Saudi Arabia freezes Canada trade ties for urging activists' release
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079682
Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade with Canada and expelling its ambassador over its "interference" in the kingdom's domestic affairs.
A Saudi foreign ministry statement said it consideredhttps://twitter.com/CanadaFP/status/1025383326960549889 a violation of Saudi sovereignty.
Canadian foreign ministry spokeswoman Marie-Pier Baril stressed that Canada would "always stand up for the protection of human rights... including women's rights, and freedom of expression around the world".
The leading Saudi women's rights campaigner Manal al-Sharif thanked Canada for "speaking up" andhttps://twitter.com/manal_alsharif/status/1026380402531819520.