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LEAD STORY:
Minister / Department Misinforms Nigel Hampton QC Over Zaoui Case

- A 8 September 2003 letter written by the Minister of Corrections, Paul Swain, incorrectly informed Nigel Hampton QC of the Howard League, that an internal investigation report concerning allegations of mistreatment of detained refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, had been forwarded to Zaoui’s solicitor. Paul Swain Misleads QC Over Zaoui Assault Reports [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0407/S00073.htm

Second Investigation Finds Spitting In Zaoui's Food A Joke

- In reports released under the Official Information Act Scoop has learned that a second investigation into prison assaults on NZ's most famous refugee Ahmed Zaoui looked only lightly into the numerous complaints against prison officers, concluding among other things that officers spitting into Mr Zaoui's food had done so as a "joke". 2nd Zaoui Assault Investigation, Once Over Lightly [1] - 1st Zaoui Assault Investigation Used Sign Language [2] See also this week's STORY OF THE WEEK [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0407/S00072.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0407/S00058.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/index.html/#sow

NZ And UK To Destroy Russian Chemical Weapons

- New Zealand today joined a UK-led international project to help Russia destroy its stocks of lethal chemical weapons. See... UK and NZ to help Russia destroy chemical weapons [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00167.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0407/S00088.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0407/S00087.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00169.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00164.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0407/S00092.htm

U.S. Govt Continues Contempt For Guantanamo Detainees’ Rights

- The US administration continues to show contempt for basic human rights standards in its treatment of the Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International said today. See... USA: Contempt For Guantánamo Detainees' Rights [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00079.htm

INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00081.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00080.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00076.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00073.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00072.htm

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