Qatar claim sovereign immunity in $10m lawsuit after Aussie women strip-searched

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Qatar claim sovereign immunity in $10m lawsuit after Aussie women strip-searched
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Aviation experts have accused the Qatar government of extreme cynicism in attempting to rely on sovereign immunity in order to avoid a $10 million lawsuit over invasive gynecological searches of Australian women at Doha International airport.

Five women are suing Qatar Airways and the country’s civil aviation authority for

subjecting them to intimate physical examinations without their consent in October 2020.Read More

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