Gita quits over Amnesty’s pro-Jihadi tilt

She was suspended as the interim head of Amnesty’s gender unit in February after the e-mail she sent to her bosses criticising the links with Begg was made public.

53-year-old Sahgal said that she felt that her seven years’ campaigning for women’s rights had been a waste of time due to the charity’s continuing work with the former prison-camp detainee and his group.

“Their continued link to Moazzam Begg and Cageprisoners undermines Amnesty’s claims to stand against gender-based violence and religious discrimination,” she said.

“He supports Islamic states where women are second-class citizens,” she said.

Cageprisoners,a pressure group,has defended some jihadi Muslim prisoners,including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.

42-year-old Begg is part of an Amnesty-hosted tour that is urging countries to offer a haven to former Guantanamo detainees.