Bangladesh court acquits Yunus on appeal, overturns labour conviction: lawyer
AFP | Dhaka, Bangladesh
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A Bangladeshi court yesterday overturned a conviction against Mohammed Yunus, a day before the Nobel winner is set to return to lead a caretaker government.
“Professor Muhammad Yunus and three of his colleagues have been acquitted of labour charges,” one of his lawyers, Khaja Tanvir Ahmed, told AFP. “The court earlier this year sentenced them to six months in prison.”
He was sentenced in January for the labour charge, but immediately bailed pending appeal and later travelled abroad.
All four had denied the charges and, with courts accused of rubber-stamping decisions by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina’s government, the case was criticised as politically motivated by watchdogs including Amnesty International.
“The labour court granted an appeal, and acquitted them,” Ahmed said.
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