Key Texts
UNPO: Resolution on the Situation of the Circassian People, 1997
The Circassians have been partly exterminated during the Russian-Caucassian war and 90 percent of those remaining have been forcefully deported abroad to Turkey, Jordan and Syria; The nation faced genocide for a long period; The Circassian people living abroad have difficulty preserving their language...
Resolution of UNPO About Abkhazia - 26 June 2005
And having reviewed historical background when in the second part of the XIX century as a result of the Russian-Circassian War and the Russian-Turkish War, the majority of Abkhaz-Abaza and Circassians had to flee out of their historical motherland. And as a result of the discriminatory and occupational policy of Russian Empire, the North-Western and Central parts of Abkhazia were emptied, as well as indigenous...
Statement of the International Circassian Association - 11 August 2008
To: Leaders of Countries; The people of Abkhazia, having survived many upheavals and sufferings in its millennial history, gone through the horrors of the past Georgian intervention in late XX century, managed to preserve its statehood. Despite the international pressure, economic isolation and unrecognized status, Abkhazia became a state seeking to promote democratic principles.