CNN gets permission to appeal in Saima Mohsin discrimination case

LONDON: CNN has been granted permission to proceed with their appeal against an Employment Tribunal’s decision to grant disabled journalist Saima Mohsin the right to have her case heard in the UK.

British presenter and international correspondent Saima Mohsin was injured while on assignment in Jerusalem for CNN in 2014. CNN terminated her contract in 2017 when she requested alternative duties and support during her post-injury rehabilitation programme. Saima had a breakdown and suffered from depression. She eventually learnt to control her foot again and become “weight-bearing” again through extensive physiotherapy but lives in constant pain – and is often bed-ridden with pain. She now has to use a walking stick and cannot work full time.

Her claim in the Employment Tribunal is for unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and equal pay.

CNN denies her claims and had contested her ability to seek justice in the UK by claiming the Employment Tribunal in the United Kingdom did not have jurisdiction to hear her claim and that the Equality Act 2010 and Employment Rights Act 1996 did not apply on the grounds of territorial jurisdiction.