Amnesty International is over in the storm for five zeros in severance paid to the secretary general of the association, Irene Khan. In fact, when the woman, originally from Bangladesh and fervent supporter of numerous campaigns against poverty, has left his position in December 2009, she left with more than 500,000 pounds in the bank account: that is, more than four times his annual salary, which amounted to 132,490 pounds.
Figures at the very least exaggerated, and that cast a shadow over the group's asset management in recent years. The payments to the outgoing secretary general, Irene Khan, Amnesty International shows in the statements for the year ending March 31, 2010, also include payments made as part of a confidentiality agreement between the association and Mrs. Khan - explained The Daily Mail Peter Pack, President of the Executive Committee of AI - and the terms of this agreement will not be further commented upon by the parties involved. " First Muslim to lead the organization, Khan has been severely criticized in the past for its policy too soft against the abuses of American and British troops in Iraq and he wanted to emphasize more the situation of detainees at Guantanamo their alleged links with the Taliban and terrorist groups.
But it is not only the 54-year old political activist to be in the crosshairs of public opinion: even his deputy, Kate Gilmore, who in 2007 infuriated the Catholic Church claiming that abortion was a human right, has enjoyed a generous settlement when has given up the organization, earning over 300 thousand pounds.
Figures at the very least exaggerated, and that cast a shadow over the group's asset management in recent years. The payments to the outgoing secretary general, Irene Khan, Amnesty International shows in the statements for the year ending March 31, 2010, also include payments made as part of a confidentiality agreement between the association and Mrs. Khan - explained The Daily Mail Peter Pack, President of the Executive Committee of AI - and the terms of this agreement will not be further commented upon by the parties involved. " First Muslim to lead the organization, Khan has been severely criticized in the past for its policy too soft against the abuses of American and British troops in Iraq and he wanted to emphasize more the situation of detainees at Guantanamo their alleged links with the Taliban and terrorist groups.
But it is not only the 54-year old political activist to be in the crosshairs of public opinion: even his deputy, Kate Gilmore, who in 2007 infuriated the Catholic Church claiming that abortion was a human right, has enjoyed a generous settlement when has given up the organization, earning over 300 thousand pounds.
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