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Forced gynecological exams: Qatar reportedly identified parents of abandoned baby

 

The affair had had international repercussions. After the discovery of a newborn baby in early October at Doha airport, Qatar announced Monday, November 23, that it had identified the child’s parents. A discovery that had prompted airport officials to force passengers to undergo gynecological examinations, causing a scandal.

“Investigations revealed that the infant’s mother […] threw the newborn baby in a trash can in the toilets of the airport’s departure terminal and boarded the plane to its destination, ”the Doha prosecutor said in a statement. According to him, the parents of the baby, a girl, are from “Asian countries”. Qatar generally uses this qualifier for people from South Asia, where a large number of immigrant workers come from in this small state.

The baby discovered in the toilet on October 2

He specified that steps had been taken to “arrest the fugitive”, who is abroad and who faces fifteen years in prison, by qualifying her as “condemned”, which could suggest that she has been tried. in absentia. Two sources in Doha told Agence France-Presse that the Qatari authorities had seized Interpol for his arrest.

Passengers, including two British and at least thirteen Australians, from ten Qatar Airways planes departing from Doha were subjected to gynecological examinations after the baby was found in the airport toilet on October 2. It was for the airport authorities to determine if any of them had recently given birth.

The mother sent the father “a photo of the newborn”

Qatar, which faced a flood of international criticism after the revelation of the forced examinations at the end of October, announced a few days later that those responsible for these “violations” would be brought to justice. The mother “had a relationship with a person also having the nationality of an Asian country and this relationship resulted in the infant who was found”, also specified the prosecutor, specifying that the father had “admitted having had a relationship with the mother of the newborn ”.

According to the prosecutor, the mother “sent him a message with a photo of the newborn baby just after the birth” and told him that she threw the baby out before leaving the country. DNA analyzes confirmed the identity of the parents. All expats settling for a long time in Qatar are required to donate a large amount of blood during the administrative process.

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