Former CNN Correspondent Sues Network

A former CNN correspondent is suing the network for discrimination after she was injured while on assignment in the Middle East.

Saima Mohsin is suing CNN for unfair dismissal, disability & race discrimination.

According to The Guardian, Mohsin, who now works for Sky News as a freelancer, was severely injured while reporting from Jerusalem on the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

“Her cameraman ran over her foot in a car, causing severe tissue damage that has left the British-Pakistani journalist struggling to sit, stand and walk or return to work full-time,” the report continued. 

Mohsin has also posted separately about her injury on her LinkedIn page, writing that she lives with “pain all down my left side and am constantly exhausted which is an extreme opposite of what you see on screen.” 

“I spent years bed ridden and depressed, I had to learn to feel and control my foot again. Sometimes I felt it too much. But slowly but surely I've learnt to manage my pain & am back on screen presenting at Sky News who've been so understanding of my condition,” Mohsin wrote.

The Guardian also revealed that Mohsin said she was told that she didn't “have the look we are looking for” by CNN before her employment was terminated three years later. She had allegedly asked CNN to switch her to a presenting role to reduce her time traveling. 

CNN is reportedly opposing Mohsin's claim on territorial grounds, arguing that the terms of Mohsin's contract mean she does not have the right to bring a case in London.

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