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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Former CNN reporter sues network after being told she didn’t have the ‘look’ they wanted

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Former CNN journalist Saima Mohsin says she is taking the network to court for “unfair dismissal, disability & race discrimination” after being injured on the job.

The British-Pakistani foreign correspondent was injured during a reporting trip in Jerusalem in 2014 when her cameraman drove over her foot. The injury rendered her unable to sit, stand, or walk and prevented her from being able to work full time.

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