QATAR | Page 16 SPORT | Page 8 Elshorbagy targets fourth title in Doha Local designers in the limelight at Heya 2018 published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10984 October 27, 2018 Safar 18, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Japanese gymnast in action Amnesty urges In brief Italian clubs QATAR | Offi cial to shun ‘Super Amir condoles with Jordanian king His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Cup’ in Saudi Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent on Thursday cable of condolences O Juventus and AC Milan asked ‘to think twice’ to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on the victims of the floods in the Dead Sea after Khashoggi case area, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. HE the Prime Minister and By Anthony Harwood Outrage over the killing later led to Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah Gulf Times Correspondent more than 40 high-profi le organisa- bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani also London tions to pull out of this week’s Saudi sent a similar cable to Prime Minister investment conference, dubbed ‘Davos Dr Omar Razzaz. Page 3 in the Desert’. uventus and AC Milan are being In a hard-hitting statement Am- Amir sends greetings Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes in the men’s rings qualification during day two of the 48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics urged by human rights campaigners nesty International UK’s head of policy Championships at Doha’s Aspire Dome yesterday. More than 500 gymnasts have descended on Qatar this week for the event. Jnot to play the Italian ‘Super Cup’ and government aff airs, Allan Hogarth, to Austrian president Sport Pages 1, 2 in Saudi Arabia following the murder of said of the Supercoppa plan today: “It’s His Highness the Amir Sheikh Jamal Khashoggi. clear that countries like Saudi Arabia Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Amnesty International said that if are well aware of the potential for sport Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh the clubs go ahead with the fi xture in to subtlety ‘rebrand’ a country. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent January it will only help Riyadh to use “Even before the horrifi c killing of yesterday cables of congratulations sport to “rebrand” its tarnished image, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia had a to Austria President Alexander Van known as “sportswashing”. truly appalling human rights record. der Bellen on his country’s National Turkey seeks extradition of Soccer bosses from the Italian Big clubs like Juventus and AC Milan Day. HE the Prime Minister and league, Serie A, signed an $8mn deal in need to understand that their partici- Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah June for the ‘Supercoppa’ to be played pation in sporting events in the country bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a in Saudi Arabia over three of the next could be used as a form of ‘sportswash- similar cable to Chancellor Sebastian 18 Saudis in Khashoggi case fi ve years. ing’. Kurz. The fi rst fi xture in January will be “We’d urge these Italian clubs to between the winners of the Serie A think twice about the signal this sends REGION | Confl ict O Erdogan urges Saudis Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on said in a speech to members of his AK league, Juventus, and the cup fi nalists, out to sports fans across the world and to reveal location of Thursday said the killing of Khashoggi Party in Ankara. “Who gave the order AC Milan – much like England’s Com- the brave activists who stand up for hu- One civilian killed ‘every was premeditated, contradicting a for 15 people to come to Turkey?” he munity Shield. Previous Supercoppas man rights in Saudi Arabia.” three hours’ in Yemen journalist’s body previous offi cial statement that it hap- said. have been held in the US, China, Libya If they do decide to go ahead with A civilian is killed every three hours O Turkey ‘knows more pened accidentally during a tussle in Saudi offi cials initially denied hav- and Qatar. their match, Nadal and Djokovic have in Yemen, Oxfam said yesterday, about case than it has the consulate. ing anything to do with Khashoggi’s But the international outcry over the been urged to use the visit to highlight calling on the United States, Britain Riyadh’s numerous shifting ac- disappearance after he entered the savage killing of Khashoggi in the Saudi human rights abuses going on in Saudi. and other European states to disclosed’ counts of the killing have undermined consulate, which he had visited to ob- consulate in Istanbul earlier this month “It’s up to Nadal and Djokovic where suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia. O Saudi prosecutor to visit Prince Mohamed’s stance in the West. tain paperwork for a planned marriage. has led to