Discrimination Against Women: Saudi Arabia

Broadcaster Dept: A Canadian-made television ad that speaks out against oil imported from Saudi Arabia has raised the ire of the Middle Eastern nation, prompting it to send a threatening legal notice to broadcaster CTV, according to The Star. Ethicaloil.org founder Alykhan Velshi says that the legal notice caused CTV to withdraw on Monday from an ad booking on its news network and the notion of ethical oil is even murkier than a barrelful of crude. The 30-second ad, produced by Toronto-based ethicaloil.org, focuses on discrimination against women in the conservative Muslim country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.