In an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 242 global leaders, including 125 Nobel laureates, have proposed sending a team of independent legal experts to review the ongoing investigation as well as the case filed against Dr Yunus under labor law . Anti Corruption Commission.
Expressing deep concern over the continued harassment and possible jailing of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, an open letter issued on Monday termed the trial process against Nobel laureate Dr Yunus as a ‘mockery of justice’.
Signatories include former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former US President and Nobel laureate Barack Obama, former Vice President Al Gore and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Signatories include 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates including Shirin Ebadi, Mohammed ElBaradei, Tawakkol Karman, Nadia Murad and Maria Ressa, six Nobel Literature Prize laureates including J.M. Coetzee and Orhan Pamuk, 12 Nobel Prize laureates in economics including Joseph Stiglitz. Additionally, the list of signatories includes 36 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 29 Nobel Laureates in Medicine, and 26 Nobel Laureates in Physics.