| # | First Name | Last Name | Country | Comments |
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| 2601 | yvette | lee | AU | I think it is terrible the treatment irene fernandez has suffered at the hands of the maylasian government and that she should be commended on her efforts to help migrant workers in detention camps. |
| 2602 | Bernard | Aubrée | FR | |
| 2603 | Vesga Moreno | Amaia | ES | |
| 2604 | Mira | Yusef | US | |
| 2605 | Jennifer | Totu | MY | Keep Irene free! |
| 2606 | John | Sloan | HK | I believe that this lady should be released. |
| 2607 | Gertrud | Meienhofer | CH | |
| 2608 | Clare | McLachlan | UK | |
| 2609 | jodita | paz | PH | We are with you |
| 2610 | gagnon | frederic | CA | i'm forester ingeneer
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| 2611 | balakrishnan | Manikam | MY | Pls give malaysian human right freedam: Not say do it. |
| 2612 | Suryo | Sumpeno | ID | Free...Irene Fernandes |
| 2613 | Suryo | Sumpeno | ID | Free...Irene Fernandes |
| 2614 | Paul | Quinn | UK | "KEEP IRENE FREE DEFEND THE DEFENDERS " CAMPAIGN
On October 16, 2003, Irene Fernandez, the Director of Tenaganita was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by the Magistrates Court for the Memorandum on "Abuse , Torture and Dehumanized Treatment of Migrant Workers in Detention Cetnres". The memorandum was sent to relevant authorities and the media in August 1995.
Tenaganita compiled the Memorandum from over 300 interviews with former detainees and the information from the Sun Magazine journalists who did their own independent investigation. Irene was consequently arrested and charged in March 1996 under the Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984 for maliciously publishing false news. During the seven and half year trial, seen as the longest in Malaysia, Irene went to court 310 times for full hearing .
The trial conviction demonstrates that there is no protection for human rights defenders to articulate concerns over human rights violations. Such a trend not only curtails constructive criticism but has serious implications for all organizations involved in promotion and protection of rights of people.
The United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders calls on all nations to protect and respect human rights defenders so that they can fulfil their role and responsibilities as defenders.
We therefore urge the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato Seri Abdullah Haji Badawi to free Irene Fernandez from imprisonment for speaking the truth and to investigate allegations of ill treatment of migrants.
PROTECT DEFENDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS – DON'T CRIMINALIZE THEM. |
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| 2616 | Kate | McIntosh | AU | Irene fernandez was expressing her right to freedom of speech by voicing her concerns about human rights abuses suffered by migrant workers. She should be immediately and unconditionally released. |
| 2617 | Roselle | Solomon | IN | |
| 2618 | Mari | Elvira | ES | |
| 2619 | shary | khan | MY | i need to infomation about all kind actevities & siminalar tanks
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| 2620 | Antonis | Diamantidis | GR | |
| 2621 | Annette | Spitzenberg | CH | Please free her |
| 2622 | Ahmad | Fadzel | MY | There cannot be fetters on the truth! |
| 2623 | Philip | Eldridge | AU | Irene Fernandez is an honest and courageous human rights defenders. She has written an honest account of her investigations, as she sees it. It is disappointing that the Malaysian government sees this as a crime. |
| 2624 | Ederic | Eder | PH | Free Irene Fernandez! |
| 2625 | udo | gesterkamp | DE | theopenunderground.de - free mind free people free culture -
no repression no war no occupation |
| 2626 | soraya | salim | MY | |
| 2627 | sid | valensi | MY | free her.... |
| 2628 | Siew Pheng | Teh | MY | There are not many defenders of human rights in Malaysia, we cannot allow injustice to happen on someone who is fighting for justice.
Irene Fernandez is an endangered species in Malaysia. |
| 2629 | Pamela | Harriot | UK | |
| 2630 | Kalpana | Hemanth | MY | |
| 2631 | mano | maniam | MY | if the PM is really true in fighting corruption, then police and judicial corruption should be the first area to be tended to. Injustice by any name is still corrupt and sears the brow of any just society. |
| 2632 | karen | dhillon | MY | |
| 2633 | Andrea | Cooper | US | People like Irene are the migrant's only hope of making the rest of the world know what is truly happening in areas such as Malaysia. Migrant workers are unfortunately often the victims of their own lifestyle; they are subsequently not treated as persons and are refused basic human rights. In my opinion, there are not enough "Irene's" in this world to stand up for this abuse, whether it be sexism, racism, classism, or blatant dehumanization! Free Irene for the sake of human rights! |
| 2634 | Melani | Yeoh | MY | Much law, little justice.
Irene Fernandez has upheld the truth. Why is it that she is penalised for advancing what is right? |
| 2635 | Dennis | Talplacido | US | |
| 2636 | achim | sihler | DE | free Irene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 2637 | Jane | Bracken | CA | |
| 2638 | Elisia | Yeo | MY | |
| 2639 | vincent | chandran | US | The right to speak up on what is wrong is a reflection of the countrys laws working not for the politicians and not the citizen.I am disgusted that Irene should suffer the same fate as Lim Eng Guan and many others.I hope Irene is vindicated from these dishonest charges brought to stifle the truth.We are no better than many other corrupt third world countries.Transparency International Index shows Malaysia getting better at corruption, now ranking 37!! Malaysia Boleh. |
| 2640 | ooi | stephen | MY | I appeal to your humane and just character to free Irene Fernandez. |
| 2641 | reinee | raman | MY | FREE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 2642 | Lieve | Van der Veken | BE | |
| 2643 | pradiipa | khor | MY | |
| 2644 | Jinns | Halperin | US | |
| 2645 | Tarun | Srivastava | IN | |
| 2646 | nick | garbos | CA | |
| 2647 | Dan | Harris | US | |
| 2648 | BarbaraAnn | Venticinque | US | |
| 2649 | John | nichols | US | don't train a Marine to kill the punish him for defending himself |
| 2650 | M. Andrew | Fitzgerald | US | This man was protecting us, let him go. |
