Saudi Arabia - should we do business with them?
Poll: Saudi Arabia - should we do business with them?
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durbster said:
Hardly surprising. In case anyone thought Saudi Arabia was turning a corner towards more progressive views, they arrested all the prominent female activists who had fought for the right to drive.
Don't worry, I'm sure our feminists will be right on it as soon as they've solved the problem of lead actresses getting a few million less than lead actors.The Saudis are unhappy over this tweet.
“Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its "interference" in the Gulf Kingdom's internal affairs.
In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its own envoy in Canada.
The move comes after Canada said it was "gravely concerned" about the arrest of several human rights activists.
”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079...
“Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its "interference" in the Gulf Kingdom's internal affairs.
In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its own envoy in Canada.
The move comes after Canada said it was "gravely concerned" about the arrest of several human rights activists.
”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079...
BlackLabel said:
The Saudis are unhappy over this tweet.
“Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its "interference" in the Gulf Kingdom's internal affairs.
In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its own envoy in Canada.
The move comes after Canada said it was "gravely concerned" about the arrest of several human rights activists.
”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079...
Surely an overreaction by Canada.“Saudi Arabia has said it is freezing all new trade and investment with Canada over its "interference" in the Gulf Kingdom's internal affairs.
In a series of tweets, the Saudi foreign ministry said it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and recalling its own envoy in Canada.
The move comes after Canada said it was "gravely concerned" about the arrest of several human rights activists.
”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45079...
After all, Tony Blair & his Foundation don't think it's a problem.
Countdown said:
Smiler. said:
Surely an overreaction by Canada.
After all, Tony Blair & his Foundation don't think it's a problem.
I don’t think our current Govt feel that it’s much of an issue either.After all, Tony Blair & his Foundation don't think it's a problem.
Funnily enough this must be one of the few threads where the majority of PH agree with Corbyn....
Second, more that Corbyn agrees with the majority of PH.
BlackLabel said:
Oooops... Fact Check though; Western Countries don't sanction flights into buildings when aggrieved. The Saudi Response to the Canadian tweet has been a complete overreaction. Wonder what's really going on? I guess this is a message to other countries in the West.
"Saudi Arabia's diplomatic spat with Canada looks set to escalate following a report that the Middle Eastern country has instructed its brokers to sell Canadian assets.
Anger between the two countries erupted last week when Canadian officials urged Riyadh to "immediately release" women's rights activists Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah.
Now the Financial Times has reported that the Saudi central bank and state pension funds have instructed third party asset managers to sell Canadian bonds, stocks and cash. The selling is said to have begun on Tuesday."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/08/saudi-arabia-is-se...
"On Tuesday, a day after the Saudi Arabian government announced plans to withdraw all Saudi students from Canadian universities, colleges and other schools in retaliation for Canada’s criticism of the country’s human-rights record, the Islamic kingdom’s main state wheat buying agency told grains exporters it will no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley in its international tenders. Meanwhile, the United States - Canada’s most important ally and largest trade partner - declined to come to the defense of the Canadian government in the growing diplomatic crisis.
And at academic hospitals across the country, program directors of medical schools are scrambling to replace nearly 800 Saudi Arabian doctors-in-training after the country ordered all of its sponsored students out of Canada. Saudi Arabia is by far the largest source of international medical residents and fellows training in Canadian hospitals, the result of a decades-old visa program under which it pays about $100,000 a year for each trainee."
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mor...
"Saudi Arabia's diplomatic spat with Canada looks set to escalate following a report that the Middle Eastern country has instructed its brokers to sell Canadian assets.
Anger between the two countries erupted last week when Canadian officials urged Riyadh to "immediately release" women's rights activists Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah.
Now the Financial Times has reported that the Saudi central bank and state pension funds have instructed third party asset managers to sell Canadian bonds, stocks and cash. The selling is said to have begun on Tuesday."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/08/saudi-arabia-is-se...
"On Tuesday, a day after the Saudi Arabian government announced plans to withdraw all Saudi students from Canadian universities, colleges and other schools in retaliation for Canada’s criticism of the country’s human-rights record, the Islamic kingdom’s main state wheat buying agency told grains exporters it will no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley in its international tenders. Meanwhile, the United States - Canada’s most important ally and largest trade partner - declined to come to the defense of the Canadian government in the growing diplomatic crisis.
And at academic hospitals across the country, program directors of medical schools are scrambling to replace nearly 800 Saudi Arabian doctors-in-training after the country ordered all of its sponsored students out of Canada. Saudi Arabia is by far the largest source of international medical residents and fellows training in Canadian hospitals, the result of a decades-old visa program under which it pays about $100,000 a year for each trainee."
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mor...
BlackLabel said:
The Saudi Response to the Canadian tweet has been a complete overreaction. Wonder what's really going on? I guess this is a message to other countries in the West.
They've gone utterly nuts. They're reporting all sorts of things on Saudi TV about Canada:
- Canada needs to improve its prison system to bring it up to international human rights standards
- Referencing 1,000 mysteriously murdered women
- Accusing Canada of ethnic cleansing
- Accusing Canada of supporting terrorism
- Claims Canada treats its citizens like Myanmar treats the Rohingya muslims
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest suicide rate
- Declaring their support for Quebec independence
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest rates for persecution of women
It goes on - Iyad el-Baghdadi has documented it here:
https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1026781...
All this because Canada suggested they should release women's rights activists!
durbster said:
They've gone utterly nuts.
They're reporting all sorts of things on Saudi TV about Canada:
- Canada needs to improve its prison system to bring it up to international human rights standards
- Referencing 1,000 mysteriously murdered women
- Accusing Canada of ethnic cleansing
- Accusing Canada of supporting terrorism
- Claims Canada treats its citizens like Myanmar treats the Rohingya muslims
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest suicide rate
- Declaring their support for Quebec independence
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest rates for persecution of women
It goes on - Iyad el-Baghdadi has documented it here:
https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1026781...
All this because Canada suggested they should release women's rights activists!
this one made me laugh They're reporting all sorts of things on Saudi TV about Canada:
- Canada needs to improve its prison system to bring it up to international human rights standards
- Referencing 1,000 mysteriously murdered women
- Accusing Canada of ethnic cleansing
- Accusing Canada of supporting terrorism
- Claims Canada treats its citizens like Myanmar treats the Rohingya muslims
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest suicide rate
- Declaring their support for Quebec independence
- Claiming Canada has the world's highest rates for persecution of women
It goes on - Iyad el-Baghdadi has documented it here:
https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1026781...
All this because Canada suggested they should release women's rights activists!
"Canadian human rights violations" infographic by Saudi-owned @AlArabiya says "75% of all prisoners died before their trial between 2015 and 2017"
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