Former CNN reporter Saima Mohsin claims unfair dismissal, discrimination

Former CNN correspondent Saima Mohsin has accused the cable news channel of wrongful dismissal after an injury sustained while on assignment in Israel. “I was injured on assignment for CNN,” she tweeted Monday. “They fired me.” Mohsin linked to a story in The Guardian stating she was hurt when a cameraman drove over her foot while she was covering the Israel-Palestine conflic. “We risk our lives in the field trusting we’ll be taken care of,” she wrote. “I’m suing for unfair dismissal, disability & race discrimination.” According to Mohsin, CNN declined to support her rehabilitation from severe...