No Sochi 2014

Russia's Sochi Olympics awakens Circassian anger

Little-known indigenous group bands together in months ahead of Games

On the surface, the Russian resort town of Sochi provides an ideal setting for the world to convene for the 2014 Olympics.

Its subtropical coastline on the Black Sea offers beautiful palm-lined seashores for the tourists — February temperatures should be in the 10 C range — while the nearby snow-covered mountains present an ideal staging ground for outdoor winter sports.

Press Release: Circassians at Sochi Park to protest Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and demand right to return to homeland

London – July 29, 2012 No Sochi 2014 is at the London Olympics to call attention and protest the next Olympiad- the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Circassians from the United States, Germany, Russia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey will be at Russia’s Sochi Park in Hyde Park adjacent to the Albert Memorial at 12:30 on Sunday July 29, 2012. Read more...

Press Release: No Sochi Olympics on Land of Circassian Genocide

London – July 27, 2012 No Sochi 2014 is in London during the Summer 2012 Olympics offering the truth about the next Olympics site in Sochi, Russia. Krasnaya Polyana (translated to Red Hill) – the location of the alpine events in Sochi- derived its name, for the amount of Circassian blood split.

Caucasus Activist Feels Heat in Turkey

ISTANBUL — Midnight was long gone and the back streets of Istanbul lay dark and deserted, when Kuban Kural was walking home from an evening's campaigning for the Circassian cause one night this spring.

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: The Circassians Cry Genocide

IN NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE: Sochi, the site for the 2014 winter Olympics, just happens to be where the russians dispossessed an entire nation exactly 150 years earlier. the survivors' descendants say it was genocide—and now they're demanding justice.