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Former Amnesty staff ask bosses to stand down due to racism
BREAKING POINT: Staff have spoken out about conditions at the charity (Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage)
EIGHT CURRENT and former employees of Amnesty International UK (AIUK) have spoken out about their experiences of racism within the organisation and asked senior staff members to step down,
The Guardian reports.
The news follows an internal review into the organisation’s secretariat, which was commissioned after the Black Lives Matter protests. The review found an organisational culture of white privilege.
The internal review has not been published publicly. However, according to
The Guardian it includes allegations that senior staff members used both the n-word and the p-word, and people were labelled overly sensitive if they complained.
Amnesty has culture of white privilege, report finds
The Guardian
Amnesty International has a culture of white privilege, with incidents of overt racism including senior staff using the “N-word” and micro-aggressive behavior, such as the touching of black colleagues’ hair, according to an internal review into its secretariat.
It came as eight current and former employees of Amnesty International UK (AIUK) described their own experiences of racial discrimination and issued a statement calling on senior figures to stand down.
“We joined Amnesty hoping to campaign against human rights abuses, but were instead let down through realizing that the organization actually helped perpetuate them,” said Katherine Odukoya, one of the whistle-blowers.