[LAF] World Chechnya Day

[EDMUND MCARTHUR]

World Chechnya Day 

  London, Sunday 24th February 

  In February 1944 the Stalin ordered the immediate deportation of the 
entire Chechen and Ingush peoples to the steppes of Central Asia 
resulting in the deaths of up to half of the population. In 2004 the 
European Parliament recognised this event as Genocide. 

   
  The Save Chechnya Campaign will be marking World Chechnya Day with a 
commemorative event on Sunday 24th February, 2 -6pm at Abrar House, 45 
Crawford Place (off Edgware Road) London, W1H 4LP. Nearest tube Marble 
Arch and Edgware Road. 

   
  Please attend to learn more about a day that few are aware of and yet 
none should forget. All welcome. Entry free. 

  1:30pm: TALK: Deportation and Exile. Then and Now. 
Learn about the deportations, the consequences for the Chechen people 
and the continuing effects being felt today. 

   
  2:00pm: FILM SHOWING: Coca - The Dove from Chechnya 
Coca - The Dove from Chechnya is the heroic and true story of one 
woman: Zainap Gashaeva (nicknamed Coca) was born in the exile. Since 
the beginning of the Chechen war in 1994 she has been collecting video 
tapes and interviews about the war that Europe and World has ignored. 
It is estimated that in the last ten years up to a third of the 
Chechen population may have been killed as a result of Russian "anti- 
terrorist" operations. Disappearances and murder of civilians by the 
security services remains commonplace in Chechnya. In the midst of war 
and repression Coca and her helpers have remained determined to 
discover and record the truth of what has been happened to Chechnya. 
This film is a story of Chechnya today told by Chechens themselves. 

  For more information: 
w: www.worldchechnyaday.org 
e: i... at savechechnya.org 



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