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Monday, August 6, 2018
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Abbas condemns Canada for urging release of activists jailed in Saudi Arabia
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePA President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian people stand by Saudi Arabia after the latter expelled its Canadian ambassador due to calls by Ottawa to release activists jailed by Riyadh.
Like Saudi Arabia, Abbas accuses Canada of “interfering in the internal affairs” of Riyadh and calls on other Arab countries to reject Ottawa’s actions.
Canada last week said it was “gravely concerned” over a new wave of arrests of women and human rights campaigners in the kingdom, including award-winning gender rights activist Samar Badawi.
“We urge the Saudi authorities to immediately release them and all other peaceful #humanrights activists,” the foreign ministry tweeted on Friday.
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