The Evening Standard: Midwife brings claim against trust after Prevent referral over Palestine posts

A midwife is bringing an employment claim against a hospital trust she worked for after it lodged a Prevent referral over Palestine posts supporting Palestine and criticising Zionism, her lawyers have said.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust made the referral to the Home Office’s early intervention counter-terrorism programme, along with one to the Nursing and Midwifery Council regulator, a year after Fatimah Mohamied had resigned from her employment and following a complaint about her online activity from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), according to law firm Leigh Day.

The mother-of-two, who lives in London, alleges the referrals breach her rights under the Equality Act 2010 and constitute post-employment harassment and/or discrimination.

She said: “I have been subjected to a concerted and targeted effort to intimidate, harass and punish me into silence for my Palestinian advocacy and criticism of Zionism.”