MRAP

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The Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples (French: Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples), better known as simply MRAP, a French "anti-racist" and pro-immigration organization closely linked to the French Communist Party, from which most of its leaders originate.

The organization was founded in 1949. It was named of "Movement Against Racism, Anti-Semitism and for Peace" until 1972.

The Jewish Charles Palant, former chairman of the Youth committee of LICRA, was one of the founders of MRAP, and its General Secretary from 1950 to 1971.

The MRAP in 1972 obtained the vote of the Pleven Act, an anti-"hate speech" legislation.

The organization has been active against "Holocaust denial".

It has lobbied against immigration-restricting laws and in favor of immigrants' rights.

The organization is active also on issues in other countries, such as by defending the US Black Panthers member Mumia Abu-Jamal, sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer.

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