Listener article - The running man
by Alistair Bone

Will Ahmed Zaoui, despite being granted refugee status, ultimately be the victim of political calculations?

Despite having no serious charges laid against his name, Ahmed Zaoui has so far spent eight months in solitary confinement under maximum security in Paremoremo jail. He has been locked up since arriving at Auckland International Airport last December, confined for 23 hours a day with the 30 most dangerous men in New Zealand as his neighbours. He hasn't seen nature or his wife and children for nine months.