As further evidence that the international community is waking up to the persecution of Professor Muhammad Yunus and the wider human rights crisis in Bangladesh, Kenneth Roth, the former head of Human Rights Watch, retweeted the Economist article and added his own views. He wrote, “Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, is pursuing ‘a decade-long campaign’ against Muhammad Yunus, a perceived political rival. Ostensibly targeting corruption, the latest probe ‘is testament to rising authoritarianism in Bangladesh’.”
Nicholas Kristof weighed in again on Twitter while circulating the same Economist article and Roth’s take on it, and added his own commentary: “Muhammad Yunus has done so much for the world; it’s sad to see what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina trying to crush him because he is more admired than she is around the world.”
Roth and Kristof combined have roughly 2.5 million followers on Twitter.