Short: RightsGone? Why Zambia May Have Pulled the Plug on RightsCon

Short: RightsGone? Why Zambia May Have Pulled the Plug on RightsCon

RightsCon has just been cancelled by the Zambian government with no word to the organizers, five days before it was set to begin.

RightsCon is the biggest annual global gathering of the digital rights community. Every year thousands of people come together to figure out how to make the internet safer and freer for everyone. When they can't connect, we all lose.

Alix shares a few theories about why Zambia pulled the plug (geopolitics, trade deals, and "values"). She also talks through her views on what it could mean that safe global spaces for this work are collapsing, and why you should care even if you've never heard of RightsCon.

If you were planning on attending RightsCon we're so sorry. If you're in Zambian civil society fighting for space to engage on these issues, please know there is a global community that has your back.

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