Bangladesh: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus gets bail in corruption case
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Last year, more than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates had urged Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to suspend legal proceedings against Yunus.
A Bangladesh court on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a US $23 lakh embezzlement case. Yunus was sentenced to six months in jail in January on a separate charge of violating labor laws. He got bail in that case also.
Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering role in the use of microcredit to help poor people. Last year, more than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates had urged Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to suspend legal proceedings against Yunus.
His supporters say he has been targeted because of his poor relations with Hasina, while the government of Bangladesh denies these allegations.
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