Irene Fernandez
Human Rights Activist/ Director and Co-founder of Tenaganita
As director and co-founder of non-governmental organisation, Tenaganita, Fernandez has worked tirelessly to promote the rights of migrant workers and other marginalised people in Malaysia.
She was arrested in 1996 on charges of maliciously publishing false news, following a report she published on the deplorable living conditions of migrant workers in local detention centres.
After a seven-year trial, one of the longest in the country, she was found guilty in 2003, and released on bail pending her appeal.
Despite restricted civil rights, she continued to take an active part in human rights issues. In 2008, she was acquitted of her earlier conviction.
In 2005, Fernandez was awarded the Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Award, referred to as the alternative Nobel Prize which honours those “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.”
She was arrested in 1996 on charges of maliciously publishing false news, following a report she published on the deplorable living conditions of migrant workers in local detention centres.
After a seven-year trial, one of the longest in the country, she was found guilty in 2003, and released on bail pending her appeal.
Despite restricted civil rights, she continued to take an active part in human rights issues. In 2008, she was acquitted of her earlier conviction.
In 2005, Fernandez was awarded the Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Award, referred to as the alternative Nobel Prize which honours those “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.”
Source:
http://allmalaysia.info/2011/03/08/100-memorable-malaysian-women/
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