(Globe International/IFEX) – In the northern province of Huvsgul, a journalist and her coworkers have repeatedly received threats from businessmen concerning critical articles. U. Gereltuya, editor of the Huvsgul-based newspaper “Khuvsguliin erkh chuluu” (“Freedom of Khuvsgul”), which has approximately 500 subscribers, said, “We repeatedly receive threats and are insulted by businessmen.” For instance, in 2005 […]
(Globe International/IFEX) – In the northern province of Huvsgul, a journalist and her coworkers have repeatedly received threats from businessmen concerning critical articles.
U. Gereltuya, editor of the Huvsgul-based newspaper “Khuvsguliin erkh chuluu” (“Freedom of Khuvsgul”), which has approximately 500 subscribers, said, “We repeatedly receive threats and are insulted by businessmen.”
For instance, in 2005 Mr. L. Tumurbaatar, director of Khuvsgul Geology Company and owner of the newspaper “Dalai Eej”, threatened Gereltuya over an article that alleged that Tumurbaatar was lobbying a judge to select his newspaper as “best media outlet of the year”.
In another case in 2005, unidentified people in a car passed through the fence of a “Khuvsguliin erkh chuluu” journalist’s house. “We reported it to the police but they didn’t pursue the criminals. We are still receiving threats concerning our publication,” Gereltuya said.
Huvsgul province is located in the northern part of Mongolia, more than 600 km from the capital of Ulaanbaatar. According to the Press Institute’s journal “Mongolian Media 2005,” the province has two newspapers which are issued three times a month.
