Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's diplomatic calling-out of Saudi Arabia's human rights record, saying he has "serious issues" about the case of Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist now missing and feared dead. Trudeau also pushed back against criticism of his government's handling of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, responding to pointed words from Canada's former diplomat to Riyadh. Canada's former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dennis Horak, was expelled this summer in a diplomatic row. "We have been extremely active both in private and in public over many years now around our concern for human rights in Saudi Arabia. We will continue to be clear and strong in speaking up for human rights around the world," he said.

Source: CBC News October 12, 2018 18:11 UTC