An Iranian woman has turned down the gold medal she won for jewellery-making at a global vocational skills contest in protest at the oppression of women at home, a human rights activist said on Thursday and raised concerns about her safety.
The protest in Geneva follows unrest ignited by the death last month of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police. The incident has sparked one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.
Taimoor Aliassi, representative to the United Nations of the Kurdistan Human Rights Association-Geneva (KMMK-G) human rights group, said the protest by Raziyeh Jalili occurred on Monday at the WorldSkills contest as she was being awarded her medal.
