Woman Grandmaster
and former world junior girls' champion Soumya Swaminathan has refused to
participate in the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Hamadan, Iran,
from July 26 to August 4, because of the compulsory-headscarf
rule in the country which she said violated her personal rights. She took
to her Facebook page to say, "I find the Iranian law of compulsory Headscarf
to be in direct violation of my basic Human Rights including my right to
freedom of expression, and right to freedom of thought, conscience, and
religion. It seems that under the present circumstances, the only way for me to
protect my rights is not to go to Iran." She further said that the
religious dress codes should not be imposed on players.
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