[속보] 사우디 정부, 캐나다와 모든 무역거래 동결 조치 VIDEO: [Breaking] Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, freezes trade in human rights row

Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, freezes trade in human rights row

The Saudi Arabian foreign ministry has recalled its ambassador from Canada and given the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to leave the country. Riyadh is also freezing all new trade and investment deals with Canada.

The decision has been reported by Saudi Arabia's official Saudi Press Agency. It is understood to come in response to Canada's statement of concern over the arrests of human rights activists in Saudi Arabia.

Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud © Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters

사우디 정부, 캐나다와 모든 무역거래 동결 조치  사우디 외무부는 캐나다 주재 대사를 소환하고 24시간 내 캐나다 대사에게 출국할 것을 통보했다. 리야드는 캐나다와의 모든 새로운 무역 및 투자 거래도 동결 조치시키고 있다. 이는 사우디가 인권 운동가들을 체포된 것에 대한 캐나다의 우려 표명에 대응하여 나온 것으로 알려졌다. 사우디 아라비아 외교부가 발표한 성명에서 리야드는 최근 몇몇 시민 사회 운동가들을 체포한 것은 불법이라고 캐나다 당국이 주장한 것은 "전적으로 잘못된 것이라고 비난하고 있다. 경찰은 체포된 사람들은 "관할 당국"에 의해 이루어졌으며 억류자들은 수사와 추적 과정에서 보장된 모든 권리를 제공 받았다고 말하고 있다.  한편 캐나다 외교부는 가장 기본적인 국제 규범에 반하는 "내부 문제에 대한 분명한 간섭"이라고 비난하고 있다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

In a statement issued by the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry, Riyadh slams as “totally false” allegations by the Canadian authorities that recent arrests of several civil society activists were unwarranted.

It says the arrests were made by “the competent authorities” and the detainees were provided with all the rights guaranteed during investigative and trail stages. The ministry denounces Canada’s stance as “explicit interference in the internal affairs” of the kingdom that runs “contrary to the most basic international norms and charters that govern relations between countries.”

      

Besides putting on hold “all new trade and investment transactions with Canada,” the ministry said that the ultra-conservative kingdom, that has drawn stark criticism from human righst group for its crackdown on dissent, “retains the right to take further action.”

On Friday, Canada called on Riyadh to “immediately release” civil and human rights activists recently arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities, including Samar Badawi, an internationally recognized human rights defender. Badawi and another high-profile Saudi women's rights activist, Nassima al-Sadah, were arrested in the kingdom last week, sparking an international outcry.

In 2012, Badawi received an international Women of Courage award in a ceremony in Washington from former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then First Lady Michelle Obama.

The UN has also voiced concern over the widening clampdown on opposition in Saudi Arabia, its human rights office (OHCHR) calling the spate of arrests that has been ongoing since spring “apparently arbitrary detentions.” Since May 15, at least 15 critics of the Saudi government have been detained, the office noted on Tuesday.

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