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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi released after 10 years in prison
AFP, Published on 12/03/2022
» MONTREAL - After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam," Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
Saudi teen runaway leaves for Canada
AFP, Published on 12/01/2019
» OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the power of Twitter to stave off deportation from Thailand.
Saudi effort to punish Canada seems to have little effect
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2018
» TORONTO: When Saudi Arabia ordered its citizens studying in Canada to abruptly leave the country, it left institutions like Techno Canada in the lurch, forcing the small Toronto business school to scramble for new students in the middle of the summer.
Saudi seeks to silence foreign critics as Canada row erupts
AFP, Published on 07/08/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's diplomatic rupture with Canada underscores the kingdom's newly combative foreign policy to tame international criticism after a crackdown on domestic critics, as it struggles to implement risky reforms, analysts say.
Saudi expels Canadian envoy, recalls its own over 'interference'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its envoy while freezing all new trade, in retaliation for Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists.
Saudi expels Canadian envoy, recalls its own over 'interference'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its envoy while freezing all new trade, in retaliation for Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists.
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador
Associated Press, Published on 06/08/2018
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador on Monday and froze "all new business" with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom's arrest of women's rights activists -- yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh's new assertive foreign policy.
Saudi expels Canadian envoy, recalls its own over 'interference'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists.