Comité français contre l'apartheid

The Comité français contre l'apartheid (French Anti-Apartheid Movement) was created in the late sixties as the first French anti-apartheid specific organization by a handful of people led by Maître Jean-Jacques de Félice, a well-known lawyer and Human rights activist. It was chaired by Jean-Paul Sartre. Another important member was Elisabeth Mathiot. The Comité français contre l'apartheid activities included publishing press statements, lobbying and campaigning for freeing of political prisoners. After the launch, in 1975, of the Anti-Outspan Campaign, which soon became the French Anti-Apartheid Movement, the Committee stopped functioning. (Source: French anti-apartheid activist Antoine Bouillon.)