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Adelaide Lang

Women greenlit to sue Qatar Airways over strip searches

Lawyer Damian Sturzaker said the five women suing Qatar Airways were relieved with their court win. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Several Australian women allegedly forced to submit to invasive strip searches at Doha's Hamad airport have been given the go ahead to sue Qatar Airways after a "long and stressful struggle".

The five women, who cannot be legally named, were among hundreds of women alleged to have been forcibly removed from aircraft at Doha on October 2, 2020 as officials searched for the mother of a newborn found in a bathroom at the terminal.

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