Zambia’s treatment of foreign opposition leaders raises eyebrows
Last week Zambia deported a leading Zimbabwean opposition figure Mr Tendai Biti after he attempted to enter the country to seek political asylum. The opposition figure was handed back to Zimbabwean authorities despite having successfully obtained a court order restraining Zambian authorities from doing so. The decision to hand over a man who claimed that his life was in danger in his home country because of his political activities has received local and international criticism. This is expected because it was a blatant disregard for international law by Zambian authorities, one that is actually simply embarrassing. However his deportation would not shock those who have followed politics in Zambia in recent times, considering the strong stance he took as leader of a coalition of regional opposition political parties in condemning a growing culture of political intolerance in Zambia particularly during the incarceration of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilima. In this video Biti de