FILE PHOTO - Samar Badawi of Saudi Arabia at a ceremony in Washington in 2012. REUTERS/File Photo
RIYADH/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defence of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for Ottawa's call to free arrested Saudi civil society activists.
In her first public response to Saudi Arabia's actions, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said, "Canada will always stand up for human rights in Canada and around the world, and women's rights are human rights."
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