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BUSINESS | Page 7 SPORT | Page 7 IMF eyes Injaaz Stud’s relationship Lekhraib lands reset with sprint feature in biggest thrilling fi nish shareholder published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11731 November 13, 2020 Rabia I 27, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir holds phone conversation with Afghan president Siege nations must lift anti-Qatar steps, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday held telephone conversation with Afghanistan ban on freedom of speech: UN expert President Mohamed Ashraf Ghani, during which they discussed bilateral relations and means to By Joey Aguilar enhance them. The two sides also Staff Reporter ‘Implement provisional measures discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan and the Afghan decided in favour of Qatar’ peace negotiations hosted in Doha. UN Special Rapporteur has The Afghan president expressed urged the Saudi-led bloc to The Special Rapporteur stressed the discrimination of any kind; his thanks and appreciation to HH A withdraw unjust measures, importance of fully implementing “In accordance with customary the Amir for Qatar’s eff orts and its particularly those that violate human decisions and provisional measures norms of international law, all constant support to establishing rights, it imposed on Qatar in June decided by the competent states are obliged to guarantee that peace, security, and stability 2017. international bodies, including: activities under their jurisdiction or in Afghanistan to realise the Saudi Arabia, along with three other zfamilies that include a Qatari, control in any area, including cyber aspirations of the Afghan people countries, announced the severing of separated by the measures adopted space, do not aff ect the rights of for unity and prosperity. diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5, by the four states on 5 June 2017, other states and their nationals and 2017, shutting their land borders, air shall be reunited; residents,” Alena Douhan said. Travellers from and sea ports, and airspace to Qataris. zQatari students aff ected by the “The Special Rapporteur thus “The Special Rapporteur urges the measures adopted by the four states urges the Four States to guarantee Qatar exempt from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United on 5 June 2017 and later are given that no discrimination is applied UK quarantine list Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of the opportunity to complete their towards people living in Qatar; Bahrain and the Arab Republic of Egypt education in the four countries or to that sport, cultural and academic The UK has added Qatar to its list of to immediately withdraw all sanctions obtain their educational records if events are used to enhance co- travel corridors, the Qatar embassy / measures aimed at establishing re- they wish to continue their studies operation and development of in London said in a tweet yesterday. strictions on freedom of expression, elsewhere; and people without any discrimination; This means people arriving into movement, access to property, trade zQataris aff ected by the measures and that any form of incitement to the UK from Qatar are exempt barriers, and ban tariff s, quotas, non- adopted by the Four States on 5 hatred is addressed, discontinued from quarantine, starting at 4am tariff measures, including those which June 2017 and later are allowed and prosecuted as required by tomorrow. According to information prevent fi nancing the purchase of access to tribunals and other judicial international human rights law, available on the UK government’s medicine, medical equipment, food, organs of the four countries without article 20 of the ICCPR.” website, Qatar has been added to other essential goods for people living the travel corridor list following a in Qatar in violation of international UN expert lauds steps taken to alleviate blockade effects decrease in risk from coronavirus in legal standards,” UN Special Rappor- the Gulf country. Passengers arriving teur on the negative impact of unilat- An independent UN expert lauded negative impact of unilateral into the UK from Qatar will no longer eral coercive measures on the enjoy- all the steps taken by the Qatar coercive measures on the enjoyment need to self-isolate “so long as they ment of human rights, Alena Douhan, government to mitigate the negative of human rights, Alena Douhan, haven’t been in or transited through told reporters at a press briefi ng held at Alena Douhan at the press briefing yesterday. PICTURE: Thajudeen eff ects of the sanctions imposed on highlighted the Qatar government’s any other non-exempt countries in Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday. people living in the country, including eff orts to help many citizens of the 14 days preceding their arrival”, The UN expert was sharing prelimi- under their jurisdiction and control dom of expression, creating a chilling those from the four blockading blockading countries