Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement via Twitter on 2 August 2018 expressing Canada's concern over the recent arrest of Samar Badawi, a human rights activist and sister of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, and called for the release of human rights activists.[200] In response to Canada's criticism, Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador, and froze trade with Canada.[201][202] The Toronto Star reported that the consensus among analysts indicated that the actions taken by bin Salman were a "warning to the world — and to Saudi human rights activists — that his Saudi Arabia is not to be trifled with".[203]