The Circassian Language Conference: Why Now?
Colonialism represents one of the most serious violations of national sovereignty of states and nations, and breach of international law, in which almost all colonial territories serious crimes against humanity were committed by colonial powers. Therefore foreign occupation creates an environment in which the occupied people are exposed to a wide range of systemic and gross violations of human rights and freedoms, including dispossession, displacement and denial of their right to self determination and people of occupied territories are subjected to adapt to imperial policies and other forms of violence.
It is obvious that the language for every nation in the world is a very important issue, and it is considered an essential factor beside other factors such as common concerns, home-land, common habits and own territorial integrity.
The peculiar example that should be dealt with, is the Circassian nation, whom it is ...