Ten local non-governmental organisations have expressed support for former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's nomination for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

Led by activists from the 1998 Reformasi movement, Otai Reformasi chair Saari Sungib told a press conference in Petaling Jaya today that they were informed of Anwar's nomination by an undisclosed party.

Their support, Saari said, was partly based on rights group Amnesty International's recognition of Anwar as a "prisoner of conscience" who must be freed.