Amnesty International said on Monday that the Bangladesh government is weaponizing labor laws against Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Mohammad Yunus and urged authorities to immediately end his harassment.
“Mohammed Yunus, who is also chairman of the board at Grameen Telecom, is accused of employment-related violations and faces a criminal case in Bangladesh under the Labor Act 2006. Three other board members, Ashraful Hasan, Noorjahan Begum and Mohammed Shahjahan, face similar charges,” said a news release published yesterday on the Amnesty International website.
“The ongoing case is one of more than 150 cases filed against Mohammad Yunus since the ruling Awami League party came to power in 2008. Amnesty International believes that Mohammad Yunus and his “Criminal proceedings are being initiated against the associates. The action is a gross abuse of labor laws and the justice system and a form of political vendetta for their work and dissent.”