Arbitrarily fired Palestinian journalist wins appeal against DW

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
29 Jun 2023 13:21
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The Berlin Labour Court rules that DW's dismissal of journalist Farah Maraqa over alleged anti-semitism is "not binding".

Jordanian-Palestinian journalist Farah Maraqa (Twitter)

Jordanian-Palestinian journalist Farah Maraqa announced winning an appeal filed by the German Deutsche Welle (DW) media network.

On Twitter, Maraqa confirmed that the Berlin Labour Court ruled that DW's dismissal of the journalist over alleged anti-semitism is "not binding" and that DW has "intentionally misinformed the staff council."

🧵Today, I WON the appeal against #DeutscheWelle 100%.
The Berlin Labour Court has said it loud and clear AGAIN: "The dismissals are not binding", and DW has "intentionally misinformed the staff council".

The judgement is not yet final; we have to wait a bit more. 1/2
— Farah Maraqa (@Farah_Maraqa) June 28, 2023

Last September, a German labor court in Berlin ruled that Deutsche Welle's decision to dismiss the journalist from her job on charges of alleged anti-Semitism was illegal, but the German media network appealed the decision.

The decision comes about a year and a half after the arbitrary dismissal taken by Deutsche Welle against seven of its employees on charges of alleged anti-Semitism.

It is noteworthy that the German media network arbitrarily dismissed a number of its employees over their tweets and Facebook posts against the Israeli occupation.