Lepra denies it is 'a racist charity'

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 18 April 2007

An industrial tribunal this week heard claims that an international medical charity is institutionally racist.

Employment lawyer Liz Whitehead said at the opening day of the Bury St Edmunds hearing on Monday that Lepra "practised harassment and had a history of racism". Her client, former Lepra employee Rokunuz Zaman, is pursuing a case of race discrimination and unfair dismissal against the charity. Although such general...

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