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After Australia, New Zealand revealed that one of its citizens was among the women who were subjected to forced and humiliating examinations for women at the Doha airport, highlighting that these actions are “totally unacceptable”.
The Foreign Office said in a statement late Thursday night: “We were very concerned after learning that a New Zealand citizen was involved in the horrible accident that happened to female passengers on Qatar Airways flights.”
He also confirmed that what happened in that case, which also angered Australia, was “totally unacceptable”.
It should be noted that on October 2, Qatari security officers at Doha airport dropped off passengers from a Sydney-bound flight and forced them to undergo female checks.
Qatar said the incident was part of an attempt to determine whether any of them had finally given birth after the discovery of a newborn girl inside a tied plastic bag that was placed under garbage in a trash can in the Hamad International Airport in what appeared to be an “assassination attempt”.
From Doha Airport (AFP)
10 aircraft
While Australia condemned the incident in which 13 of its citizens, who were traveling on that flight, were subjected to vaginal examinations upon finding the baby.
It also continued to pressure Doha, and its foreign minister, Maryse Payne, announced a few days ago that the number of planes that had been attacked was more than one. Pine told the Senate committee that women on board “a total of ten planes” were tested, including 18 women, including 13 Australians, on the plane to Sydney.
In addition to Australian women, the incident is also believed to have affected a French woman, according to an official.
Psychological help
Additionally, the NSW Police claimed that the travelers received psychological support upon arrival in Australia, especially following the publication of several testimonies from the women who had been subjected to searches and their talk about the trauma due to the humiliating treatment.
The case sparked outrage, especially in Australia. Payne said that what the Qatari authorities have done is “extremely disturbing” and “insulting”.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also addressed the issue on Wednesday, describing the treatment of women as “appalling” and “unacceptable”. “As the father of a daughter, I can’t help but shudder at the idea that anyone, Australian or not, is exposed,” he said at the time.
The case is a setback for Doha, which has worked hard to consolidate its “soft power” and invested huge sums in its airline and social projects in women’s health and education initiatives through the “Qatar Foundation.”
The interaction of that case led Doha to commit to “conducting a full and transparent investigation into the circumstances of the incident.”
“We will share the results of the investigation with our partners,” said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
The government of Qatar also made it clear that “the State of Qatar, highlighting that the measures taken quickly – with some travelers present at the time of the discovery of this terrible crime – were aimed at preventing the perpetrators and those involved in it fled and left the country, expresses its regret for any involuntary harassment or prejudice to the personal freedom of any traveler that may have occurred during the performance of these procedures.
