Muhammed Yunus struggles to preserve Grameen s anti-poverty network amid attacks- ImpactAlpha impactalpha.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from impactalpha.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Bangladesh is a front-line victim of global climate change. Consequently, the rich industrialized countries of the North, which have been emitting carbon for 250 years since the Industrial Revolution, owe an ecological and historical debt to countries like Bangladesh, which are vulnerable to climate change. We shifted the focus of our ongoing campaign on climate change last year, concentrating on this issue of reparation.”
MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesNobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been convicted of violating labor laws in Bangladesh after he and his microfinance bank, Grameen, were charged with embezzlement and corruption. The country’s prime minister, Sheik Hasina, accused Yunus of “sucking blood” from impoverished citizens, while the laureate’s supporters condemned the charges as politically motivated. Hasina’s administration has been increasingly vigilant in its repression of political dissent,
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