Following an access-to-information request, Global Affairs Canada released its 2015 human rights report on Saudi Arabia. But the department redacted everything in the report related to potentially contentious human rights issues.

The Sunni Muslim Saudi kingdom executed prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, sparking a diplomatic duel between the two powerful countries.

Demonstrations erupted across the Middle East Sunday as Shiite Muslims protested Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.