Sochi protest

Circassians in Nalchik Today Protest Against Sochi; Russian Officials Arrest 25. Police detained 25 people today (7. Feb.) in Nalchik who were taking part in a demonstration against the opening of the Olympics on the site where Russian forces killed and expelled hundreds of thousands of their ancestors and  on the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of this event. Russian hackers have also blocked several Circassian sites in hopes of limiting news of this and other events. Circassians have been overwhelmingly opposed to holding the games in Sochi since that decision was announced in 2007. They have called for a boycott without success but they have succeeded in two regards.  On the one hand, the Circassian movement is more, not less united than it has been since 1864, despite Moscow’s exploitation of some small groups over which it has influence, and the Circassian cause has attracted more intention than ever before, forcing the Russian authorities to take counter-measures, including repression, the mobilization of Russian historians to put out Moscow’s line, and active measures to divide Circassian organizations in the North Caucasus and internationally. Circassian demonstrations are taking place elsewhere in the North Caucasus and are occurring or planned for today in New York and other cities. Despite such acts of repression, the Circassians remain committed to peaceful means to advancing their cause (kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/237822,  avrom-caucasus.livejournal.com/327309.html, unpo.org/article/16805, al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/turkey-olympics-cicassian-identity-ethnicity-chechen.html, lapresse.ca/international/europe/201206/07/01-4532506-les-circassiens-de-sochi-le-nouveau-cauchemar-de-moscou.php,ft.com%2Fintl%2Fworld%2Feurope#axzz2sDYNPhmZ,freecircassia.ucoz.com/news/akcii_protiv_olimpiady_na_zemle_cherkesskogo_genocida/2014-02-07-369 and apsny.ge/2014/soc/1391823996.php).

Sochi - Wounded Knee

the dead speak

to us, memorials

for our dead

Sotji - Dybbøl

de dode taler

til os, mindesmærkerne

for vore dræbte

(Bjarne Kim Pedersen)