Australian women to sue Qatar over forced invasive examinations at Doha airport
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A group of seven Australian women, some of whom were subjected to invasive medical examinations after authorities found an abandoned baby at Doha international airport, are planning on suing the Qatar government, their lawyer confirmed Tuesday.
(CNN) — A group of seven Australian women, some of whom were subjected to invasive medical examinations after authorities found an abandoned baby at Doha international airport, are planning on suing the Qatar government, their lawyer confirmed Tuesday.
The women were told to disembark their Qatar Airways plane and forced to undergo inspections without their consent and given no clear explanation, while transiting through Qatar on October 2, 2020.
The search was triggered after airport authorities discovered a newborn baby found wrapped in a plastic bag and found either in or beside a trash can in a bathroom at Hamad International Airport, the government said at the time.
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