Key Excerpts from the coming article “How Colonial Tactics Block Circassian Repatriation”
July 4, 2025
“The colonial-era tactics of repression, denial, and bureaucratic entanglement persist, but they are now masked by legal restrictions, surveillance, and media disinformation.” → Highlighting the persistence of repression in its modern shape and form:
- “Colonial-era tactics of suppression, denial, and bureaucratic entanglement persist—now cloaked in legal constraints, surveillance, and disinformation.” → Reference to the continuity of oppression in modern form
- “They engineered an environment that repels rather than welcomes Circassians.” → Visual pairing with homeland imagery
- “Circassia Is Not Up for Debate: It’s Ours Then, Ours Now.” → Signature phrase
- “Russian politics deliberately distorts the truth and describes brutal colonialism as federal union; but in fact, its federalism is devoid of content.” → Sharp and provocative
- “The memories and souls of those who lost their lives while defending the Circassian homeland silhouette the entire North Caucasus and the Black Sea.” → A reminder of the truth of identification with the homeland
- “Self-Determination is Integral to Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.” → A universal call for justice
