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'''Irene Fernandez''' adalah seorang aktivis [[hak asasi manusia]] dan politikus Malaysia. Ia merupakan anggota parlemen Malaysia dari [[Partai Keadilan Nasional]] (KeADILan)<ref>[http://www.therocket.com.my/en/wishes-from-civil-society-tenaganita/ The Rocket - DAP Newsletter]</ref> serta pendiri dan pengarah lembaga swadaya masyarakat (LSM) [[Tenaganita]], yang memperjuangkan hak-hak pekerja migran dan pengungsi di Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenaganita.net/our-founder/ |title=Our Founder:Irene Fernandez |date= |work=TENAGANITA |accessdate= 3111 MarchJuli 20142020}} </ref> Ia pernah menjadi anggota [[Dewan Rakyat Malaysia]] dari [[Partai Keadilan Nasional]] (KeADILan) hasil [[pemilihan umum Malaysia 1999]].<ref>[http://www.therocket.com.my/en/wishes-from-civil-society-tenaganita/ The Rocket - DAP Newsletter]</ref> ▼{{Infobox officeholder
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IaIrene meninggal dunia pada 31 Maret 2014 akibat gagal jantung.<ref name="Activist Irene Fernandez dies">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/31/Activist-Irene-Fernandez-dies/|title=Activist Irene Fernandez dies|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star Online]]|accessdate= 2014-03-3111 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/03/31/malaysians-pay-tribute-to-irene-fernandez/|title=Malaysians pay tribute to Irene Fernandez|author1=Rashvinjeet S. Bedi|author2=L. Suganya|date=31 MarchMaret 2014|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate= 3111 MarchJuli 20142020}}</ref> ▼| birth_name = Irene Fernandez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|4|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Malaysia]]
| residence = [[Malaysia]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|31|1946|4|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Petaling Jaya]], [[Selangor]], [[Malaysia]]
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| citizenship = [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]]
| party = [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]]
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| occupation = Human rights activist<br />Politician
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▲'''Irene Fernandez''' adalah seorang aktivis [[hak asasi manusia]] dan politikus Malaysia. Ia merupakan anggota parlemen Malaysia dari [[Partai Keadilan Nasional]] (KeADILan)<ref>[http://www.therocket.com.my/en/wishes-from-civil-society-tenaganita/ The Rocket - DAP Newsletter]</ref> serta pendiri dan pengarah lembaga swadaya masyarakat (LSM) [[Tenaganita]], yang memperjuangkan hak-hak pekerja migran dan pengungsi di Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenaganita.net/our-founder/ |title=Our Founder:Irene Fernandez |date= |work=TENAGANITA |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref>
== Kehidupan awal ==
Pada 1995, Irene Fernandez mempublikasikan sebuah laporan tentang kehidupan para pekerja migran berjudul "Kekejaman, Penganiayaan, dan Perlakuan Tidak Manusiawi Pekerja Migran Ilegal di Kamp-Kamp Tahanan".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/24/nation/20081124141426&sec=nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217234418/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F11%2F24%2Fnation%2F20081124141426&sec=nation|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-17|title=Activist Irene Fernandez acquitted|publisher=TheStar Online|accessdate=2008-08-24}}</ref> Laporan tersebut berdasarkan sebagian informasi yang ia dapatkan dari [[Steven Gan]] dan tim wartawan ''[[The Sun (Malaysia)|The Sun]]'', yang menguak bukti bahwa 59 narapidana, terutama orang-orang Bangladesh, meninggal di kamp penahanan imigrasi [[Semenyih]] akibat penyakit [[tifoid]] dan [[beri-beri]] yang sebenarnya dapat dicegah.<ref name=ICIJ>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/journalists/profile/791/ |title=ICIJ Journalists: Steven Gan |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] |accessdate=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404032452/http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/journalists/profile/791/ |archive-date=4 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=NR>{{cite web |url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/101376/Virtual-Democracy-in-Malaysia.aspx |title=Virtual Democracy in Malaysia |author=Steven Gan |date=Summer 2002 |work= |publisher=[[Nieman Reports]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> Ketika Gan bersama rekan-rekannya dicekal oleh editor ''Sun'' untuk mencetak laporan di koran, mereka menyerahkannya ke Irene.