Staff correspondent :

Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Joint General Secretary of Awami League. Hasan Mahmud said that the banning of gatherings and gatherings on behalf of Palestinians in various European countries is an extreme interference on people’s freedom of expression.
This Friday evening, Shahid Sepahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the capital’s Kamalapur, Sheikh Russell said this in response to questions from reporters after the chief guest’s speech at the finale of the under-16 football competition and ‘Concert for Peace and Justice’ organized by the National Children and Youth Council.
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting said, “I was surprised to see in various media that in various countries of Europe, including France, Germany, Austria, any kind of meetings, processions or speeches on behalf of Palestinians have been banned.
Information Minister Hasan questioned that those who speak about freedom of expression, do they have any moral right to speak about freedom of expression after their freedom of expression is being suppressed in this way.
He said that anyone can speak against anything, that is freedom of expression. But they have stifled freedom of expression by shutting down the right to speak for Palestinians.
Hasan Mahmud said about the Hamas-Israel war, Bangladesh is always against war and killing, whether it is in Israel or Palestine. But after the attack by Hamas, Israel has taken the common people of Palestine hostage, taken 1.1 million people hostage in the entire Gaza Strip, cut off all supplies of food, water, fuel, which is a war crime and they are committing a crime against humanity.
Kazi Russel Jatiya Shishu-Kishor Parishad Secretary General KM Shahid Ulya spoke at the event under the chairmanship of Housing and Public Works Ministry Secretary Kazi Washi Uddin and organization secretary Farid Uddin Ahmad Ratan.
Stating that the Sheikh Russell National Children and Adolescent Council has been playing a role in the human development of the country’s children and adolescents for 35 years after starting its journey during political antagonism, Hasan Mahmud said, Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina has embraced this organization with the mercy of her mother, for this we have no end of gratitude to her.
At this time, the minister called football as a very exciting game accessible to all and reminisced about watching football games at the Chittagong Stadium in various ways during his childhood.
Earlier, the Information Minister enjoyed the final match of the U-16 football competition and handed over prizes to the winners. Gendaria team won the competition after defeating Mohammadpur team. After awarding the prizes, members of Sheikh Russell National Children’s Council performed a cultural program titled ‘Concert for Peace and Justice’.