With Syria Crisis, North Caucasians Rediscover Ethnic Ties
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posted by eagle on July, 2012 as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
With Syria Crisis, North Caucasians Rediscover Ethnic TiesPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 144 July 30, 2012 03:21 PM
 Alexander Dzasokhov, former North Ossetian president and the current representative of the republic in the Federation Council (Source: osradio.info)
On July 18, Circassians activists from several countries, including Russia’s North Caucasus, called on the Circassian and Caucasian organizations to focus on helping the Syrian Circassians. The Circassians in the North Caucasus celebrate August 1 as Repatriate’s Day, and the celebrations this year are bound to be celebrated with an ever greater sense of urgency because of the Syrian crisis. An estimated 350 Syrian Circassians have relocated to the North Caucasus in recent months as violence in the Middle Eastern country expanded, but many more may need help (http://circassiatimes.com/russian/485-01.08.2012-den-podderzhki-siriyskih-cherkesov-obraschenie-k-cherkesskim-i-kavkazskim-organizaciyam.html). On July 26, Adygean civil organizations decided to set up a coordination council that would address the most pressing issues the constituencies of the ... >> full
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Tbilisi Symposium Conference Resolution 11 -7-2012
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Tbilisi Symposium Conference Resolution
11 -7-2012
The conference "Sochi 2014 Olympic Games and Georgian_Circassian
Eco-cultural Environment” is a follow-up
of the Genocide recognition of the Georgian Parliament which will focus on the
following:
(1)-Identifying
the next steps needed to obtain international recognition of the Genocide and Deportation of the Circassians in the
19th century. And, addressing the Genocide as a continuing tragedy until
today affecting all Circassians profoundly inside and outside Circassia.
(2)-It is also designed to oppose and find peaceful and non-violent ways
to stop Russia from holding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as it is one of
the sites of the Circassian Genocide. The following objectives will be focused on:
A- Sochi and its
surrounding areas is a site of the Circassian Genocide.
B-The effect of the Sochi
Winter Olympics on 7 million Circassians worldwide. ... >> full
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Scope and Depth of Circassian Question Incrementally Increases in the North Caucasus
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Scope and Depth of Circassian Question Incrementally Increases in the North CaucasusPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 134 July 16, 2012 05:54 PM  Funeral procession following violence in Homs, Syria (Source: AP) On July 3, the prime minister of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, received a member of the Jordanian parliament, Munir Sobrok. The visitor from Jordan reportedly came to Adygea to explore the situation in the republic and make inquiries as to whether the Adygean authorities were prepared to accept Circassian refugees from Syria. Sobrok informed the Adygean officials that Jordan’s King Abdullah II was willing to help all Syrian Circassians fleeing Syria, including those who wanted to relocate to the North Caucasus. Sobrok reportedly stated that the Jordanian authorities do not put obstacles in the way of Syrian Circassians escaping violence from that country by crossing into neighboring Jordan. The details of the Jordanian envoy’s visit to Adygea were revealed by ... >> full
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7th Circassian Day at the European Parliament, 18th June 2012
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F.E.C. NEWS : The Federation of European Circassians has the honour to conduct the 7th consecutive Circassian Day at the European Parliament in Brussels on 18th June, 2012.Mr. Ismail Ertug, MP at the European Parliament representing the German SPD party will be supporting us again this year. The major topic of this year’s event will be: The XXII. Olympic Winter Games in Sochi with regard to the expulsion of the Circassians and other indigenous people of the North Caucasus from their homelands one-and-a-half centuries ago. Next to many Circassian and non-Circassian NGOs we have also invited representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to join this summit in order to mutually discuss the Olympic topic from different perspectives. For Accreditation
Name, Surname, Date of Birth, Current City, Country, Address, Nationality and Passport Number…
circassianday”AT”euroxase.com or euroxase”AT”euroxase.com > replace "AT” by @ With best regards, Levent Sürer, president Federation of ...
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Russia: Problems of Repatriation of Cherkess to Russia Eyed
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Russia: Problems of Repatriation of Cherkess to Russia Eyed
Interview with Asker Sokht, leader of the public organization Adyge-Khase in Krasnodar Kray, conducted by Olga Allenova; date and place not given, under the rubric "Picture of the Day: Politics": "No One Is Interested in the Fate of These People"
Kommersant Online
Monday, July 16, 2012 T01:52:58Z
Asker Sokht, the leader of the public organization Adyge-Khasye in Krasnodar Kray, who was in Syria as part of the delegation from the RF (Russian Federation) Federation Council, told the Kommersant correspondent Olga Allenova who is to blame for that fact that the repatriation of Syrian Cherkess (Circassians) to Russia is still incomplete. (Allenova) Was there the genocide of the Cherkess, what do you think? (Sokht) I believe that today everybody and his brother is making use of the tragic pages of our people's history. It is for now an unresolved problem, but there are many unresolved problems in Russia. Since 1992 ... >> full
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