Thursday, October 13, 2016

Iran: US Chess Champion Boycotts World Championships

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"Stop Women's Oppression at the World Chess Championship by Challenging FIDE's Decision"


"We demand that FIDE reconsider its decision to award the Women’s World Chess Championship to Iran. In its handbook, FIDE explicitly states its guiding moral principles and one of them is that the organization “rejects discriminatory treatment for national, political, racial, social or religious reasons or on account of sex.” (F.01(1)(2)). Yet, by awarding the Championship to Iran, it is breaking that pledge to its members and subjecting them to discrimination on all fronts...."


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