Two charities under investigation over Cage payments
Two charities are under investigation by the voluntary sector watchdog after previously funding advocacy group Cage.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) and the Roddick Foundation are the subject of compliance cases by the Charity Commission over grants made to Cage.
The group, which campaigns against the "war on terror", sparked anger this week claimed the Londoner believed to be Islamic State executioner Jihadi John had previously been harassed by the security services.
According to its website, the JRCT made a grant payment of £135,000 to the organisation in November 2011 for the goal of "promoting human rights in the UK and abroad", although the programme is no longer running.
The Roddick Foundation, set up by the late Dame Anita Roddick, has awarded grants to Cage, then known as CagePrisoners, over a period of around four years starting in 2009, according to its website.
But the Charity Commission said it was looking into how the grants were used and said Cage's actions raised "clear questions" for charities.