Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

  • Date: 30-Oct-2020
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Qatar
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Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had relayed his government's 'strong disapproval and outrage' at what had happened to the Qatari government. (Reuters)

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Australian MPs boycott Qatari envoy over Doha airport incident

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Updated 29 October 2020

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LONDON: Australian politicians from across the political spectrum have withdrawn from a formal dinner hosted by Qatar's ambassador to Canberra, over an incident at Doha airport earlier this month that saw female passengers removed from a flight to Sydney and strip-searched by local authorities.

Eighteen women, including 13