Amnesty loses five bosses after report on 'toxic' workplace

Five of the seven members of the senior leadership team of Amnesty International are leaving the leading human rights organisation after an independent review said it had a "toxic" workplace, the British media reported on Tuesday.

London-based Amnesty's Secretary-General Kumi Naidoo ordered an independent review after two employees killed themselves last year, according to The Times newspaper and the BBC.

Five of the seven members of the senior leadership team at Amnesty's international secretariat are leaving the organisation after a review by Naidoo, a South Africa-born human rights activist of Indian descent.

An independent review of the conditions at Amnesty offices found that it had a "toxic work culture" and was in "a state of emergency", the Times reported.

An Amnesty International spokeswoman told the BBC: "The former Senior Leadership Team, which comprised of seven directors, has been dissolved and a new transitional team is in place until all of the positions in the new ...