- Saturday, April 27, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
An Indian chess champion has withdrawn from an international competition in Iran, saying a rule requiring her to wear a headscarf would violate her human rights. Soumya Swaminathan ranks fifth in India and was preparing to compete in The Asian Chess Championship in Bangladesh. However, when the competition was moved to Iran, the 29-year-old withdrew and took to Facebook to spell out why. “Under the present circumstances, the only way for me to protect my rights is not to go to Iran,” she wrote on Facebook earlier this month, saying “there is no place for an enforceable religious dress” in sports. Swaminathan’s decision…
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