SPORT | Page 1 Qatar to take on S Korea in handball fi nal in Kuwait published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11439 January 26, 2020 Jumada II 1, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir condoles with Turkish president on earthquake victims PM inaugurates aquatic research centre His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held yesterday morning a telephone By Shafeeq Alingal achieve economic feasibility that en- conversation with Turkish President Staff Reporter sures the continuation of production Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express and development refl ecting in eco- his condolences and sympathy nomic growth in the fi sheries sector. to him and the brotherly Turkish E the Prime Minister and Min- The centre has state-of-the-art people on the victims of the ister of Interior Sheikh Ab- laboratories and research facilities that earthquake that hit Elazig province, Hdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa will be managed with the participa- eastern Turkey, praying to Almighty al-Thani yesterday opened the aquatic tion of Qatar University. The minister Allah to rest their souls in Paradise research centre of the Ministry of Mu- pointed out that the centre will host and give patience and solace to nicipality and Environment (MME) at fi sh farming projects, marine wealth their families and relatives and Ras Matbakh in Al Khor and Al Thakira enrichment and fi sh feeds. grant the injured a speedy recovery. Municipality. HE the prime minister, who along The Amir also expressed Qatar’s The centre, part of Qatar National with other ministers toured the depart- readiness to help alleviate the Development Strategy, is aimed at ments and units, was briefed on the fa- eff ects of this disaster. helping the country attain self-suffi - cilities and functions of the centre. Separately, His Highness the Amir ciency in high quality fi sh and shrimp Extending over an area of 110,000sq sent a cable of condolences to production and achieve the highest m, the centre includes physical and President Erdogan on the victims of rates of production that will ensure chemical laboratories to measure the the earthquake, wishing the injured food security. proportion of minerals, water pol- a speedy recovery. His Highness the HE the Minister of Municipality and lution, marine environment soil and Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz biology pollution, and marine wa- Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime bin Turki al-Subaie told Gulf Times ter hydrology. Labs will also test fi sh Minister and Minister of Interior that the centre is a basic pillar for de- physiology and conduct fi sh age es- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin veloping marine wealth in the country. timation. One of the labs studies fi sh Khalifa al-Thani also sent similar The minister noted that the centre, parasites and bacteria and analyses cables of condolences to the Turkish equipped with the best global practices the components of fi sh feed and oth- HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani is briefed on the facilities at president. Page 16 and available technology, guarantees to ers. To Page 20 the aquatic research centre. National address Coronavirus cases found registration 2,105 rights violations recorded starts tomorrow in more than 10 countries against the UAE since blockade he coronavirus outbreak that he Ministry of Interior (MoI) began in the central Chinese city QNA Commissioner for Human Rights and The report divided the violations has called on the public, in- Tof Wuhan has killed 42 people Geneva present them with the second report into two main categories. The fi rst Tcluding citizens, resident in China and infected more than 1,300 documenting the UAE’s violations of were the violations of the right to expatriates and legal persons in the globally, most of them in China. the ICJ ruling. He said the NHRC will family reunifi cation, right to edu- country, to register their national The virus has caused alarm because E the Chairman of the Nation- contact the UN secretary-general, cation, the right to have access to address within six months starting it is still too early to know how danger- al Human Rights Committee the president of the International courts. A total of 1,212 such violations tomorrow in accordance with the ous it is and how easily it spreads be- H(NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al- Court of Justice, The United Na- were documented. This category of National Address Law. tween people. And because it is new, Marri has criticised the UAE’s contin- tions High Commissioner for Human violations is directly connected to the The last date for doing so is July humans have not been able to build any ued violations of the rights of Qatar’s Rights, head of the Committee on the ICJ ruling. The second category was 26, the ministry said in a statement immunity to it. citizens and residents. Elimination of Racial Discrimination, related to hate speech against Qatar posted on social media yesterday. Here is the latest on the coronavirus He noted that there were 2,105 vio- UN Special Rapporteurs, EU Parlia- and its residents. The registration can be done via spreading in China and beyond: China People wear masks on a train in Hong lations documented since the begin- ment Speakers, in addition to 600 The breakdown of the 1212 viola- the electronic services of the MoI, announced further travel curbs yester- Kong yesterday, as a preventative ning of the blockade, 1,212 of which international organisations and urge tions were as follows: 90 in the vio- such as its website and the Metrash2 day. Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing measure after the city declared the occurred following the decision of the them to immediately pressure the lations of the right to family reunifi - app, or through direct registration said it was halting inter-city services virus outbreak as an “emergency”. International Court of Justice (ICJ). UAE to follow the ruling of the court cation, 155 violations of the right to at the ministry’s unifi ed service to and from Beijing from today, while Al-Marri also announced that a and end its violations. He also noted education, and 967 violations of the centres, according to the statement. the capital will also stop running inter- central province of Hubei, where Wu- report on the violations by Saudi that the committee will send the re- right to sue and have access to courts. The MoI statement comes in im- province shuttle buses. han is located, have suspended some Arabia’s of citizens and residents of port to all UN diplomatic missions. “UAE’s claim that they did not take plementation “of the provisions of Thailand has reported fi ve cases; transport. Qatar is also close to completion. He The second report on the continued any discriminatory measures since Law No 24 of 2017 on the National Australia has reported four; Singapore, Beijing has closed tourist access to said that the report will be presented violations of the UAE is titled ‘UAE’s the beginning of the blockade were Address, and HE the Minister of France, Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia the Forbidden City and cancelled large to the Committee on the Elimination disregard for the ruling of the Inter- misleading,” the report said noting Interior’s Decree No 96 of 2019 on three; Vietnam, South Korea and the gatherings, including two Lunar New of Racial Discrimination. national Court of Justice’. It is part of that many international organisa- implementing certain provisions of United States two apiece; and Nepal one. Year temple fairs, and closed part of the Speaking to reporters in Geneva, a series of reports on the negative im- tions, diplomatic missions, in addi- Law No 24 of 2017 on the National The World Health Organisation Great Wall. al-Marri said that Abu Dhabi did not pacts the blockade has had on human tion to the report of the United Na- Address”. (WHO) said that while the outbreak Hong Kong has declared an emer- establish clear mechanisms to imple- rights in Qatar. Al-Marri said the re- tions High Commissioner for Human “In the event that the registration was an emergency for China, it was not gency and will extend school holiday ment the ICJ ruling, stressing that port, in addition to the comprehensive Rights confi rmed the existence of of the national address is not done yet a global health emergency. closures until February 17. The city also this confi rms the country’s continued data it provides, delves deep into some these measures. with the period indicated above, the Symptoms include fever, cough and cancelled all offi cial Lunar New Year discriminatory measures against Qa- of the cases that confi rms the UAE’s The committee also documented violator shall bear all the legal con- diffi culty breathing. China says the vi- celebrations and offi cial visits to main- tar’s citizens and residents. He called failure to adhere to the ruling. hundreds of cases of people who sequences thereof,” the statement rus is mutating and can be transmitted land China. on the ICJ, the UAE, and the State of He said the violations in the report were deported by the UAE authori- added. through human contact. Those most Airports around the world have Qatar to swiftly respond to the rec- were documented by the commit- ties without regard for their humani- The National Address Law (Law aff ected are older people and those stepped up screening. ommendations of NHRC in the con- tee’s researchers, who met with the tarian conditions.