The case could tarnish the reputation of Qatar Airways, or even of Qatar itself. The Gulf country announced Friday, October 30, that those responsible for the forced gynecological examinations undergone by passengers at Doha airport would be prosecuted after a wave of international outrage. “Those responsible for these violations and illegal actions have been brought before the prosecution,” the government said in a statement.
Women on 10 flights from Doha were subjected to these exams after a newborn baby was found abandoned in an airport toilet on October 2. “The Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior has expressed the most sincere apologies to certain passengers who have suffered the consequences” of the measures taken to find the mother of the newborn, the government said in its statement.
A Frenchwoman among the victims
New Zealand has revealed that one of its nationals was among the women who underwent these exams, calling the acts “completely unacceptable”. “We were extremely concerned to learn that a New Zealand citizen was concerned by the appalling incident involving female passengers on several Qatar Airways flights,” the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday evening. “This act is completely unacceptable” he added.
This case also provoked the ire of Australia. According to the head of Australian diplomacy, Marise Payne, 18 women, including 13 Australians, are concerned as well as other “foreign nationals”. London indicated that two Britons are among these women and according to another source, a French woman is also among the victims.
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