<ref name=CPJ>{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/awards/2000/awards00.php |title=IPF Awards 2000 - Announcement |author= |year=2000 |work= |publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]] |accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref> ▼Irene lahir di bagian utara Kedah, Malaysia pada 1946. Orang tua Irene berasal dari [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Ayah Irene bekerja di perkebunan karet setempat. Latar belakang ini membuatnya amat dekat dengan kehidupan pekerja migran di negaranya.<ref name="NYT">[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/world/asia/irene-fernandez-champion-of-oppressed-dies-at-67.html?_r=0/ ”Champion of the oppressed”]. ''New York Times''. Diakses tanggal 11 Juli 2020.</ref>
Irene bekerja sebagai guru sekolah menengah. Ia menikah dengan Joseph Paul Fernandez. Pasangan ini dikaruniai seorang anak laki-laki dan dua orang anak perempuan.<ref>[http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/495157-irene-fernandez-was-a-fearless-fighter.html/ ”A Fearless Fighter”]. ''Malaysian Digest''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104543/https://malaysiandigest.com/news/495157-irene-fernandez-was-a-fearless-fighter.html |date=2014-04-07 }}.</ref>
Irene ditahan pada 1996 dengan dakwaan menyebarkan berita bohong dan melanggar Undang-Undang Percetakan dan Penerbitan.<ref name="CPJ" /> Setelah tujuh tahun menjalani masa percobaan, ia dinyatakan bersalah 2003 dan dijatuhi hukuman penjara satu tahun. Proses pengadilan Irene merupakan salah satu yang terpanjang dalam sejarah hukum Malaysia. Pada 2005, ia dianugerahi penghargaan [[Right Livelihood Award]] atas "pekerjaannya yang luar biasa dan berani untuk menghentikan kekerasan terhadap perempuan dan pelanggaran terhadap pekerja migran dan pekerja miskin".<ref name="Right Livelihood Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/irene-fernandez.html|title=Right Livelihood Award Recipient: Irene Fernandez|publisher=rightlivelihood.org|accessdate=2006-08-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020160022/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/irene-fernandez.html|archivedate=2007-10-20}}</ref><!--
== Aktivisme ==
Irene Fernandez's appeal at the High Court resumed on 28 October 2008. On 24 November 2008, Justice [[Mohamed Apandi Ali]] overturned her earlier conviction and acquitted her, ending the thirteen-year case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18566|title=Irene Fernandez Freed|publisher=Sin Chew|accessdate=2008-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fidh.org/Ms-Irene-Fernandez-finally |title=Ms. Irene Fernandez finally acquitted! |author= |date=25 November 2008 |work= |publisher=[[International Federation for Human Rights]] |accessdate=30 January 2012}}</ref>
▲Pada 1995, Irene Fernandez mempublikasikan sebuah laporan tentang kehidupan para pekerja migran berjudul "Kekejaman, Penganiayaan, dan Perlakuan Tidak Manusiawi Pekerja Migran Ilegal di Kamp-Kamp Tahanan".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/24/nation/20081124141426&sec=nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217234418/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F11%2F24%2Fnation%2F20081124141426&sec=nation|url-status=dead|archive-date= 2008-12-17 Desember 2008|title=Activist Irene Fernandez acquitted|publisher= ''TheStar Online ''|accessdate= 2008-08-2411 Juli 2020}}</ref> Laporan tersebut berdasarkan sebagian informasi yang ia dapatkan dari [[Steven Gan]] dan tim wartawan ''[[The Sun (Malaysia)|The Sun]]'', yang menguak bukti bahwa 59 narapidana, terutama orang-orang Bangladesh, meninggal di kamp penahanan imigrasi [[Semenyih]] akibat penyakit [[tifoid]] dan [[beri-beri]] yang sebenarnya dapat dicegah.<ref name= "ICIJ ">{{cite web |url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/journalists/profile/791/ |title=ICIJ Journalists: Steven Gan |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] |accessdate=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404032452/http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/journalists/profile/791/ |archive-date=4 April 2010 |accessdate=11 Juli 2020|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name= "NR ">{{cite web |url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/101376/Virtual-Democracy-in-Malaysia.aspx |title=Virtual Democracy in Malaysia |author=Steven Gan |date=Summer 2002 |work= |publisher=[[Nieman Reports]] |accessdate= 2911 JanuaryJuli 20122020}}</ref> Ketika Gan bersama rekan-rekannya dicekal oleh editor ''Sun'' untuk mencetak laporan di koran, mereka menyerahkannya ke Irene.<ref name= "CPJ ">{{cite web |url=http://cpj.org/awards/2000/awards00.php |title=IPF Awards 2000 - Announcement |author= |year=2000 |work= |publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]] |accessdate= 2911 JanuaryJuli 20122020}}</ref>
