#rightscon — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rightscon, aggregated by home.social.
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„Morgen sollte in #Lusaka die #RightsCon beginnen, eine der wichtigsten Konferenzen für Grund- und #Menschenrechte in der digitalen Welt. Doch kurz vor dem Beginn meldete vorige Woche die Regierung des Gastgeberlandes Sambia Bedenken an und verkündete, die Konferenz müsse verschoben werden. Inzwischen ist sie ganz abgesagt und die Ausrichterin, die Nichtregierungsorganisation Access Now, erhebt schwere Vorwürfe – nicht nur gegen #Sambia, sondern auch gegen die Volksrepublik #China. Diese habe wegen der Teilnahme taiwanesischer Gäste Druck auf die Regierung Sambias ausgeübt."
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#AccessNow has now publicly confirmed that they also believe the Chinese government pressured #Zambia into censoring #RightsCon 2026 because of participants from #Taiwan.
The statement of what happened is a testament of how strong the influence of authoritarians has become and how the global #DigitalRights community is a target.
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World’s Largest Digital #HumanRights Conference Suddenly 'Postponed'
… researchers, academics, & human #rights experts were set to convene in #Lusaka , Zambia, the gov of #Zambia announced it was postponing #RightsCon , one the largest & most important digital human rights conferences in the world. The announcement, which came as some participants & speakers were already en route to the conference, has sown confusion & chaos in the academic community
#privacy #securityhttps://www.404media.co/rightscon-human-rights-conference-suddenly-postponed/
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This is absolutely wild: The #Zambia government has just cancelled the world's most important digital rights conference #RightsCon 2026 which was supposed to start next week in #Lusaka. 3,000+ participants are now hanging in limbo (myself included), some already traveled to the country.
I feel for the folks at #AccessNow who have been working so hard on this for months.
https://www.facebook.com/100069038505521/posts/1285179577126647/