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    The Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) was an American organization established by sociologist Harry Edwards and multiple Black American athletes...
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    power, and as a protest on behalf of the Olympic Project for Human Rights. They were banned from further Olympic activities by the IOC, as the rules then...
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    the boats in the Middle Passage." All three athletes wore Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badges after Norman, a critic of Australia's former...
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    Lee Evans (sprinter) (category Olympics.com template with different ID for Olympic.org)
    stood for 20 and 24 years respectively. Evans co-founded the Olympic Project for Human Rights and was part of the athlete's boycott and the Black Power movement...
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    event. He knew the salute was to occur and wore a badge of the Olympic Project for Human Rights in support of fellow athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith...
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    Australia, wore a badge for the Olympic Project for Human Rights in solidarity. A YouTube video showcasing all men's 200 metres' Olympic winners can be found...
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  • in the United States. Both were members of the Olympic Project for Human Rights. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Avery Brundage deemed...
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    second-place finisher, Peter Norman of Australia, wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos. In response to the protest...
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    John Carlos (category Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field)
    founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR), and originally advocated a boycott of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games unless four conditions...
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    As a member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) Smith originally advocated a boycott of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games unless four conditions...
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  • The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012...
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  • Human rights in China are periodically reviewed by international bodies, such as human rights treaty bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council's...
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    for front-office positions in Major League Baseball. Author of The Revolt of the Black Athlete, Edwards was the architect of the Olympic Project for Human...
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    close-up of John Carlos, showing the mosaic of the statue and the Olympic Project for Human Rights badge worn by all three athletes. Peter Norman's intentionally...
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    The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader...
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    Martin Jellinghaus (category Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany)
    the Australian sprinter Peter Norman, he wore Olympic Project for Human Rights badges to show support for the suspended American sprinters Tommie Smith...
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  • Congress for Racial Equality who shouted slogans calling for integration of Negroes and Jews. In the late 1960s, members of The Olympic Project for Human Rights...
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  • Human Rights and Freedoms (French: Charte des droits et libertés de la personne), also known as the "Quebec Charter", is a statutory bill of rights and...
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  • Human rights in South Africa are protected under the constitution. The 1998 Human Rights report by Myles Nadioo noted that the government generally respected...
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    international organizations and independent domestic media outlets for human rights violations. Some of the most commonly cited violations include deaths...
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  • medalist, professional football player, founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights; Cuban mother Joel Casamayor, Cuban professional boxer Nick...
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  • bronze medalist John Carlos wore Olympic Project for Human Rights badges and showed the raised fist (see 1968 Olympics Black Power salute) as the anthem...
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  • Paul Hoffman (rowing) (category Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing)
    member of the US Olympic Rowing Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. A supporter of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR), Hoffman provided...
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  • covered the Games wearing a button bearing the letters OPHR (Olympic Project for Human Rights, an organization founded by Harry Edwards), had befriended...
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  • Salute (2008 film) (category Documentary films about the Olympics)
    winner Peter Norman, who showed his support for Smith and Carlos by donning an "Olympic Project for Human Rights" (OPHR) badge on his way to the podium. It...
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    The youth rights movement (also known as youth liberation) seeks to grant the rights to young people that are traditionally reserved for adults. This is...
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    2022 Winter Olympics despite China's human rights violations documented in the Xinjiang Papers.[citation needed] Detailed frameworks for environmental...
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    The situation of Human Rights in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان میں انسانی حقوق) is complex as a result of the country's diversity, large population, its status...
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  • Dome of the Rock Ant-Zen Red Madrassa Staalplaat Alms for Iraq Soleilmoon 2005 No Human Rights for Arabs in Israel: The Remix Staalplaat 2006 Speaker of...
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    Beijing on human rights grounds. The campaign was one of the earliest efforts to claim that Olympic hosts should meet human rights tests. This project was recycled...
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