UNB, Dhaka :
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday asked the Prothom Alo editor to submit before it on Wednesday a copy of the full text of the statement signed by 50 citizens over its judgment against David Bergman for contempt of court.
The Prothom Alo, a vernacular daily, published the statement titled, ’50 citizens express concern punishing Bergman” on December 20.
The tribunal also expressed its resentment on the editorial published by New York Times on December 23 criticising the
judgment against Bergman, a British origin journalist working here in the daily New Age. Prima facie the news item and the editorial in question seem to have been based on misconception and exceeding the limit of recognised norms, the tribunal said on its own motion.
On December 2, the tribunal after a lengthy hearing convicted David Bergman, also son in-law of Dr Kamal Hossain, president of Gono Forum and a former minister, and sentenced him a symbolic jail term with fine.
The tribunal further said the core content of the editorial published in the New York Times constitutes a classical example not only of endorsing a punished contemnor’s conduct who found guilty of the charge of scandalising the tribunal a lawfully formed judicial forum-but the view expressed in the editorial tends to demean the judiciary of a sovereign country, Bangladesh, contended the tribunal.
“We’re surprised to note that the editorial board of the New York Times, a renowned international daily can make comment “if justice is truly what the International Crimes Tribunal seeks, it should immediately overturn Mr Bergman’s sentence and Conviction,” said the tribunal.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday asked the Prothom Alo editor to submit before it on Wednesday a copy of the full text of the statement signed by 50 citizens over its judgment against David Bergman for contempt of court.
The Prothom Alo, a vernacular daily, published the statement titled, ’50 citizens express concern punishing Bergman” on December 20.
The tribunal also expressed its resentment on the editorial published by New York Times on December 23 criticising the
judgment against Bergman, a British origin journalist working here in the daily New Age. Prima facie the news item and the editorial in question seem to have been based on misconception and exceeding the limit of recognised norms, the tribunal said on its own motion.
On December 2, the tribunal after a lengthy hearing convicted David Bergman, also son in-law of Dr Kamal Hossain, president of Gono Forum and a former minister, and sentenced him a symbolic jail term with fine.
The tribunal further said the core content of the editorial published in the New York Times constitutes a classical example not only of endorsing a punished contemnor’s conduct who found guilty of the charge of scandalising the tribunal a lawfully formed judicial forum-but the view expressed in the editorial tends to demean the judiciary of a sovereign country, Bangladesh, contended the tribunal.
“We’re surprised to note that the editorial board of the New York Times, a renowned international daily can make comment “if justice is truly what the International Crimes Tribunal seeks, it should immediately overturn Mr Bergman’s sentence and Conviction,” said the tribunal.
