CNN affiliated Seven News has reported Women at the airport, including 13 Austral Australians “Allegedly removed from flights, detained and forced to be inspected in an ambulance at Tarmac. “
A spokesman for the Australian government told CNN that reports showed that the treatment of the women concerned was aggressive, completely inappropriate and that women could give free and informed consent even in circumstances.
Sydney-bound Qatar Airways flight QR908 landed on October 2 for a transit stop in Doha, Qatar, CNN-affiliated Nine News reported.
Hamad International Airport confirmed that an abandoned newborn was found on October 2, with medical professionals “concerned about the condition and well-being of the mother, who had just given birth and requested to stay before requesting.”
“Individuals with ivid access to a specific area of the airport where newborns were found were asked to assist in the interrogation,” the airport said in a statement to CNN.
Airport officials are still searching for the mother, but the newborn is “safe under the professional care of medical and social workers.”
Speaking on Monday, Australian Foreign Minister Marissa Payne said it was not something I would have heard happen in any context in my life.
“It’s very broad, disturbing, outrageous about this set of events … We’ve made our views very clear to the Qatari authorities,” he told a news conference in Canberra.
A report has been submitted to the Australian Australian Federal Police (AFP), Penn added.
In a reply to CNN, AFP said it was aware of the matter and was liaising with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
An AFP spokesman said it would not be appropriate to comment further.
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