ICT order against 23 citizens June 10

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has fixed June 10 to decide whether to punish for contempt the 23 of 50 citizens who expressed their concern over British journalist David Bergman's conviction, reports bdnews24.com.
International Crimes Tribunal-2 led by its Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan set the date after hearing the rule against the 23 persons over contempt charge on Thursday.
 The tribunal issued the rule on April 1 asking them why they should not be punished for contempt of court.
 After they had responded to the rule, Barrister Asaduzzaman argued on Thursday for 10 of them while Barristers Akhter Imam and Rehnuma Anam for two.
 Shirin Haque stood for three of them.      
 The hearing ended with Prosecutor Turin Afroze's argument.
 The tribunal said in the hearing that the respondents 'behaved irresponsibly' by issuing statement expressing concern over Bergman's conviction.
 Bergman was convicted on December 2 in 2014 for 'creating confusion' about a sub-judice matter through his 'irresponsible' blogs.
 The Daily Prothom Alo published a report about 'concern expressed by 50 citizens' on December 20 in 2014. The New York Times, too, ran an editorial on December 23 along similar lines.
 The ICT felt the news demeaned Bangladesh's judiciary and asked the Bangla-language daily to furnish the 'full copy' of the statement.