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
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