ICT-BD [ICT-21] Miscellaneous Case No. 01 of 2014 Order: 02 December 2014 International Crimes Tribunal-2 ICT-BD [ICT-2] Miscellaneous Case No. 01 of 2014 [Under section 11(4) of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973] Present: Justice Obaidul Hassan, Chairman Justice Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah, Member Justice Md. Shahinur Islam, Member Abul Kalam Azad, Advocate, Supreme Court Bar Association Bhaban vs. David Bergman [Contemnor] Journalist 7/C, New Bailey Road, Dhaka-1000 For the Applicant Mr. Mizan Sayeed, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court Mr. Md. Moksedul Islam, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court Mr. Md. Anamul Kabir, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court For the contemnor Mr. Mustafizur Rahman Khan, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court ORDER Delivered on 02 December 2014 I. Background of the proceedings, 1. This has been a proceeding under section 11(4) of the Act of 1973 for the offence of contempt initiated against David Bergman, a journalist on allegation of circulating three articles portraying derogatory criticism along with comment of his own. The applicant alleges that David Bergman by his such act and conduct of criticism intended demeaning, disparaging and lowering Tribunal’s authority as the ‘comment’ made therein on the ‘death figure in 1971' and on the observation made by this Tribunal on the issue of holding ‘absentia trial’ in the judgment of 1