Taiwan blasts China after Zambia scraps RightsCon
Taiwan blasts China after Zambia scraps RightsCon
MOFA blasts Beijing after Zambia scraps RightsCon - Taipei Times
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday condemned transnational repression by Beijing after RightsCon, a major digital human rights conference scheduled to be held in Zambia this week, was abruptly canceled due to Chinese pressure over Taiwanese participation.
This year’s RightsCon, the world’s largest conference discussing issues “at the intersection of human rights and technology,” was scheduled to take place from tomorrow to Friday in Lusaka, and expected to draw 2,600 in-person attendees from 150 countries, along with 1,100 online participants.
However, organizers were forced to cancel the event due to behind-the-scenes pressure from China, the ministry said, expressing its “strongest condemnation” of Beijing’s malicious efforts to undermine international human rights exchanges.
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