Rabia Siddique

Courage Under Fire

TEDxPerth 2014
October 2014

Talk length:

22.37

Courage Under Fire | Rabia Siddique | TEDxPerth

Human Rights and Criminal lawyer, Rabia Siddique shares her unique story to demonstrate the need for strong role models, agents of change and courageous people to take a stand. To defend and uphold the values everyone should all hold dear - equality, fairness, justice & truth.

Rabia Siddique is a criminal and human rights lawyer, a retired British Army officer, a former terrorism and war crimes prosecutor, a humanitarian, a professional speaker and published author. In 2006 Rabia was awarded a Queen’s commendation for her human rights work in Iraq and in 2009 was the Runner Up for Australian Woman of the Year UK.

Rabia Siddique
Criminal and Human Rights Lawyer

Rabia Siddique is a criminal and human rights lawyer, a retired British Army officer, a former terrorism and war crimes prosecutor, a humanitarian, a professional speaker and published author. In 2006 Rabia was awarded a Queen’s commendation for her human rights work in Iraq and in 2009 was the Runner Up for Australian Woman of the Year UK.
After starting life as a criminal defence lawyer and youngest ever Federal Prosecutor in Perth Australia, Rabia moved to the United Kingdom in 1998 where she eventually commissioned as a Legal Officer in the British Army in 2001.
Rabia is a Board Member of Kids Are Kids! Therapy and Education Centre Inc and an Ambassador for 100 Women, The Esther Foundation and Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre. 
Rabia speaks English, French, Spanish and Arabic, has run the London marathon for charity, undertaken human rights and community aid work in the Middle East, South America, United Kingdom and Australia, and is a mother to 5 year old triplet boys, her biggest challenge yet!