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They Prevented a Civil War. They Saved The Vice-President's Life. They Saved the Prime Minister's Life. You Had Them Tortured, Tried by a Taliban Judge, and Sent to Prison to Die. When an Appeals Court Found Them Innocent, You Mr. Karzai Refused to Allow Their Release. They Are American Prisoners of War, Held Illegally by Your Karzai Government. If the US Marines can't get them out, then maybe American and Afghan women joining together can get them out. |
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America. - President Jimmy Carter Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is an American, or so he claims in his passport. So why is American funding an American's oppression of human rights in Afghanistan? Prepared by the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild The Washington, DC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) assisted the women who made a First Amendment statement, by wearing Burkas to the Afghan Embassy on September 11, 2006, by providing legal information. We followed those guidelines on 9/11. On October 16, 2006, we will begin our first step towards transgressing those violations in the revolutionary sprit of the 1770's and 1960's. ♀Play Our Song♀ Introduction Washington, DC has a long and full history of political protest. Police and other authorities here are probably more accustomed to demonstrations than in any other city. The police often try to intimidate protestors into not exercising their First Amendment rights. Strange as this may seem at first, it really is nothing to be concerned about. On September 11th, Afghan Security officers tried to intimidate and scare us, and they succeeded at first. But the Metro DC police refused to arrest us and we were finally able to meet with the Ambassador, who was not only a charming man, but invited us inside to discuss our issues and promised to look into our requests. He was kind, sincere, and sympathetic. But his boss is a tyrant. Personal safety is paramount.
But Revolution is First.
What About Retaliation by the Afghan Embassy? You have the same First Amendment rights when protesting outside an embassy or foreign mission as you do anywhere else. Although Ambassador Jawad was charming and cordial, and genuinely interested in the situation, unfortunately Mr. Karzai rules Afghanistan by firing anyone that disagrees with him, so ultimately, even if Ambassador Jawad supports our views, we do not believe Mr. Karzai will listen to us without escalation at the Afghan Embassy, Therefore we are moving fully ahead with our October 16, 2006 encirclement of the embassy with women under burkas. There is no better Embassy to stand against than Hamid Karzai's illegal government, seized in a bloodless coup through a fake election, used to oppress and torture his opposition, his critics, his people. It is still lawful to peaceably congregate and express your political views. During the apartheid era, some people were arrested under laws specific to embassies and foreign missions. But we brought about the end of apartheid in South Africa and other places. Now we can stop Karzai's Muslim Fundamentalist oppressive pro-Taliban regime the same way. Without American money, the Karzai government will fall, just like the Somoza dictatorship, and the criminal Papa Doc regime in Haiti. Constitutional rights in America are not altered by the designation of Karzai's criminal headquarters in America as a foreign embassy. A few people have speculated that the government could use the foreign mission designation as an excuse for creating a "secured zone" around the building, but the truth is that they have the same authority and constitutional limits on authority to do this regardless of whether or not it is a foreign mission or just private property. If the designation "foreign mission" is used, its purpose is just to cause confusion and discomfort -- it can’t do much more. MOST IMPORTANTLY: We have the right to use the public sidewalks to express our views in any way that does not prevent others from using the sidewalk. Karzai cannot use Condoleezza Rice to circumvent the Constitution, this is America, not Karzai's Afghan KGB controlled Kabul. During the October 16th and November 12th demonstrations we will obtain permits because we expect the level of confrontation to increase as we escalate our opposition and our numbers of women in Burkas. We will NEVER use violence or profanity. First, on October 16th, we will return with between 100 and 300 women in Burkas. Burkas will be issued at the three Washington DC host hotels the morning of the event (you can also purchase Burkas on Ebay, although ours are free and made in Afghanistan by Karzai's oppressed women, working in virtual servitude); imagine being forced to make your own bondage device and restraining cloak! We are going to handcuff ourselves to the Afghan Embassy fence at the moment the first US bomb hit the Taliban five years ago in the name of "liberation." We are going through an all night vigil handcuffed to the embassy pillars, the street lights, embassy doors, and Ambassador's residence. If a police officer tells us to un-cuff from the fence, we will ask him to explain why, and unlike the 9/11 event, some of us will refuse. This is complete a personal decision for each person. Our goal will be to bring Ambassador Jawad and his wife Shamim, either to the table, or force his recall and expulsion from America. Our political statement must be clear on October 16th. Many of us DO intend to be arrested as part of our protest. This does not require we all be arrested, just those that are willing to sacrifice one night of freedom for a lifetime of justice and freedom for Afghan women. We must stop the oppression of women, and illegal imprisonment of Americans without fair trials. Again, things to remember at the Embassy Although the right of free speech never includes threats or attempts to provoke violence, on October 16th our purpose is to force the Afghan government to authorize arrests outside their embassy. In this way we can mobilize men and women across the world to stand up for women's rights and the right to fair trials in Afghanistan. We can bring Afghan men to raise their voices and arms against the oppressive Karzai establishment, and we can call upon Muslims everywhere to resist Hamid Karzai's puppet regime which tortures men and women alike. Our rights to protest in public places are protected by the United States Constitution, as well as by international law. For those that chose to resist, there is always the possibility of an arrest for trespassing and resistance during the October 12th and November 12th events. We will have five staff lawyers on hand and seven bail bondsmen. |
Karzai cloaks himself in an American Flag as a means of hiding his true intentions and true colors. ♀Play Our Song♀
Ambassador Jawad and his wife, Shamim. As an educated
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As you can see, the it is perfectly legal to exercise your 1st Amendment rights on any of the sidewalks, even chained to the Embassy.
