Mongolia

The “Zuunii Medee” newspaper and journalist Bolormaa Damdinsuren are facing a lawsuit and criminal charges respectively for accusing a businessman of buying teenaged girls.

RSF urges the authorities not to delay the release of journalist and human rights activist Hada, who will complete a 15-year jail sentence in December.

The action was linked to a defamation case filed by government officials who were angered by the publication of a letter in “Niigmiin toli” newspaper.

Globe International provides an analysis of how national legislation either guarantees or restricts free expression.

A lieutenant colonel sued journalist Kh. Namuun-Uyanga after she published an article entitled, “Police Colonel Embezzles MNT 20 million”.

The plaintiffs in the case withdrew their complaint against “Zavkhan” newspaper after a Supreme Court ruling sent the case back to the lower courts.

(Globe International/IFEX) – Six journalists were assaulted on 1 July 2008 while they were reporting on demonstrations held to protest the 2008 Parliamentary election results. A riot erupted as protests were held in front of the headquarters of the post-communist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Byamba-Ochir Byambasuren, a photojournalist for the daily newspaper “Onoodor” (Today), […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – The following is a 2 July 2008 Globe International statement: Globe International protests the 1 July 2008 Decree by President N. Enkhbayar, declaring a State of Emergency and ordering all radio and television stations, with the exception of Mongolian National Radio and Television, to cease broadcasting for four days. Globe International criticised […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders calls on the Mongol authorities and political parties to protect journalists and guarantee media freedom after a series of incidents involving the press during violent demonstrations following the 29 June 2008 legislative elections. “We condemn the violence by demonstrators, who seriously injured three reporters,” the press freedom organisation said. “It […]

Annual Report 2007

Freedom of the Press 2007: Mongolia

(Globe International/IFEX) – On 16 January 2008, a meeting was held at the State Center for Civil Registration in Bayan-Ulgii to discuss printing equipment that had been out of commission for a month. During the meeting, responsibility for the problem was placed on I. Lazat, the officer in charge of passport issues, and finance officer […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – The Supreme Court of Mongolia has issued new interpretations of provisions of the criminal defamation law, in order to provide a uniform understanding and thus ensure the correct application of the legislation. The interpretations apply to Articles 110 and 111 of the Mongolian Criminal Code and primarily involve legal definitions pertaining to […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – During an investigation of Darkhan Aimag’s water-filtering plant, Orkhon TV journalist Munkhtur Damdinbazar’s car was stopped by a guard from the security company Darkhan SB, who ordered him to hand over his videotape. Damdinbazar was doing a follow-up investigation to a report on alleged poor water quality, which was broadcast on LHA […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – The following is a 6 November 2007 Globe International press release: Protecting Journalists’ Confidential Sources and Repealing the Criminal Defamation Legislation Globe International is launching a six-month project, “Protecting Journalists’ Confidential Sources and Repealing the Criminal Defamation Legislation”, to provide greater protection for Mongolia’s media. The project, funded by the US Embassy, […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – A parliamentary security guard has violated the freedom of the media by trying to censor a reporter’s work. On 29 October 2007, photojournalist Lodoi Chuluunbileg took a photo of a government Nissan car (licence number 00-54 UBZ) in the parking lot of the Mongolian Parliament building with his own camera. One of […]