The Australian government continues to press Qatar for a report into alleged non-consensual intimate medical examinations of 18 women ahead of a flight from Doha to Sydney last year, the Guardian reports.

The women were taken off a Qatar Air flight at Doha Airport and subjected to medical examinations to determine if any of them could be the mother of a newborn baby found in the terminal. 

 

The Qatari government apologised to the women after the incident was made public in late October, saying airport security staff had violated standard procedures and those responsible would be prosecuted. It said it was conducting an investigation and would share the findings of the final report “in the very near future”.

 

On Wednesday Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFaT) said the report had not been received, three months later.

 

“We are disappointed that the government of Qatar has so far not provided the Australian government with a report into the incident at Hamad International Airport,” DFaT said. “DFaT continues to engage regularly with Qatari authorities to seek updates on this matter.”

Legal proceedings against airport staff alleged to be responsible are under way in Qatar this month.