Irene Fernandez

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Charge:	Libel
Sentence:	1 year
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Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malaysia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Irene Fernandez was wrongly convicted in 2003 of publishing with malicious intent a 1995 memorandum entitled "Abuse, torture and dehumanized treatment of migrant workers at detention camps" in Malaysia. The memorandum was published on August 25, 1995. Dr. Irene Fernandez was sentenced on October 16, 2003 to one year in prison, but she was released on bail pending the outcome of her appeal. On November 24, 2008 the Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted Fernandez when the government informed the Court that it did not oppose her appeal. Fernandez's case was the longest case in Malaysian legal history. She is the director of the human rights group Tenaganita."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 24, 2008 The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted Fernandez."
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Age When Imprisoned:	50
Age When Released:	62
Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Malaysia court acquits activist after marathon case, Reuters, November 24, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-36667120081124
Information Source 2:	"Tenaganita chief acquitted after 13 years, by Lydia Gomezlegomez, The New Straits Times, November 25, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2410842/Article/index_html
Information Source 3:	Tenaganita website
Information Location 3:	http://www.tenaganita.net/
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Irene Fernandez

Charge:

Libel

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malaysia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 24, 2008 The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted Fernandez."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

62

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Malaysia court acquits activist after marathon case, Reuters, November 24, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-36667120081124

Information Source 2:

"Tenaganita chief acquitted after 13 years, by Lydia Gomezlegomez, The New Straits Times, November 25, 2008"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2410842/Article/index_html

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Tenaganita website

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http://www.tenaganita.net/

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