RightsCon: Zambia’s ‘diplomatic sensitivities’, digital rights and superpower in Africa (Part 2)
By Janet Heard, CINIA Communications Practitioner
Digital rights and media groups have been calling for Zambia to account for its unilateral decision to prevent RightsCon 2026 from proceeding on 5 May in Lusaka, which triggered a frenzied upset that affected a number of other events.
From the get-go, organisers AccessNow pointed specifically to China’s hidden hand, writes Janet Heard for Daily Maverick.
Cover Photo: RightsCon
