Open Letter
On the assassination of
Safia Amajan a womens rights activist in
Qandahar
28
September 2006
To:
His Excellency Hamid Karzai President of Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan
His Excellency Kofi Annan Head of the United
Nation General Assembly
The International Community Supporting
Afghanistan Reconstruction
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The People of Afghanistan
We Afghan Women from the Government, Member of
Parliament, Civil Society, Political Parties and
the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights
Commission wish to express our grief and concern
over the assassination of Mrs. Safia Amajan by
dark-minded Taliban. We believe our griefs are
equally shared by you, however we are concerned
that such incidence are taking us back to the
dark days of women oppressor regimes.
Ms.Safia Amajan was a 65
years Grand mother, elected director of Women
Affairs Ministry directorate of Qandahar, a
teacher and active women rights and human rights
activist, and Hafiz
of the Holy Quran. She was a well respected
personality all over the province.
When we are seeing that killing of such
personality is only followed by grief, this
concerns us highly. We are asking the question
whether our effort of five years were
worthless?
Such terrorist act on one side questions the
credibility of Afghan Government and the
International community in provision of
security, law enforcement and democracy, on the
other hand it gives more motivation and courage
to the women oppressor groups.
This terrorist act shows that enemies of
Afghanistan people freedom see women as the real
obstacle in pursuing their mean benefits. We
believe without real participation of women in
social, political and economic life the
prevalence of real democracy is difficult. We
therefore ask the Afghanistan Islamic Republic,
the International community and NATO forces that
they should take more serious steps for security
and protection of women.
The Government and International community can
only prove their claims if they support and
protect womens active participation and just
efforts, not in leaving women in isolation.
Our message to Afghan women and men is to not
let that such heinous, anti Islamic and anti
human acts over take their courage for
participation in reconstruction of a free,
developed and sovereign Afghanistan.
Representatives from:
Ministry of Women Affairs
Ministry of Health
The upper house of parliament
The Lower house of Parliament
Afghanistan Independent Commission of Human
Rights
Political Parties
Afghan Womens Network (AWN)
All Women Union of Afghanistan
Humanitarian assistance for Women and Children
of Afghanistan (HAWCA)
Afghans Civil Society Forum
Culture and Civil Society of Afghanistan
The Judges Association
The Council of People of Afghanistan
Salam organization
Women World
The Association free speech
