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Rise in support of Malalai Joya!
from RAWA December 20. 2003
On the fourth day of the "Loya Jirga" life took a new direction; after an interminable period of waiting the spell of silence was broken. Out of everyone there, only one person bravely blew the trumpet of resistance and the selected members who are the criminals of the 1992-96 period and who know no other language but the sound of their guns and their own crazed voices quivered in fear. These worthless traitors hide their crimes by presenting themselves as victorious to our suffering nation, looking on the blood and bone spattered ruins of Kabul residents with glee and destroying the dwellings of the residents of Sherpur for their imagined luxurious castles. These Jehadies who are imposed and false representatives have gathered together to cause further suffering to our anguished people.
Malalai Joya the young, elected representative of the people, spoke bravely the words of the people's hearts, which had been murmured in all the streets and lanes, when she said: "it is a mistake to test those already being tested" and "These criminals should be taken to national and international court" which resulted in the excited support of the people's representatives and shouts and clenching of teeth by the warlords and Loya Jirga chairman.
The Loya Jirga was disrupted by professional criminals who clapped their hands to their mouth in shock and roared.
The chairman who dances to everyone's tune and is nothing more than a wind-up toy and who used to put medals around the necks of "communists" such as Dostum, suddenly turned red in the face and accused Malalai of being an "infidel" and "communist" and announced her expulsion. Then he repeatedly demanded that she apologized which only increased Malalai's resolve and she refused saying: "I have fulfilled my duty as a representative of my people and I do not regret it, I apologize for speaking less."
Joya without fear of the traitor's terrorist and vulgar threats, became the tongue of the poor and downtrodden people of her country. This putrid atmosphere violently broke the unity of the warlords and exposed the ruthlessness of their decisions. This brave woman, like Hallaj, without fear placed the reality which was a strong blow to the faces of the fundamentalist mafia, looters and bloody enemies of democracy.
She dismantled the true representatives of the people from war criminals such as Rabbani, Sayaf, Khalili, Dostum, Fahim and their combatants, gave a new life to our devastated people, attracted the attention of all the freedom loving patriots towards their historic mission and shocked the international community by bringing their attention to the inspired Loya Jirga, fake democracy and the domination of the warlords to the extent that even the media belonging to factions couldn't stop revealing this reality in their publications.
The victor girl's rebellion told the story of the pains of millions of desolated people which became prevalent among all in no time, conquered the hearts and refreshed the memory of Malalai of Mevand once more and ridiculed Mujadedi's idle talks regarding women being half of men. Joya's courage and perseverance embarrassed many non-fundamentalist and opportunist men present in the meeting.
Now is the time to raise our voices with all our strength and rise our handcuffed fists with all our conscience. In such conditions defending Malalai Joya is equivalent to standing against rabid fundamentalists and admiring freedom, democracy and other humanitarian values.
The "Defense Committee for Malalai Joya" with a decisive commitment to our bereaved people, considers fully supporting the rights of Malalai Joya and others like her, its persistent duty and hereby appeals to all freedom-loving people of the world and it's countrymen to rise in support of Malalai Joya and do not let the bloody assassins to mute her voice in the most frightening situation.
Send your condemnation and supportive letters to the following addresses and also send a copy to us:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
Mr. Manoel de Almeida e Silva
Spokesman/Director of Office of Communication and Public Information
Tel. (+39-0831) 24 6123
Mobile: (+93-70) 282 168
Fax: (+39-0831) 24 6069 AND (+1-212) 963 2669
Email: spokesman-unama@un.org
Mail address: UNAMA, OCPI, PO Box 1428, Islamabad, Pakistan
ISAF (International Security Assistance Force)
Army Club, opposite Ministry of Civil Aviation, Kabul
E-mail: isafcimic@hotmail.com
Constitution Commission
Fax. 0093-20-210267
E-mail: asasiqanoon@hotmail.com