The
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on June 10, 2015 sentenced Dr Zafrullah
Chowdhury, founder of Gonoswasthya Kendra, to one hour simple imprisonment for
committing contempt of court.
The
tribunal also fined him Taka five thousand and one month of imprisonment in
default.
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.
As
tribunal delivered the order and the Judge’s were leaving the courtroom,
Zafrullah, who was found guilty for committing contempt of court for the second
time, tried to draw their attention.
Earlier,
on January 14, the ICT-2 issued contempt notice against 49, who had expressed
concern through a statement published on daily Prothom Alo after British
journalist and blogger David Bergman’s punishment by the tribunal, asking them
to explain their statement and conduct.
Based
on their explanations, the tribunal on three different dates exonerated 26 from
the allegation of committing contempt of court. (Source: BSS)