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muriel_volestrangler

(101,336 posts) Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:26 AM Aug 2018

Saudi Arabia freezes Canada trade ties, recalls envoy over human rights criticism

Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its "interference" in the Gulf Kingdom's internal affairs.

In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its own envoy in Canada.
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Among those arrested was Saudi-American women's rights campaigner Samar Badawi.

Ms Badawi had been calling for an end to Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079682

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Don't expect the Trump regime to protest about the arrests, because it's Saudi Arabia, and also look at who did support Badawi back in 2012:

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Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:27 PM

Aug 2018

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS AUGUST 5, 2018 / 6:47 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Canada defiant after Saudi Arabia freezes new trade over human rights call

Aziz El Yaakoubi, David Ljunggren
6 MIN READ

RIYADH/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defense of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for the country’s call to free arrested Saudi civil society activists.

In her first public response to Saudi Arabia’s actions, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said, “Let me be very clear ... Canada will always stand up for human rights in Canada and around the world, and women’s rights are human rights.”

Riyadh on Sunday recalled its ambassador from Canada and gave the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to leave. The Saudi government also banned new trade with Canada, although it was unclear if it would affect existing annual Saudi-Canadian trade of nearly $4 billion and a $13 billion defense contract.

Shortly after Freeland spoke, the Canadian foreign ministry released a statement saying it was “deeply concerned” by the expulsion of Canada’s ambassador.

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