockholm, Sweden
  400. Pontus Skråmstadius, Västerås, Sweden401. Annica Söderqvist, Flen,
  Sweden
  402. Kristine Nilsson, Torshälla, Sweden
  403. Edward Klinkiewicz, Västerås, Sweden404. Bo Hallstrom, VST Vasteras,
  Sweden
  404. Carina Wigholm, Väserås, Sweden
  405. Britt-Marie Färnqvist, Sundsvall, Sweden
  406. Isa Lindgren, Linkoping, Sweden407. Mats Brusman, Kolmarden, Sweden
  408. Ylva Enström, Uppsala, Sweden409. Annica Holmber, Lima, Peru
  410. Lisa Fabre, Stockholm, Sweden411. Jakob Söe-Pedersen, Stockholm, Sweden
  412. Johan, Wullt, Stockholm, Sweden413. Karl Johan Erasmie, Stockholm,
  Sweden
  414. Christer Björkqvist, Bruxelles, Belgium
  415. Nicole Ryden, Bruxelles, Belgium416. Ana Escarpenter, Bruxelles,
  Belgium
  417. Gaby Dior, London, UK
  418. Aferdita Bytyqi, Prishtine, Kosove
  419. Hilary Bower, Geneva, Switzerland
  420. Robert Stevens, Prishtine, Kosove
  421. Barbara Pearcy, Pristine, Kosove
  422. Rudolf Schmitt, Sion, Switzerland
  423. Josiane Racine Stamm 
  424. Dr Michel Borzykowski Coppet Switzerland
  425 Nicolas Borzykowski, Versoix, Switzerland
  426 Marie-Lise Rageth, Versoix, Switzerland



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