Marlene Obeid

Marlene Obeid is a member of the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group, which was instrumental in the Justice for Hicks & Habib campaign. Originally from Chile, Marlene left that country together with her family in the 1970s, escaping Pinochet's brutal dictatorship. She joined the anti-war campaign in 2002 and has been actively involved in human rights and social justice campaigns since then. She has written articles on Guantanamo, the wrongful imprisonment of Mamdouh Habib and David Hicks; the 'war on terror' and the anti-terrorism laws.