I remember the first time I went to a protest. It was a rally outside Mt Eden prison to free Ahmed Zaoui, an Algerian refugee imprisoned by the New Zealand government for two years and locked up for ten months in solitary confinement for being an alleged "security threat". ----- Imprisoned for being an alleged "security threat". ---- I listened to the speeches attentively and admired a banner that said, "No one is illegal: no borders, no nations, no deportations". As we were preparing to march down the prison road, seven police officers formed a line to prevent us from entering. ---- Ahmed Zaoui's lawyer, Deborah Manning, asked us not to march onto prison property as it was against the ...

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