The International Crimes Tribunal 2 has fixed March 27 for a hearing on Bangladesh-based British journalist David Bergman’s explanation over allegedly making derogatory comments about the tribunal in his blog posts.
The three-member Tribunal 2 headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order on Tuesday morning after receiving the explanation in the morning.
Earlier, the tribunal asked him to explain his critiques in person or by engaging a lawyer following a petition by Supreme Court Lawyer Adul Kalam Azad.
The petitioner alleged Bergman “termed the tribunal’s claim of 30 lakh martyrs as wrong.”
The petitioner said Bergman made the comments in two blog posts on bangladesh warcrimes.blogspost.com, uploaded on November 11, 2011 and January 28, 2013, following the indictment of Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee and the death penalty awarded to Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar.
Earlier on February 19, 2012, the ICT 1 issued a warning to Bergman for his article titled “A Crucial Period for ICT,” published on October 2, 2011, mentioning that the reporter was found to be in contempt of court but was being let off in consideration of his social status.
