Who guards the guards? Experts call for oversight of New Zealand's terror laws
Who guards the guards? Experts call for oversight of New Zealand’s terror laws Tess McClure in Christchurch © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Kai Schwörer/Getty Images In the early hours of an October morning in 2007, teams of armed police stormed Rūātoki, a lush green valley in the North Island of New Zealand. Equipped with new anti-terrorism powers, they stopped school buses, set up roadblocks, raided houses, arrested 18 people across the country, and detained many more in their homes for hours. “I was only 7 at the time,” Kunere Timoti, one of the children ...
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