Sawalha Threatens Legal Action After Loose Women Removal
Her legal team says ITV discriminated against her over protected beliefs, while a petition backing her reinstatement has drawn more than 20,000 signatures.
- On Thursday, 61-year-old presenter Nadia Sawalha announced legal action against ITV, alleging she was 'bullied out' of Loose Women because of her pro-Palestinian views and protected beliefs.
- Since she began speaking publicly in support of Palestine in December 2023, Sawalha claimed she became the target of an 'escalating campaign of smears, complaints, hostile media coverage and targeted calls to have me removed from Loose Women.'
- Her legal team at the European Legal Support Centre has written to ITV, alleging the broadcaster 'subjected Nadia to direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and harassment because of her protected philosophical beliefs' under the Equality Act 2010.
- Alongside the lawsuit, Sawalha launched a petition calling for ITV to apologize and reinstate her, which has already garnered more than 20,000 signatures demonstrating 'many more people with us than against us.'
- Sawalha stated this case reflects a wider trend, urging others to 'send a clear message to ITV and other groups and corporations that we won't be scared into silence' while defending conscience-based speech.
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