Civil society in Bangladesh: If the treatment of Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus is any indication, Bangladesh’s independent civil society is currently in great peril. Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities. Additionally, journalists who
If the treatment of Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus is any indication, Bangladesh’s independent civil society is currently in great peril. Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities. Additionally, journalists who reported on government misconduct
(Bloomberg) A Dhaka court sentenced Muhammad Yunus — who won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microloans to some of Bangladesh’s poorest — to 6 months in jail for labor law violations.Most Read from BloombergIran Sends Warship to Red Sea After US Sinks Houthi BoatsQuake Hits Northwestern Japan, Killing Four, Wrecking HomesIndia’s Crude Oil Imports From Russia Plunge on Payment IssuesUS Pushed Dutch Maker of Chip Equipment to Block Chinese Sales Before DeadlineElectric Car Models Eligible
A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced Monday Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws. Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was granted bail. Grameen Telecom, which he founded as a non-profit, is at the center of the trial.
Calls for independent, transparent investigations into cases of alleged enforced disappearances and ratification of the much-discussed convention on disappearances got louder at this UPR.