A war crimes tribunal found on Wednesday Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, founder of Gonoswasthya Kendra, guilty and imprisoned him at court for an hour for contempt of court, reports BSS.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 also fined him Tk 5,000. In default of which, he will have to serve one month imprisonment.
Shireen Huq, wife of Zafrullah, and 21 others were exonerated from the charge with serious caution.
The 21 are: Ali Ahmed Ziauddin, Dr CR Abrar, Farida Akhter, Dr Bina D'Costa, Afsan Chowdhury, Rahnuma Ahmed, Dr Shahidul Alam, Leesa Gazi, Anu Mohammad, Lubna Marium, Dr Zarina Nahar Kabir, Shabnam Nadia, Mahmud Rahman, Nasreen Siraj Annie, Anusheh Anadil, Tibra Ali, Delwar Hossain, Masud Khan, Ziaur Rahman, Hana Shams Ahmed and Muktashree Chakma Sathi.
Earlier, on January 14, the ICT-2 issued contempt notice against 49, for criticising British journalist and blogger David Bergman's punishment by the tribunal.
The tribunal on three different dates exonerated 26 from the allegation of committing contempt of court.