Irene ditahan pada Maret 1996 dengan dakwaan menyebarkan berita bohong dan melanggar Undang-Undang Percetakan dan Penerbitan.<ref name="CPJ" /> Setelah tujuh tahun menjalani persidangan, ia divonis bersalah 2003 dan dijatuhi hukuman penjara satu tahun. Ia tidak ditahan dengan jaminan sembari menunggu proses banding atas putusannya, Pengadilan banding Irene di Pengadilan Tinggi dilanjutkan pada 28 Oktober 2008. Pada 24 November 2008, Hakim Mohamed Apandi Ali membatalkan putusan sebelumnya dan membebaskan Irene. Proses pengadilan Irene menjadi salah satu yang terpanjang dalam sejarah hukum Malaysia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/laureates/irene-fernandez/|title=Irene Fernandez|website=The Right Livelihood Award|language=en-US|access-date=11 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18566|title=Irene Fernandez Freed|publisher=Sin Chew|accessdate=11 Juli 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fidh.org/Ms-Irene-Fernandez-finally |title=Ms. Irene Fernandez finally acquitted! |author= |date=25 November 2008 |work= |publisher=[[International Federation for Human Rights]] |accessdate=11 Juli 2020}}</ref>
She died on 31 March 2014 of heart failure.<ref name="Activist Irene Fernandez dies">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/31/Activist-Irene-Fernandez-dies/|title=Activist Irene Fernandez dies|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star Online]]|accessdate=2014-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/03/31/malaysians-pay-tribute-to-irene-fernandez/|title=Malaysians pay tribute to Irene Fernandez|author1= Rashvinjeet S. Bedi |author2= L. Suganya |date=31 March 2014 |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref>-->
Pada 2005, Irene dianugerahi penghargaan [[Right Livelihood Award]] atas "pekerjaannya yang luar biasa dan berani untuk menghentikan kekerasan terhadap perempuan dan pelanggaran terhadap pekerja migran dan pekerja miskin".<ref name=":0" />
▲Ia meninggal pada 31 Maret 2014 akibat gagal jantung.<ref name="Activist Irene Fernandez dies">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/31/Activist-Irene-Fernandez-dies/|title=Activist Irene Fernandez dies|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star Online]]|accessdate=2014-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/03/31/malaysians-pay-tribute-to-irene-fernandez/|title=Malaysians pay tribute to Irene Fernandez|author1=Rashvinjeet S. Bedi|author2=L. Suganya|date=31 March 2014|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref>
==Hasil pemilihanLihat pula ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P107 [[Subang (federal constituency)|Subang]], Selangor<ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia General Election
| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
| publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
| url = http://undi.info/#
| accessdate = 4 February 2018}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!colspan=2|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Government
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| [[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]
| {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|Irene Fernandez}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|KeADILan]])
| align="right"|28,985
| 44.51%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[K.S. Nijhar]]'''}} ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right" |'''36,137'''
|'''55.49%'''
|67,847
|7,152
|73.11%
|}
== Lihat pula==
* [[Imigran ilegal di Malaysia]]
{{Reflist}}
== PranalaaPranala luar ==
*[http://www.tenaganita.net TenaganitaSitus officialweb siteresmi Tenaganita]
*[http://www.suaram.net SUARAMSitus officialweb siteresmi SUARAM]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020160022/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/irene-fernandez.html Biography] on Right Livelihood Award website
*[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa28/015/2004/en/ Irene Fernandez defends the rights of migrant workers despite conviction], [[Amnesty International]] report
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