[Reader-list] FW:Yellow Band-

Tue Sep 4 20:37:44 IST 2001

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Subject: Yellow Band
   Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:04:07 +0300
   From: "Amnon Ribak" <RIBAK at il.ibm.com>
     To: Harald.Benz at iao.fhg.de,
brunsveld at pentascope.nl,"Markus Buechi"
         <Markus.Buechi at ch.ibm.com>,

ydagon at trainvision.com,zeev.gantz at ecitele.com,
         shazan at netvision.net.il,
         justman at rjmc.net,christoph.meier at iao.fhg.de,
         music at watson.ibm.com,"Nancy Ozeri"
<NANCY at il.ibm.com>, "Bob
         Schloss" <rschloss at us.ibm.com>,"Dominique
Seban"
         <F038028 at fr.ibm.com>,
         zsegal at trainvision.com,shlomo at yuvalim.com,
"Matthew Simpson"

<Matthew_Simpson at lotus.com>,ron at vistaspinner.com,
         sprara at us.ibm.com,
         a.woodcock at coventry.ac.uk,zarchi at ginegar.net,
         Wilkinson.P at btinternet.com

Please take a few minutes to read and act on  this
email. Thanks.

On May 23rd 2001 the Taleban authorities in
Afghanistan  confirmed that
all Hindus will be required to wear a strip of yellow
cloth  sewn onto a
shirt pocket in order to identify themselves. They
claim that  the
measure is for their "protection". The world has faced
this before,  in
1939 the world was required, at great cost, to rid
itself of Hitler's
tyranny, it is not hard to spot his child. Those who
fail to learn from
history are condemned to relive it. The Taleban's
record on respecting
other  religions gives great cause for concern that
their ultimate aim,
upon which  they are intent, is "religious cleansing".
They have already
demonstrated  their disdain and intolerance for other
religions and
traditions by the  desecration and destruction of the
ancient Buddhist
statues, our collective heritage, within the
Afghanistan. Whatever your
religion, or even if you  have none, we hope that you
will agree that
this fundamentally wrong.

Remember, "All it takes for evil to triumph is for
good men to do
nothing". Please do not do nothing, add your voice.

DIRECTIONS:

PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message, add your
name and those of
your household who wish to participate to the bottom
and forward  it to
everyone on your  distribution list. If you receive
this petition and
you find that you will be the 251st name on it, please
e-mail a copy of
it  to: alastair at om-int.com.

It will then be forwarded to the UN. Even if  you
decide not to sign,
please be considerate and do not kill the petition as
you will be
denying your friends, and theirs, their legitimate
voice.  Instead
return it to alastair at om-int.com

To The Secretary General, Security  Council and
General Assembly of the
United Nations.

We the undersigned are  appalled by the decision of
the Taleban
government of Afghanistan to require  all Hindus to
wear a piece of
yellow cloth sewn onto a shirt pocket in order  to
identify themselves.
An individual's communion with God, however they find
him, is a matter
of personal conscience and must not be the subject  of
intimidation or
persecution. The right of everyone to worship as they 
wish is
fundamental and inalienable. The United Nations was
founded in order  to
defeat Hitler and his henchmen who required the same
from another
religion with all it's horrific consequences. It is
completely
unacceptable  that nearly 60 years later history is
repeating itself.

We ask the  following:
1. That the Taleban government is made aware in the
strongest  possible
terms that the world will not countenance this
perversion of human
rights.
2. That prior to the United Nations and/or it's
constituent members
granting recognition of the Taleban government this
obscene policy is
reversed.
3. That the United Nations widen the terms of the
trade sanctions
currently in force.

1. Alastair Mitton - London UK
2. Robert Mitton  - London UK
3. Paulette Budd - London UK
4. Andrew Peake - London UK
5. Pippa Howell - London UK
6. Cecile Kusters - Arnhem, the Netherlands
7. Sarah Malpas - London UK
8. Susan Donnelly - Newcastle UK
9. Paul  Donnelly - London UK
10. Pauline Bartholomew - London UK
11. Is0bel  McMillan London UK
12. Fiona Adamson
13. Minka Emina Kulenovic La Jolla,  US
14. Cath Dolan, London, England
15. Liz Murphy, Murcia, Spain
16.  William M. Rueter, Wisconsin, US
17. Jaclyn A. Knapper, Tennessee, US
18. Louise Morris, Tennessee, US
19. Joe Stoud, Matsuyama, Japan
20.  Keiko Stroud, Matsuyama, Japan
21.Larry Asher, Nepal
22. Phyl Asher,  Nepal
23. Reiny de Wit, Nepal
24. Helen Johnston, Nepal
25. Isaac  Thompson, Northern Ireland
26. Anne Thompson, Northern Ireland
27. Paul  Carter, Vancouver, Canada
28. Lois Carter, Vancouver, Canada
29. Bronwyn  Short, Vancouver, Canada
30. David Short, Vancouver, Canada
31. Mark  Calder, Sydney, Australia
32. Graham Wintle, Surbiton, UK
33. Geoff  Chivers, Surbiton, UK
34. Derek Nathan New Malden UK
35. Mary Nathan New  Malden UK
36 Rosalind Preston, London UK
37 Marlena Schmool, UK
38  Ephraim Borowski, Glasgow, UK
39. Ruth Warrens, London, UK
40. Anthony  Warrens, London, UK
41. Ian Goodman, London, UK
42. Liz Lightstone,  London, UK
43 Elizabeth Simpson, London UK
44. Dimitris Kioussis
45.  John_Griffin
46. Hermann Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany
47. Regine Bujard,  Heidelberg, Germany
48. Konrad Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
49.  Ursula Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
50. Horst Simon, Heidelberg, Germany
51. Michael Brand, Dresden
52. Dorothea Brand, Dresden
53. Christoph  Lorra, Dresden
54. Martin Stocker, London, UK
55. Walter St¸hmer,  G^ttingen, Germany
56. Nathan Dascal, Tel Aviv, Israel
57. Tony Segal,  London,UK
58.  Malcolm Molyneux, Blantyre, Malawi
59. Liz Molyneux,  Blantyre, Malawi
60  Kevin Marsh Kilifi, Kenya
61 Chris Newbold
62. Mats Wahlgren
63. Eric J. Peterman, New York, NY USA
64. Ronald  A. Morris, New York, NY USA
65. Elaine I. Morris, New York, NY USA
66.  Samuel S. Perelson. New York, NY USA
67. Ruth Perelson, New York, NY USA
68. Batya Dashefsky, Jerusalem Israel
69. Charlotte Gerber Turner,  Morristown, New Jersey,
USA
70. Rivka Bernstein, Raanana, Israel
71.  Shmuel Bernstein, Raanana, Israel
72. Loren Lyon, Florida USA
73. Judith  Lyon, Florida USA
74. Lisa Zimmerman
75.Uzi Shvadron
76. Amnon Ribak, Israel
77. Andree Woodcock, UK

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Amnon Ribak

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