USA Circassians plan demonstrations against 450 celebration and Sochi Olympics

USA Circassians plan demonstrations against 450 celebration and Sochi Olympics

4 October 2007, New York

The following announcement was posted in various Internet groups and websites:

Circassians in USA are planning to organize demonstrations against the 450 jubilee of allegedly "voluntary unification of Circassia with Russia" celebration and Sochi Olympic Games in front of The Russian Consulate in New York city on October 4.

Another demonstration will take place in front of the United Nations in New York city.

The key words of slogans are: Russia, Circassia, and Genocide. All ideas about the slogans are very welcome. We are inviting each and every one of you to join these efforts in those days.

Come Support Circassians Worldwide in protesting against the Sochi Winter Olympics and the 450 year anniversary of the Russia-Circassia Lie

Sochi Olympics

Circassians cannot accept the Olympics to be celebrated by Russia in our city Sochi, the killing and burial grounds for hundreds of thousands of our families during the Russian invasion and genocide in Circassia! Russia is aggressively seeking to eliminate remaining presence of our people and history and sell our motherland! While Circassians are not allowed to reside in Sochi and Circassia, there’s systematic surge and settlements of outsiders and foreigners to repopulate our beloved motherland! Russia wants to cover up facts of The Circassian Genocide and mass atrocities committed against us by inviting the world to celebrate the Olympics in our land!

450-year Russian-Circassia Lie

Circassia never adhered to Russia 450 years ago or anytime in history! Russia invaded and has occupied our motherland, killing 1.5 million circassian men women and children forced us into mass deportation and till today we are not allowed to go back home! The Kremlin is distorting and hiding facts so that The Free World may never know our nation Circassia. And honest people in this world may never know facts of our genocide!

Circassians who believe in our freedom join us now and do whatever you can to stop Russia’s attempts to distort facts of our Circassian nation.

October 4^th 2007

9:00am-1:00pm

Russian Consulate- 9 East 91st Street (9:00am-10:30am)
United Nations- 47th and 1st Ave (11:00am-1:30pm)
Buses will be available so call to save a seat (Leaving 7:30am)
Any questions please call 973-519-1531 or email: Circassianperspective@gmail.com

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By Marina Marshenkulova and Azamat Bram, 05-Oct-07, IWPR

Circassians Voice Olympian Anger
By Azamat Bram in Maikop, 05-Oct-07, IWPR

Russia: Imperial Anniversary Challenged In North Caucasus
by Liz Fuller, September 27, 2007 (RFE/RL)

The Challenges of the Sochi Olympics and Russia's Circassian Problem
By Fatima Tlisova, Jamestown Foundation, Chechnya Weekly, August 16, 2007

Guetl: Sochi is a land of genocide
Agency Caucasus

Sochi Olympics Already Casting Shadows on the North Caucasus
Window on Eurasia, December 19, 2007, by Paul Goble