'Toxic' | Amnesty bosses allegedly paid off after employee deaths

Amnesty International has lost most of its senior leadership team after a report has alleged that the workplace is plagued with a “toxic” culture – BBC reports.

In a review, one employee described the human rights organisation as having “a toxic culture of secrecy and mistrust”. Soon after, the employer’s Secretary General, Kumi Naidoo, requested an independent review into the matter following the deaths of two employees last year - reportedly due to work-related stress and overworking, as well as dealing with mental health challenges.

Amnesty International told the news site that the senior leadership team has since accepted responsibility and subsequently all seven offered to resign from the company.

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However, five of the seven leaders are said to have left the organisation, or are in the process of leaving the business, and The Times have reported that they were to receive “generous” redundancy packages. Despite this an Amnesty Spokeswoman has disputed claims, telling the BBC that the redundancy packages were “less favourable than those on offer to other staff”.