calls for big sporting events they play their lucrative exhibition “One civilian has been killed every Istanbul tomorrow Turkish prosecutors seeking the ex- “The reasoning behind the extradi- in the desert kingdom to be boycotted. matches, but if they go to Jeddah we’d three hours in fighting in Yemen tradition accuse the 18 of “murder by tion request is that Jamal Khashoggi The world’s top two tennis players, like to see them using their profi les to since the beginning of August, with premeditation, monstrous intent or was murdered in Turkey by Saudi na- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, are raise human rights issues,” said Hoga- many more people succumbing to Reuters by torture”. Riyadh previously arrested tionals who travelled to Turkey for this already under pressure to pull out of rth. “Tweeting support for Saudi Ara- disease and hunger,” Oxfam said in Istanbul the 18 as part of its investigation into specifi c purpose,” a senior Turkish of- a lucrative exhibition match in Saudi bia’s brave human rights defenders a statement. Citing data collected the case. fi cial said. Arabia next month. would be a start.” by the Civilian Impact Monitoring Those include a 15-man security “It is clear that the judicial system in Both players took to Twitter in the Around 15 women’s rights activ- Project, linked to the United Nations urkish prosecutors have prepared team that Turkey says fl ew in hours Turkey is better equipped to genuinely days just after Khashoggi disappeared ists, including a friend of the Duchess global protection clusters, the aid an extradition request for 18 sus- before the killing and carried it out. serve the cause of justice in this case.” to thank the authorities for the invi- of Sussex, Loujain al-Hathloul, face group said 575 civilians were killed Tpects from Saudi Arabia in the “Who gave this order?” Erdogan To Page 9 tation to visit the “beautiful country” 25 years in jail for speaking out on the between August 1 and October 15, killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just before Christmas – but this was need for more reforms. including 136 children. Page 3 authorities said yesterday, after Presi- before the full gruesome details of AC Milan referred calls to Supercop- dent Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to what had happened to Khashoggi had pa organisers, Serie A, who declined to ASIA | Politics disclose who ordered the murder. emerged. comment. Erdogan has in recent days stepped Crisis in Sri Lanka as up pressure on Saudi Arabia to come president sacks PM clean in the case, and Western gov- President Maithripala Sirisena ernments have also voiced increasing installed Sri Lanka’s controversial scepticism, pitching the world’s top oil Florida suspect arrested over former strongman leader Mahinda exporter and a pivotal Middle East ally Rajapakse as the country’s new into a worsening crisis. bombs sent to Trump critics prime minister yesterday, in a shock Erdogan said Turkey had more in- move that plunged the island into formation than it had shared so far BI agents used DNA and a fi nger- torney General Jeff Sessions said. an unprecedented constitutional about the killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi print to identify the Florida man He earlier said the suspect could face crisis. Sirisena’s off ice announced national and Washington Post col- Fsuspected of sending at least 14 58 years. “We will not tolerate such the surprise decision moments after umnist who was killed at the Saudi bombs to critics of US President Don- lawlessness, especially political vio- the president sacked incumbent consulate in Istanbul on October 2. ald Trump days ahead of congressional lence,” he said. Authorities are still in- premier Ranil Wickremesinghe — Khashoggi, who lived in the United elections. Cesar Sayoc has been charged vestigating whether other people were who insisted that he was still the States, was a critic of Crown Prince with fi ve federal crimes including threats involved and did not rule out the possi- legitimate prime minister and would Mohamed bin Salman, the kingdom’s People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside against former presidents and faces up to bility of further arrests or more explo- fight his dismissal in court. Page 6 de facto ruler. the Saudi Arabian embassy in London yesterday. 48 years in prison if found guilty, US At- sive devices in the mail. Page 5 Met Dept forecasts chances Indian minister Swaraj to pay of rain and thunderstorms visit to Qatar from tomorrow atar Meteorology Department Tomorrow, it would be partly derstorms due to the associated risk of ndia’s External Aff airs Minister interactive session with the members The bilateral visit of His Highness the has forecast chances of scat- cloudy to cloudy with a chance of strong wind, heavy rain and poor vis- Sushma Swaraj will pay a three- of the Indian community on Monday.