Human Rights

Human Rights

In the UN declaration of Human Rights

Article 9 : No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest detention or exile.

Article 10: Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by and independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charges against him.

Article 14:
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN.

Mr Zaoui has a right to seek asylum unless it is proven in court that he has committed non-political crimes.

He was subjected to a 7 hour interrogation after a 14 hour flight and not advised of his rights to a lawyer or given a proper interpreter. If the SIS did not conduct their investigations with due regard to the law, then they need to review their practices as it may also fail to detect real terrorists at the border; with NZ earning a reputation as a repressive state and that may in turn attract terrorism.