Sorry, But The Circassians Are Not Stupid
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posted by eagle on March, 2010 as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
Sorry,
but the Circassians are not Stupid
By:
Ali Kasht
The famous Circassian Website (Circassian
World) published an article on 25/3/2010 entitled "Crimes of Some Nations
are Hidden more than Others", the article was addressing the conference,
which was held in the Georgian Capital City of Tbilisi, under the title,
"Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the People of the North
Caucasus Between Past and Future (Tbilisi, March 19-21, 2010)”, the article
viewed that the conference which was organized in cooperation between the
Jamestown Foundation in the United States and the International School for
Caucasus Studies in Tbilisi, had put forward the Georgian/ U.S. vision, which
is biased to the Georgian side in its conflict with the Abkhaz side, and that
the conference had served the interests of Georgia, which didn’t refer to the
"Georgian genocide against Abkhazians". The author of the article
presented a historical ... >> full
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Georgian Times: Georgian Parliament May Recognise Circassian “Genocide”
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posted by eagle on as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
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 The Georgian Parliament will be asked to recognise the genocide of the Circassian ('Cherkess') people committed by Russia in the 19th century. A document to this effect was adopted at a conference held by the Jamestown Foundation in Tbilisi on March 21 and entitled "Continuing Crime: Circassians and the Peoples of the North Caucasus Past and Future.” The alleged Circassian genocide ostensibly happened during the Russo-Circassian War, conducted in Circassia (present day Russia's Krasnodar Krai, republics of Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia), the northwestern part of the Caucasus. The war ended in 1864 with annexation of these lands to the Russian Empire. During the 1860s much of the Circassian population was expelled from their lands. Historians site figures as large as 500,000 and greater. A large fraction of them died in transit.This expulsion and other actions of the Russian military has given rise to a movement for international ... |
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Radio Adiga: Representatives Of The Public Of Adygeya Consider It Necessary To Recognize The Circassian Genocide
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posted by eagle on as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
27 03 2010 Representatives of the public of Adygeya consider it necessary to recognize the Circassian genocide
Most Circassians around the world support the need to recognize the genocide of Circassians, considers vice chairperson of the Circassian Congress of Adygeya Zaur Dzaukozhev. Also other Circassian representatives of the public in the republic agree with him.
According to historian of the Republican Institute of Humanitarian Studies Asker Panesh, Circassians appealed to the Council of Europe and other international organizations to recognize the fact of genocide, and today this issue is at the stage of decision and the position of Russia plays a key role.
Recall that from 19 to 21 of March the international conference "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians & the Peoples of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future" has been passed in Tbilisi. The Conference appealed to the Parliament of Georgia to recognize the genocide of Circassians committed by Russian government ... >> full
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Radio Adiga: Echo Kavkaz Interview With Fatima Tlisova
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posted by eagle on as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
25 03 2010 Echo Kavkaz interview with Fatima Tlisova
In Tbilisi, a conference entitled "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians & the Peoples of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future" has been delivered. On Saturday, conference delegates, representatives of the Circassian community organizations sent to the Georgian parliament a proposal on the recognition of genocide of the Circassian people by Russian Empire in 19th century. The reviewer of "Echo Kavkaz" Demis Polandov interviewed one of the delegates - well-known journalist Fatima Tlisova.
- They say that there came some 60 representatives of the Circassian organizations. Could you describe who was present there, from which institutions came people?
Fatima Tlisova: To Tbilisi 19 Circassians had arrived. They represent organizations of different countries, 7 people, the largest delegation came from Turkey, from America arrived 5 people, the Jordanian delegation, the Israeli delegation were there and one person from Europe, from Munich, the European Association of Circassians. ... >> full
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To: The Parliament of Georgia
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posted by eagle on as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
To: The Parliament of Georgia
8, Rustaveli Avenue 0108
Tbilisi, Georgia
Phone: +99532 28 28 82/99 90
60
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March, 2010
Circassians from the
Diaspora and the homeland participating in the conference entitled "Hidden
Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the People of the North Caucasus
Between Past and Future” (Tbilisi, March 19-21, 2010), present the following
request for a resolution by the Parliament of Georgia:
The Circassian nation is one
of the indigenous nations of the Caucasus. Due to the Russian Empire's policy
of expansion in the Caucasus during the 18th and 19th
centuries, Circassians lost more than 1.5 million lives. The Circassian nation
continues to suffer till today as a consequence of these crimes and policies.
Circassia is a nation denied
by genocide, having been deprived of its ... >> full
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