Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize Winner and Founder of Grameen Bank, speaks during the opening ceremony for the One Young World summit at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. 160 global leaders including more than 100 Nobel laureates have written an open letter on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, urging her to suspend judicial proceedings against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus for alleged violation of labor laws. Supporters of Yunus say the charges are politically motivated because of differences he has with the prime minister. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
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