RFE/RL North Caucasian service in the Circassian language made
interview with the Chairman of "Circasian Congress" Berzeg Murat asking
him to explain about how the "Circassian Congress" was created and how
it works in concern with the impacts that the Russian-Caucasian War
brought with it, and also about the
organization''s appeal to the State
Duma of Russia and to the European Parliament to
recognize the
Circassian Genocide, Radio Adiga publishes the translation.
Berzeg Murat: The Adygs (Circassians) had not organization to
raise the main question of Adigas, to start and to work with it; we
could not manage such organization so far.
Therefore, we had to create the "Circassian Congress". What
happened to Adygs was only discussed till now but was not written in
juristic language. Hence, the "Circassian Congress" collected and
prepared many doubtless papers from archives according to laws and
measures of the current world that should be attached not adding
anything from what Adygs said, but only written in juristic language
papers of crimes made by Russian Generals and Officers, the document
named "Genocide" was sent to the "Russian State Duma".
The paper it (Duma) replied has no sense, they said "no!", but you
can''t understand that "no!". Nevertheless it satisfied us because we
knew that Russia will not recognize it. But then when Russia says "no!"
we had the option to enter Europe to communicate the world by
addressing the OON (United Nations Organization), when then we received
the "no!", we sent a document to the European Parliament describing
what happened to Adygs and our situation today also according to the
worldly laws it is Genocide, thus we addressed the Democratic states
and nations of Europe and sent the European Parliament to recognize
what happened to the Adygs/Circassians as a Genocide and to tell Russia
to recognize the Geoncide. Now we wait their answer and to the one who
will put it in the court in the European Parliament, it have to be
mentioned that other some countries started to view and to state their
worries in this matter.
Now, what have to be said is, when you ask if our situation is
good today? The meaningless "on paper" given republics, whether they
are good, if we are satisfied with it or we will stop here? no! Most of
our nation is still in exile. Those people who say things like: "It''s
ok now, we stop here, don''t let us say anymore..." are people of lack
of intellect, if you don''t agree with that, then they are people with
intellect who were given money not to allow to raise this question and
to mislead other Adygs.
Surely, as far as the nation is not being one, as far as the
the Adygs all around the world does not return, as far as the lands we
had were not being returned, you can''t say that Genocide did not took
place, the Genocide is still going on until the nation is being one,
that is the opinion, the conduct of "Circassian Congress", that is what
we deal with, that is our way which we go through and we will go
through."
RFE/RL: "Thank You! Murat"
Radio Adiga
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