Qatar apologises, investigates forced airport examinations of female passengers

  • Date: 28-Oct-2020
  • Source: The Daily Tribune - News of Bahrain
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Qatar
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Qatar apologises, investigates forced airport examinations of female passengers

Agencies | Doha

The Daily Tribune - www.newsofbahrain.com

 

Qatar apologised on October 28 after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Australia to try to identify who might have given birth to a newborn baby found abandoned at the airport earlier this month.

Under pressure after Australia condemned the searches, Qatar's government said it had begun an investigation into the treatment of the women who were