Sports for human rights

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Sports for Human Rights ( Sport for Human Rights ) is one of former Olympians initiated protest against the violation of press freedom and human rights. It started in the run-up to the Olympic Games in Beijing in spring 2008. By wearing a blue-green silicone ribbon with the words "Sports for Human Rights" on it, athletes should be able to express their protests against human rights violations and crimes against the freedom of the press without Boycotting competitions. In addition, the risk of being excluded from competitions on the basis of public political expression in verbal or written form should be avoided. During the competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics, wearing the wristbands was prohibited by the IOC.

Numerous athletes and fans support the "Sports for Human Rights" campaign. The number of protesters was last at 100,000. The action was u. a. organized via the online sports portal www.netzathleten.de. The proceeds went to Amnesty International .

The protest action was publicly discussed in Germany and caused a stir. Numerous television stations, including ARD, ZDF, RTL and n-tv, newspapers such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and the tageszeitung (taz) as well as online portals such as Spiegel-online reported in detail on the campaign.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Netzathleten.de, http://www.netzathleten.de/lifestyle/sports-inside/item/3628-sports-for-human-rights-das-steckt-dahinter
  2. ↑ Hahn, Thomas: Netzathlet und Tändchenaktivist, Interview of the week with Stefan Pfannmöller ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung April 26, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de
  3. ↑ Lorenzen, Ralf: Olympia: Netzathleten want to set standards. Portal networked athletes - campaign for human rights  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heute.de  
  4. ^ Sports for Human Rights - Athletes plan Olympic protest
  5. ↑ Hahn, Thomas: Netzathlet und Tändchenaktivist, Interview of the week with Stefan Pfannmöller ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung April 26, 2008 (accessed April 1, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de
  6. ^ Hahn, Jörg: Olympia in handcuffs - net athletes take a stand , FAZ.net
  7. ↑ Winkler, Thomas: “Sports for human Rights” initiator - “The athletes are left alone” , Interview with Stefan Pfannmöller, taz.de (as of April 9, 2008, accessed April 1, 2009)
  8. ↑ Schilling, Frider: Protest in a bathrobe - Olympic plans of German athletes , Spiegel Online (as of April 15, 2008, accessed: April 1, 2009)

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