{"id":317776,"date":"2026-02-13T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-oxfam-ceo-takes-charity-to-court-over-accusations-of-racism-and-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:00:11","slug":"former-oxfam-ceo-takes-charity-to-court-over-accusations-of-racism-and-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-oxfam-ceo-takes-charity-to-court-over-accusations-of-racism-and-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Oxfam CEO takes charity to court over accusations of \u2018racism and antisemitism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VGD9pdOHj9I\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former Oxfam CEO takes charity to court over accusations of \u2018racism and antisemitism\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VGD9pdOHj9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The former Chief Executive of Oxfam in the UK is taking legal action against the charity, accusing it of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism. <\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with this programme, Dr Halima Begum &#8211; who is Muslim &#8211; says she was forced to resign at the end of last year in a process she describes as a \u2018witch hunt.\u2019 She is now taking the charity to the Employment Tribunal. <\/p>\n<p>She spoke to us about her battle with Oxfam, which risks plunging the charity into a renewed crisis. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Chief Executive of Oxfam in the UK is taking legal action against the charity, accusing it of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism. 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