Half a million views on "YouTube" of the tears of one of the victims
Australia is waiting for the results of the "humiliating checks" at Doha airport
One of the victims cries while hosting the Australian "60 Minutes" program.
Australia is still awaiting the result of the Qatari investigations into the incident of conducting "humiliating checks" for female passengers at Hamad International Airport in the capital, Doha, late last October, and a delay in the investigation results put Qatar in a complicated situation, and the Arab Australian Center for Strategic Studies confirmed that the incident represented a provocation to Australian civil society.
The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said that it expected Doha to conduct fair and proportionate accountability with regard to the incident, and confirmed that the Australian government had made clear to its Qatari counterpart that the examinations that the female travelers were subjected to "were completely inappropriate and degrading."
"Sky News Arabia" quoted the head of the Arab Australian Center for Strategic Studies, Ahmed Al-Yasiri, as saying that Australia is still awaiting the results of the investigations supervised by Doha, and has not closed the file.
He added: “What distinguishes the mistake made by the Qatari airport is that it targets women, and we know that women's rights are considered almost sacred in Australia.
Women cannot be examined in this way. ”
He pointed out that the Qatari government’s delay in dealing with the issue "complicated the scene", adding: "I assure you that Qatar Airways is exposed to many dangers in Australia if the problem is not resolved."
The crisis between Australia and Qatar worsened during the month of October, after Australian female travelers revealed that they had undergone humiliating forcible examinations, and the Australian Foreign Ministry condemned the incident and described it as "aggression", and demanded the Qatari authorities to provide an answer about what happened, and later Doha said that it had taken this act. To get to know the mother of a "baby girl" who was discovered lying in a trash can in an airport bathroom, and her mother was later found.
A woman, who confirmed to the Australian "60 Minutes" program, was among the women who were forced to undergo forced and humiliating checks to ensure that they did not have children, describing what happened as a "nightmare".
"We felt like criminals, and I thought about what would happen to me in Qatar if they saw that I was really guilty," said the nurse, who put an effect on her face to preserve her privacy.
The woman cried during her hosting of the program, adding: "I was afraid, and I was wondering why I was called to get off the plane, and there was no other choice but to comply."
When the presenter of the program asked the victim, whether she considered what happened in Doha as sexual assault, the woman said, "Yes, it is."
It is noteworthy that the episode in which the victim spoke to the Australian program "60 Minutes", which was broadcast on the site "YouTube", attracted more than half a million views within a week of its publication.
The video of the episode "60 Minutes" in which the victim cried
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