Gita Sahgal

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Gita Sahgal (born 1956 or 1957) is a British writer, journalist, film director, feminist activist, and human rights activist, whose work focuses on the issues of feminism, fundamentalism, and racism. She has been a co-founder and member of women's organisations. She has also been head of Amnesty International's Gender Unit, and has opposed the oppression of women in particular by religious fundamentalists. In February 2010, Sahgal was suspended by Amnesty as head of its Gender Unit, after she was quoted by The Sunday Times criticising Amnesty for its high-profile associations with Moazzam Begg, director of the campaign group Cage (formerly Cageprisoners), that represents men detained at Guantanamo Bay under extrajudicial conditions. Sahgal referred to him as "Britain's most famous supporter of the Taliban". Amnesty responded that Sahgal had been suspended "for not raising these issues internally". Speaking in her support were novelist Salman Rushdie, journalist Christopher Hitchens, and...

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