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'''Irene Fernandez''' adalah seorang aktivis [[hak asasi manusia]] dan politikus Malaysia. Ia merupakan pendiri 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 parlemen[[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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Irene 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 pendiri 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> Ia pernah menjadi 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>
▲Irene 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=2014-03-31}}</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>
== Kehidupan awal ==
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 ddi 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''. LästDiakses 5tanggal november11 2016Juli 2020.</ref>
Irene bekerja sebagai guru sekolah menengah. Ia menikah dengan Joseph Paul Fernandez. Pasangan ini dikaruniai memiliki seorang anak laki-laki dan dua orang anak perempuan.<ref>[http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/495157-irene-fernandez-was-a-fearless-fighter.html/ ”A fearlessFearless fighter”Fighter”]. ''Malaysian Digest''. {{WaybackWebarchive|url=httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140407104543/https://malaysiandigest.com/news/495157-irene-fernandez-was-a-fearless-fighter.html/ |date=201604040804302014-04-07 }}. Malaysian Digest. Läst 5 november 2016.</ref>
== Aktivisme ==
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]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404032452/http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/journalists/profile/791/|archive-date=4 April 2010|accessdate=2911 JanuaryJuli 20122020|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 2020-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18566|title=Irene Fernandez Freed|publisher=Sin Chew|accessdate=2008-08-2411 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=3011 JanuaryJuli 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=pGR6DTnD0OUC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Irene+Fernandez+Right+Livelihood+Award&source=bl&ots=OZ6M7cB38N&sig=ACfU3U0JJWX1JUTZRPJTcc2rde4Gy4jrwA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis_qDF8MbqAhUFVH0KHZXDDwY4ChDoATAAegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=Irene%20Fernandez%20Right%20Livelihood%20Award&f=false|title=True Love + CD - Kisah-kisah nyata Penc.|publisher=Gramedia Pustaka Utama|isbn=978-979-22-3182-3|language=id2020}}</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" />
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== 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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