What type of lawyer is Deng ADUT?
Criminal lawyer
NSW Australian of the year. Deng Adut is one of Australia’s best-known criminal lawyers for both his work in the courtroom, and as a leader within the community. Deng co-founded Australian Criminal Law Group, pulling together the best team of criminal lawyers in the country.
What is Deng Thiak ADUT known for?
Deng Adut is one of Australia’s best known lawyers for his work in the court room and as a community leader. He is the 2017 NSW Australian of the Year and a recipient of the prestigious Law Society President’s medal. Deng has been described as the Pride of Australia by News Corporation.
What happened to Deng ADUT?
Adut was taught to use an AK-47 assault rifle and other weapons. He witnessed many atrocities, including people dying from dehydration and a grenade explosion and children committing suicide. At 12 years of age he was shot in the testicles and back and almost bled to death.
What challenges did Deng ADUT face?
Plagued by illness and injury, he spent long stretches in hospital. He saw countless numbers of his fellow child soldiers die from disease, execution and suicide. When he was 12, he was reunited with his brother John, who helped him escape to Kenya.
How old was Deng ADUT when he was taken away to be a child soldier?
six years
At just six years of age, Deng was taken from his parents and his South Sudanese village of Malek and forced to become a child soldier in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Robbed of his family, his childhood and his innocence, he was made to march 33 days to Ethiopia, to fight and to witness countless deaths.
Who is najeeba Wazefadost?
At 10 years old, Najeeba Wazefadost fled Afghanistan with her parents. She sought asylum from Australia by sea in September 2000. Najeeba is the founder and president of Hazara Women of Australia, helping newly arrived refugee women learn English and more quickly feel part of their new communities. …
Did Deng ADUT fly to Australia?
By Deng Thiak Adut. Even though the war in Sudan had been raging for years, we were only the third Sudanese family to come to Australia as refugees. When we flew to Sydney I hated every moment of it. Then we landed in Australia – a place that was as strange to me as Neptune may be to you.
What happened to Deng as a child?
At just six years of age, Deng was taken from his parents and his South Sudanese village of Malek and forced to become a child soldier in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Robbed of his family, his childhood and his innocence, he was made to march 33 days to Ethiopia, to fight and to witness countless deaths.
How old is najeeba Wazefadost now?
Najeeba Wazefadost, 22, Australian citizen, university student, former refugee Page 2 I fled Afghanistan when I was 12 years old. My family are Hazara, a persecuted minority group.
What country did najeeba Wazefadost come from?
Afghanistan
At 10 years old, Najeeba Wazefadost fled Afghanistan with her parents. She sought asylum from Australia by sea in September 2000. She spent several months in mandatory immigration detention before being recognised as a refugee.
Why did Deng ADUT flee South Sudan?
Spending time in a camp in Kenya after fleeing the military and being smuggled out of Sudan by his brother, Deng’s visa for Australia was approved. Arriving as a 14-year-old with no previous education, Deng taught himself to read, write and speak English while working to support himself and his family back home.
How old is Deng ADUT?
About 37 years (1984)
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Where did Deng Adut go to Law School?
Deng Adut was recruited as a child solider before escaping to Australia from Sudan in the late nineties. After studying law at the University of Western Sydney, Deng started a small law firm in Blacktown, where he is a valued member of the local community as a criminal lawyer and refugee advocate.
How did Deng Thiak Adut become a lawyer?
An interview with Mr Adut must, by necessity, be an early morning matter as he attends his busy practice as a western Sydney lawyer helping refugees. This is a remarkable achievement for a man who was unable to read until he taught himself as a teenager, newly arrived in Australia.
Who is Deng Adut and what does he do?
Along with solicitor Joseph Correy, Adut co-founded AC Law Group and is still a partner, supporting youths of Western Sydney’s Sudanese community as a defence lawyer. He performs much of his work pro bono.
Why was Deng Adut awarded the Law Society of NSW Award?
“Deng’s is well deserving of this award and is an outstanding recipient. “This award is a testament to his personal and professional achievements over a number of years, and to his outstanding contribution to the community of Western Sydney. Deng Adut was recruited as a child solider before escaping to Australia from Sudan in the late nineties.
