The Australian Federal Government has rejected Qatar Airway’s bid to double its flight capacity to Australia, with the notable factor in this decision being the allegedly unlawful and invasive strip search of several female passengers at Doha Airport in 2020.
In October 2020, thirteen Australian women were marched at gunpoint by Qatari authorities at Hamad International Airport in Doha. They were subjected to strip searches and gynaecological examinations as authorities searched for the mother of an abandoned baby discovered in an airport restroom.
