13 Australian women sue Qatar authorities over forced inspection due to a compulsory gynecological examination at the Doha airport. This is reported by BBC News.
Tourists from Australia called the situation an attack in a sanctioned state. They also said that, despite the official apology from the government of the monarchy, they are going to continue the legal proceedings.
“I was sure that either one of the men who had a weapon would kill me, or my husband would die on the plane “, – recalls one of the women.
In October last year in Qatar, armed guards took a group of women out of the plane and took them to a medical team after a newborn baby was found at the airport. The tourists were then also forced to take off their underwear during the search. According to eyewitnesses, “the situation was dire.”
Later, the Qatari authorities expressed regret over the incident and apologized for the inconvenience and violation of women's freedoms. “The purpose of the urgent examination was to prevent those guilty of a terrible crime from escaping,” the monarchy said in a statement.