DHAKA, Bangladesh — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced Monday Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws. Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was granted bail. The court gave the defense 30 days to appeal. Grameen … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave As Russians prepare for their own holiday season, the government’s crackdown on political activists and citizens who have voiced their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, does not appear to be taking a break. On Friday, a court in Siberia sentenced a former head of Russian opposition … Read more
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday. The death of 22-year-old Amini last September while in the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating the … Read more
A court in Iran has sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the United States government among other charges ByThe Associated Press October 22, 2023, 5:27 AM FILE – A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, … Read more
France’s court sentences rapper MHD for 12 years in jail for murder A court in France has sentenced rapper MHD to 12 years in jail for the murder in 2018 of a young man in Paris. According to BBC, the court in Paris found the 29-year-old MHD, whose real name is Mohamed Sylla, guilty of … Read more