who want to the website states. nary fi ndings of her mission to assess are taken without any discrimination, eff ect that stifl es civil society as well as countries. remain in Qatar by relaxing residency the impact of unilateral sanctions im- to not initiate hatred towards people provokes uncertainty and fear among UN Special Rapporteur on the permit requirements. Page 4 Ooredoo gesture posed by the blockading countries on living in Qatar; and to drop all cases writers and journalists.” the enjoyment of human rights by peo- related to the application of the Qatar In her report, Douhan noted that the to customers over ple living in Qatar, in the four countries sympathy laws to guarantee that no Four States implemented a series of service disruption imposing sanctions, and other aff ected discrimination is applied,” she said. concerted unilateral measures against people. The Special Rapporteur said that Qatar, including the expelling of al- Qatar, Libya sign military pact Ooredoo has announced its Douhan, who was in Doha from demands to shutdown Al Jazeera and most 3,000 Qataris from their territo- engineers have resolved network November 1 to 12 meeting the Prime other Qatari news organisations – “the ries; and removing to Qatar livestock issues which occurred while Minister and Minister of Interior, and banning of them on their territories belonging to Qataris. upgrading the main server, and led several other senior government of- and the criminalisation of expressions They also blocked access to Qatar- to an outage recently and aff ected fi cials, will present a full report to the of sympathy with Qatar by the King- based media channels and websites; mobile services. The telecom UN Human Rights Council in Septem- dom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab criminalised the expression of sympa- operator also said as a gesture of ber 2021. Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain – thy with Qatar; and allegedly sponsor- thanks, its postpaid customers will “The Special Rapporteur calls on violate the rights of freedom of opinion ing a campaign to incite hatred or dis- have 50% of the monthly charge the four states to guarantee freedom of and expression.” trust of Qatar and Qataris over social removed from their November bill, opinion and expression by annulling all Such act, she said, “is contrary to the and traditional media with references while Hala customers have been Qatar sympathy laws, to take all nec- international human rights obligations that Qatar is involved in terrorism fi - given 500 Flexi points they can use essary legislative and organisational which are legally binding for all fi ve nancing and poses threats to regional until the end of November. Page 3 measures to guarantee that activities countries and clearly undermines free- security. To Page 4 Doha uniquely positioned to deliver HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah yesterday met with the Defence Minister of the Government of National Accord in Libya, Dr Salah Eddine al-Namrush, certainty, sustainability, excellence who is visiting Qatar. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations in the military field and the means to enhance them. The meeting also saw the signing of a co-operation agreement in training and building military capabilities. O OCA Evaluation Committee witnesses Qatar’s extensive, existing state-of-the-art infrastructure The agreement was signed between the Qatari Ministry of Defence and Government of National Accord’s Ministry of Defence. The meeting was he Doha 2030 Asian Games Games plan, with sustainability at its commitment to delivering a carbon- the President of the Women’s Sport attended by ambassador Sheikh Mohamed bin Nasser al-Thani, several off icers Bid Committee yesterday core. neutral event, which will be leveraged Committee joined the tour, meeting of the armed forces, and members of the Libyan delegation. Page 2 Tshowcased to the OCA Evalua- The expert delegation saw fi rst- by Doha 2030 to contribute to one of with promising young athletes, in a tion Committee how Doha is unique- hand how Doha’s tried and tested the most environmentally friendly demonstration of the bid’s full sup- ly positioned to deliver certainty, sports venues and medical facilities, Asian Games ever held. port from all levels of the Qatar sports 164 face action for not wearing masks sustainability and excellence for the which have catered for the world’s The Evaluation Committee was community. Doha 2030 CEO and whole of Asia, at a time when it is best athletes in the world’s biggest then taken to the Aspire Dome before QOC Secretary-General HE Jassim needed most. events, are ready to provide the ulti- moving onto the world-leading Aspe- bin Rashid al-Buenain outlined the The Ministry of Interior (MoI) yesterday Covid-19 measures through regular On their second day in Doha, the mate Games experience in 2030. The tar sports medicine hospital, the FIFA importance of certainty and sustain- announced that 164 people have been messages on social media.