In Bangladesh, a court has sentenced Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for labor law violations along with three of his colleagues. Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his development of a microfinancing system which offers small loans to the poor. Yunus has been a vocal critic of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina Sheikh. Former Amnesty International head Irene Khan decried Yunus’s conviction as a “travesty of justice.” Yunus, who is 83, has been granted bail during the appeals process.