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Al Jazeera World: 2014: Winter of Discontent

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Al Jazeera World will air the documentary about Sochi Olympics and the Circassian opposition, "2014:Winter of Discontent" on Al- Jazeera English Channel today and in the next several days.

"150 years after being expelled from their homeland, Circassians are protesting the holding of the 2014 Winter Olympic games in the city of Sochi." (55 minutes)

Click here for more details about the documentary. 

Promo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXADWiOLsdM

Where to watch

Al Jazeera English Live Stream on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e93MaEwrsfc

On TV - http://www.aljazeera.com/watchaje/

When to watch
Follow the link for airing times in your timezone - http://www.aljazeera.com/Services/Schedule/ProgramSchedule.aspx

GMT airing times
Tue June 18 – 20:00 GMT
Wed June 19 – 12:00 GMT
Thu June 20 – 01:00 GMT
Fri June 21 – 06:00 GMT
Sat June 22 – 20:00 GMT
Sun June 23 – 12:00 GMT
Mon June 24 – 01:00 GMT

Local airing times for Eastern Time USA & Canada (GMT-4:00)
Tue June 18 – 16:00 EST/ 4pm
Wed June 19 – 08:00 EST/ 8am ; 21:00 EST/ 9pm
Fri June 21 – 02:00 EST/ 2am
Sat June 22 – 16:00 EST / 4pm
Sun June 23 – 08:00 EST/ 8am ; 21:00 EST / 9pm

Local airing times for Jordan, Turkey (GMT+3:00)
Tue June 18 – 23:00
Wed June 19 – 15:00
Thu June 20 – 04:00
Fri June 21 – 09:00
Sat June 22 – 23:00
Sun June 23 – 15:00
Mon June 24 – 04:00

Local air times for Nalchik, Maykop, Sochi (GMT+4:00)
Tue June 18 – 00:00
Wed June 19 – 16:00
Thu June 20 – 05:00
Fri June 21 – 10:00
Sat June 22 – 00:00
Sun June 23 – 16:00
Mon June 24 – 05:00

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Russia's Sochi Olympics awakens Circassian anger

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Circassian protesters took part in anti-Olympic demonstrations at the 2012 London Games. A small group also participated in protests at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)

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Caucasus Activist Feels Heat in Turkey

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Kuban Kural fears he is being stalked by Russian agents.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.

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Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: The Circassians Cry Genocide

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1940: Circassian guards at the home of collaborationist Gen. Maxime Weygand. (Margaret Bourke-White / Time & Life Pictures-Getty Images)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.

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