Baksan elders. Screenshot of video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKaLaWvHqI

30 September 2017, 12:23

Baksan elders condemn prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev

In a published video appeal, the elders of Baksan request to protect the rights of Black Sea Shapsugs and, in particular, Ruslan Gvashev in the Krasnodar Territory. The prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev for a moleben at the Tulip Tree is a discrimination against the minorities, the Baksan elders noted.

On June 2, the Lazarevskoe District Court of Sochi found Ruslan Gvashev, the former chairman of the Council of Elders of Circassians-Shapsugs, guilty of organizing an unsanctioned action on the Day of Adygs' Memory – a prayer service near the Tulip Tree, and fined him by 10,000 roubles.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that starting September 11, Ruslan Gvashev, is holding an unlimited hunger strike in protest of the judgement to fine him for a prayer he administered at the Tulip Tree.

Today, the "Caucasian Knot" SMS-service has got a message reporting that the elders of Baksan (Kabardino-Balkaria) published a video appeal in support of Ruslan Gvashev.

The video appeal shot by the elders of Baksan and public associations published on YouTube is addressed to the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory, Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and human rights organizations. The elders of Baksan asked to protect the interests of Black Sea Shapsugs and, in particular, Ruslan Gvashev and expressed their concern over his health state.

The authors of the video appeal emphasized that on May 21, all over the world, the Adygs hold prayers in memory of their ancestors killed during the Caucasian War.

"This year, Ruslan Gvashev was fined by the Lazarevskoe Court for participating in the moleben at the Tulip Tree in the Golovinka village. And that is gross violation of human rights and discrimination of the minorities. That short-sighted act contradicts the norms of coexistence in our multinational country, and it can lead to unpredictable consequences in the relations between the people living on the Black Sea coast," the elders of Baksan state.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Комментирование через Кавказский узел
All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

February 21, 2025 22:22

February 21, 2025 21:10

February 20, 2025 23:59

  • In Chechnya, sending to war is method to punish drivers

    Chechen law enforcers are monitoring social networks and reveal violators of traffic rules, who may face both public reprimand and sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone. The effect of talks with law enforcers is caused by fear of the consequences, human rights defenders have noted.

February 20, 2025 23:55

  • Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended

    A court in Grozny has extended Zarema Musaeva's arrest until March 26 under a criminal case on disrupting the work of a penal colony. Meanwhile, her sentence under the first criminal case was due to terminate on March 23, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

February 20, 2025 23:15

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2