Category Archives: genocide

Glorifying Colonialism: Kuban as an Example

Adel Bashqawi

April 26, 2026

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Invasion and Overwhelming Force: No Justification for Genocide

Adel Bashqawi

April 6, 2026

Circassian families in exile — a 19th‑century‑style engraving symbolizing endurance amid destruction. (AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot)

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Silencing the Exile: Russia’s Global Campaign Against Circassian Identity and Independence

The following is my Online speech to the:

International Conference

The Circassian Genocide in the Context of

History and

Contemporary Politics

Adel Bashqawi

Date: December 17, 2025, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,

I speak not only of a nation exiled, but of a people whose voice Russia has sought to silence across continents—waging a relentless campaign against Circassian identity and the very right to self‑determination and independence.

For more than a century and a half since the official end of the war, the Circassian nation has carried the burden of exile, its memory scarred by genocide and its identity threatened by Russia’s ongoing campaign of erasure.

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The Circassian Endgame: Building Alliances to Ensure a Better Future for All

Paul Goble

For delivery to Conference on

“The Circassian Genocide in the Context of History and Contemporary Politics”

Vilnius, Lithuania

December 17, 2025

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