Five Australian women have won the right to sue Qatar Airways for forcing them to undergo invasive physical examinations on a Doha airport tarmac in 2020 after a federal court upheld their appeal.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Five Australian women who say they were pulled from a Qatar Airways flight by armed guards and strip-searched have won the right to sue the airline, after a court on Thursday overturned an earlier decision to throw out the case.

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Judges overturned a lower court's dismissal, allowing Australian women to sue Qatar Airways and an airport operator over alleged strip searches.

The Federal Court of Australia has granted five women the right to sue Qatar Airways after they were forcibly strip-searched in 2020.

A group of Australian women won the right to sue Qatar Airways Group QCSC after being subjected to invasive bodily examinations without consent at Doha airport in 2020.

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