Category Archives: krasnaya

Those Who Hold onto the Burning Ember

Steadfast in the Face of Hardship

Adel Bashqawi

August 4, 2926

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Circassian Genocide and Deportation: An Eagle’s Eye View on Memory and Justice

Adel Bashqawi

May 21, 2026

Commemorating the Circassian Genocide and Deportation — May 21 From the eagle’s height, memory becomes vision: a people once cast into exile still rises in remembrance. The flame endures, illuminating the path from loss to justice, from silence to truth.

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Glorifying Colonialism: Kuban as an Example

Adel Bashqawi

April 26, 2026

(AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot)

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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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