As you can see, Washington, DC allows pretty bold demonstrations without permits. On 9/11 we didn't block the sidewalk any more than this. On October 16, 2006, we can shut the Embassy down and seal it. |
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Join Our Alliance of Women Against the Oppression of Our Afghan Sisters & Visit These Women's Rights Groups |
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Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is an organization of Afghan and
non-Afghan women from the New York area who are committed to
ensuring the human rights of Afghan women. WAW promotes human rights
advocacy in the international sphere.The inclusion of women in decision-making processes is a requirement of a democratic society. WAW advocates for the representation of women in all areas of Afghan life: political, social, cultural and economic. WAW LINK |
 October 7th 2006 marks the 5th anniversary of the start of Operation Enduring Freedom; violence is on the rise and women are still struggling for their rights. Join The Afghan Women's Mission for a benefit for RAWA at Cnespace in Hollywood on Saturday October 7th with special guests Eve Ensler (“Vagina Monologues”, V-day), recording artist Michelle Shocked, & Zoya (RAWA). Plus exclusive a sneak film preview of “A View from a Grain of Sand” by Meena Nanji. The event will be hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK, AWM). |
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امداد انسانی برای زنان و کودکان افغانستان "حاکا" یک سازمان غیرسیاسی، غیردولتی و غیرانتفاعی می باشد که در سال ١٩٩٩ توسط گروه ای از جوانان زن و مرد افغان تاسیس شد. ویرانی و مشکلاتی که زنان و کودکان افغان به حیث قربانیان جنگ و بی عدالتی در داخل افغانستان و مهاجر در پاکستان از آن رنج می بردند، با عث تاسیس "حاکا" گردید. "حاکا" خدمات رایگان اجتماعی را برای زنان و کودکان افغان در ساحات ذیل مهیا می سازد: Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) was motivated by the despair and devastation suffered by Afghan women and children as victims of war and injustice in Afghanistan. | ||||
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Defending the Rights of Women everywhere |
And Justice for
All (AJA) was founded in mid-1995 to fight for equality for
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BBC has called Joya "the
most famous woman in Afghanistan." She has survived numerous
assassination attempts and continues to speak out against the abuses
of Islamic radicals and drug lords in the cabinet.
Malalai Joya
first gained media attention when she spoke out against Taliban
warlords in the 2003 Constitutional Loya Jirga. Since then she ran
for election and won a seat with the second highest number of votes
in her native Farah Province.
More about her |
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Afghan Women's Mission is a group of people moved to action by the
plight of Afghan women and children. The Mission was founded in
January 2000 and continues to support many programs run by Afghan
women including Malalai Clinic, schools, orphanages, agricultural
programs, demonstrations and functions in support of women's and
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 WILPF works to create an environment of political, economic, social and psychological freedom for all members of the human community, so that true peace can be enjoyed by all. |
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GLIFAA is the officially-recognized organization representing the concerns of lesbian personnel and their families in the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and other foreign affairs agencies and offices in the U.S. Government. With hundreds of Foreign Service, Civil Service, and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington, throughout the U.S., and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world. Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) |
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Get the facts from these downloadable documents and sites below. We
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national association of lawyers, judges and
other legal professionals, law students,
activists. NLGLA promotes justice in and through the legal
profession. 
