"Appalling": Australian PM As Women On 10 Flights From Qatar Searched

Wednesday, 28 October 2020Newsdesk

Australia revealed Wednesday that female passengers on 10 planes flying out of Doha were forced to endure "appalling" physical examinations, as Qatar expressed regret for the distress caused to the women.The Gulf emirate had already been facing a huge hit to its reputation after reports emerged that women were removed from a Sydney-bound Qatar Airways flight and forced to undergo vaginal inspections on October 2.

New Delhi, 28 October 2020

As per news report of NDTV, the searches were carried after a newborn baby had been abandoned at Doha airport. Qatar's government said Wednesday in its first account of the events that the baby had been wrapped in plastic and left to die in a rubbish bin.But Australia continued to pile pressure on Qatar, with Foreign Minister Marise Payne announcing that the number of planes targeted was much greater than a single flight.

Source -NDTV