By Own Correspondent| MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has formally requested for her client to be returned back to Zambian immigration authorities to enable her client to lodge his appeal for political asylum at the country’s High Court.

In her argument, Mtetwa said the return of Biti to Zimbabwean authorities and the ZRP was not only unconstitutional but a breach of SADC protocol and various other international law on the protection of refugees.

Below is the full text of Mtetwa’s correspondence: