Michelle Yesudas

{{Short description|Malaysian lawyer}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2020}}

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| birth_name = Michelle Darlene Yesudas

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| nationality = Malaysian

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| employer = International Commission of Jurists

| occupation = Senior Legal Expert

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| boards = Formerly the Legal/Campaign Coordinator at Lawyers for Liberty

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Michelle Yesudas (b. ca. 1987){{Cite web |title=Michelle Yesudas |url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/id/prestige-40-under-40/michelle-yesudas/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Prestige Online - Indonesia |language=en-US}} is a Malaysian lawyer and human rights activist.{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/300226|title=Lawyer inspired by book found in dustbin|date=31 May 2015|publisher=}} She was a co-founder{{Cite web |date=2015-11-05 |title=Michelle Yesudas |url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/michelle-yesudas |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Front Line Defenders |language=en}} and coordinator in the Malaysian human rights and law reform NGO, Lawyers for Liberty, where she notably acted as the defence counsel of activist Ali Abd Jalil. After her move to Amnesty International, she has been researching and campaigning against the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines and intends to work on defending human rights defenders in South East Asia. Currently, Yesudas is working with the International Commission of Jurists in Yangon, Myanmar as a Senior Legal Expert.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/michelleyesudas|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Twitter|language=en}}{{failed verification|date=June 2022}}