Costi has hired a security guard and plans to “make sure she is never alone,” Calla told reporters. Last year the kingdom froze all new investment with Canada after foreign minister Chrystia Freeland called for the immediate release of jailed rights activists. So when Freeland welcomed Mohammed at the Toronto airport in person, some critics argued that might have further provoked Saudi authorities. But Freeland told reporters Tuesday she did what she would have wanted for her own daughter. “I know that there are unlucky women who disappeared after trying to escape or who could not do anything to change their reality.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 16, 2019 05:48 UTC