The story of the Ahiska Turks in Krasnodar

In June, 2002 Ahiska/Meskhetian Turks living in Krasnodar, Russia started a hunger strike that brought much needed international attention to their problems.
The community leader Mikael Latibov, in Stanitsa Kievskaya of Krasnodar region, together with the support of human rights group in Novorossiysk initiated the strike having about 37 people from Kievsakaya participating in the protest and many people from other areas coming to support the strikers.
Read more about the issue of Meskhetian/Ahiska Turks in Krasnodar, Russia:

Action against infringement of Turks-Meskhetians' rights in Krasnodar Territory
http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/617470.html - Caucasian Knot

Krasnodar Immigrants Fear Expulsion http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=160352&apc_state=henicrs2002 - Institute for Was and Peace Reporting

The Condition of Meskhetian Turks in the Krasnodar Territory and the Territorial Government Migration Policy http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/analyticstext/enganalytics/id/627469.html - Caucasian Knot

http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/news/?srch_section1=engnews&srch_section2=engfilMeshTurk - Caucasian Knot

Pictures from the picnic