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British journalist convicted of contempt for questioning death toll
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Publisher:  International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Date Written:  10/12/2014
Year Published:  2014  
Resource Type:  Article

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the Bangladesh court's conviction this week of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman on contempt for questioning the official death toll of 1971 liberation war.

Abstract:  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the Bangladesh court's conviction this week of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman on contempt for questioning the official death toll of 1971 liberation war.

A special war crimes court, the International Crimes Tribunal, on Tuesday, December 2 ruled that a blog and two other articles written by Bergman, 49, "hurt the feelings of the nation" and fined him USD 65 or a week's imprisonment.

Bergman, the editor of...
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