Dhaka : The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday urged the media people once and for all to be more careful in the future in publishing or airing reports on the proceedings of war crimes trial.
The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Nizamul Huq, passed the order while disposing of two contemptuous reports published in the daily Janakantha over the deposition of two prosecution witnesses against detained Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee who faces charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Terming unwarranted and highly contemptuous the duo reports published in the daily Janakantha, the tribunal said those were improper and such reporting should be stopped.
The tribunal also asked the Janakantha authorities to publish a corrigendum in this regard.
"We see frequent misleading reports being published in a section of newspapers. Sometimes, it becomes harsh and unheard of. But we avoid all those things for smooth running of the judicial process in a fair way," the tribunal observed.
The tribunal further advised the journalists to refrain from publishing or airing distorted reports on trial proceedings so that no one, including the accused, the defence counsel and the prosecution side, gets humiliated.
Advocate Tajul Islam, a defence counsel for accused Sayedee, submitted the contempt petition seeking remedy mentioning Janakantha editor Atiquallh Khan Masud and reporter Bikash Dutta as contemners. Reporter Dutta was present before passing the order.
So far, four daily newspapers - Janakantha, Sangram, Naya Diganta and English daily New Age-faced the music of contempt under section 11 (4) of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.
The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Nizamul Huq, passed the order while disposing of two contemptuous reports published in the daily Janakantha over the deposition of two prosecution witnesses against detained Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee who faces charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Terming unwarranted and highly contemptuous the duo reports published in the daily Janakantha, the tribunal said those were improper and such reporting should be stopped.
The tribunal also asked the Janakantha authorities to publish a corrigendum in this regard.
"We see frequent misleading reports being published in a section of newspapers. Sometimes, it becomes harsh and unheard of. But we avoid all those things for smooth running of the judicial process in a fair way," the tribunal observed.
The tribunal further advised the journalists to refrain from publishing or airing distorted reports on trial proceedings so that no one, including the accused, the defence counsel and the prosecution side, gets humiliated.
Advocate Tajul Islam, a defence counsel for accused Sayedee, submitted the contempt petition seeking remedy mentioning Janakantha editor Atiquallh Khan Masud and reporter Bikash Dutta as contemners. Reporter Dutta was present before passing the order.
So far, four daily newspapers - Janakantha, Sangram, Naya Diganta and English daily New Age-faced the music of contempt under section 11 (4) of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.
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