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War Trial Reporting

Tribunal asks media to be careful

Staff Correspondent
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday suggested that the media be more careful about reporting on its proceedings.
The tribunal also asked a Bangla daily to run a rejoinder to its earlier reports within two days.
Saying that many newspaper reports covering the tribunal proceedings were "not proper”, the tribunal asked journalists to be “careful and cautious" to prevent misreporting.
The three-member tribunal came up with the suggestions after defence counsels of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee brought a contempt petition on Feb 23 citing two news reports of the Bangla daily Janakantha.
Defence counsel Tajul Islam had claimed that the headlines of the reports were grossly misleading.
The two reports--published on February 2 and 21--were about witness testimonies in the case against Sayedee, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the tribunal.
The tribunal on that day decided to put the matter on hold since the reporter con-
cerned was not present at the court.
Yesterday, Justice Md Nizamul Huq, the tribunal chairman, passed an order saying that the first report of the newspaper was “contemptuous” and the second was “unwarranted”.
“The tribunal is dealing with serious cases which the whole world is watching,” said Justice Nizamul Huq, adding that the media should cooperate with the tribunal and be careful about its coverage.
Meanwhile, defence counsels of BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday finished their arguments on a discharge petition they had began placing onThursday.
Ahsanul Huq Hena, a defence counsel for Salauddin Quader, then began submitting a bail petition for the lawmaker from Chittagong, who is
facing charges of crimes against humanity committed during the LiberationWar.
The counsel argued that his client is an elected lawmaker, who has been missing from his constituency for a long time.
He said the lawmaker's absence has halted all development activities and new projects in the constituency; and the people are being punished.
Hena also argued that Salauddin Quader had no motive for the crimes he has been charged with as he was not a member of any auxiliary forces during the LiberationWar of 1971.
The counsel is scheduled to resume his arguments today.
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is among two BNP and six Jamaat leaders facing charges of crimes against humanity at the tribunal.