Mongolia

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 […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – On 31 August 2007, Mongolian citizen N. Demberel was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment after a judge found him guilty of criminal defamation. On 11 October, this sentence was commuted to a fine. Demberel had published an article entitled “I was finally valued by Ch. Ulaan” and broadcast a television program entitled […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – On 6 July 2007, six members of Mongolian National Public Radio and TV’s (MNPRTV) Collective Board obtained the legal permission for a hunger strike and went to hospital for a health test. According to the Collective Board’s statement, the hunger strike was to be staged to call for the dismissal of MNPRTV’s […]

(Globe International/IFEX) – On 24 June 2007, the manager of Chinggis 3 restaurant in Sukhbaatar District accused S. Tuul, a photojournalist with the newspaper “Social Mirror”, of taking photos in the restaurant without permission, kicked him in the head and broke his camera. Following clients’ complaints that Chinggis 3 restaurant serves food containing insects, Tuul […]