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Lessons from trauma about the importance of legal service
International humanitarian lawyer and former war crimes prosecutor Rabia Siddique believes that anyone has the ability to create “ripples of change”, and it was this belief that set her on a path to provide justice and equality to those who most needed it.
Tasha Levy
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Rabia joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss her incredible career influenced by a feeling that she was “destined to help others”. A story that saw her overcome racial discrimination, sexual abuse, become the prime target of a terrorist attack, and in a legal battle with the British army and government.
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