DHAKA, Dec 11, 2021 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan 
Mahmud today said the imposing a ban on others by the USA is one-sided and 
ineffective as human rights are extremely violated even in the United States.  

  "The United States imposed a ban on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 
But later, they (USA) gave red carpet reception to him (Narendra Modi) which 
proved that such ban is futile," he told reporters after attending a 
reception of freshers of University of Information Technology and Sciences 
(UITS) here.  

   On February 26 this year, the United Nations (UN) urged the US government 
to stop the torture of police and racism, said the minister. An article, 
published by The Guardian in October this year, stated that 55 per cent of 
death between 1980 and 2018 in police custody remained 'unreported' or 'miss 
levelled', which means that the exact cause of those deaths was not revealed, 
he added. 

    Hasan said the death rate of black people is three and half times more 
than white people though the black people are only 10 per cent of the total 
population in the USA. The world people didn't forget the tragic incident of 
the last year when cops killed a black man suffocating him with knee, he 
added.   

 The minister said the Israeli forces fired indiscriminately on Palestinian 
children when they (children) hurled stones at Israelis who attacked their 
houses. But the US didn't impose any ban on Israel rather they (US) vetoes 
when the UN proposes any condemnation against the violation of human rights 
in any country, he added.   

 "So that, the ban is purposeful, one-sided and ineffective," said Hasan, 
also Awami League joint general secretary.  He said, "The United States is 
development associate of us, and our law enforcers and security forces are 
working with them to prevent militancy and terrorism."  

   UITS Chairman and PHP Family Founder Sufi Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Turkey 
Ambassador to Dhaka Mostafa Osman Turan, Dhaka University Pro-Vice Chancellor 
Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, PHP Family Director Mohammed Amir Hossain Sohel and 
Freedom Fighter Mohammad Rafiq, among others, addressed the function with 
UITS Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Solaiman in the chair.  

  Later, the minister joined the annual general meeting of Janasangjog 
Samity, an organization of public relations officers, at an auditorium of 
Jatiya Press Club (JPC) here.  

   JPC President Farida Yeasmin and general secretary Ilias Khan addressed 
the meeting as special guests with the organisation's president Md Mostafa-e-
Jamil in the chair.