Alerts
Provincial TV journalist and cameraman assaulted, camera destroyed
2012/01/181611
Alert - Mongolia
17 January 2012

(Globe International/IFEX) - Globe International and the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists are concerned about the assault on a journalist and a cameraman from "Khongor" TV in Bayankhongor aimag, a western province of Mongolia.
Provincial TV journalist and cameraman assaulted, camera destroyed
2012/01/171523
Alert
16 January 2012
SOURCE: Globe International (GI)

Globe International and the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists are concerned about the assault on the journalist and cameraman from “Khongor” TV in Bayankhongor aimag, a western province of Mongolia.
Lawsuit against journalist dismissed
2011/08/251672
Alert
25 August 2011
SOURCE: Globe International NGO

On August 23, 2011 judge Ch.Khosbayar of Sukhbaatar District Court dismissed the charges in a criminal lawsuit against journalist Bolormaa Damdinsuren of Zuunii Medee (Century News).
Judge dismisses lawsuit against journalist
2011/08/251554
Alert - Mongolia
25 August 2011

(Globe International/IFEX) - On 23 August 2011, judge Ch. Khosbayar of the Sukhbaatar District Court dismissed the charges in a criminal lawsuit against journalist Bolormaa Damdinsuren of "Zuunii Medee" (Century News) newspaper.
Journalist released on bail
2011/08/021268
Alert - Mongolia
27 July 2011 
SOURCE: International Press Institute
(IPI/IFEX) - Vienna, 28 July 2011 - Dolgor Chuluunbaatar, the editor-in-chief of Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar Times, who was imprisoned in March for the alleged illegal privatization of a newspaper, was released on bail today on the grounds of poor health according to human rights organization Globe International.
ARTICLE 19 welcomes adoption of freedom of information law
2011/06/221363
Alert - Mongolia
21 June 2011
SOURCE: ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - Ulan Bator 20.06.11: ARTICLE 19 welcomes the adoption of the Law on Information Transparency and Freedom of Information by the Parliament of Mongolia on June 16, 2011. The Law will come into effect on December 1, 2011.
Mongolia: Adoption of Freedom of Information Law is a Milestone for Transparency
2011/06/201324
For Immediate Release — 20 June 2011

PRESS RELEASE
Ulan Bator 20.06.11: ARTICLE 19 welcomes the adoption of the Law on Information Transparency and Freedom of Information by the Parliament of Mongolia on June 16, 2011. The Law will come into effect in December 1, 2011.
AJA Statement on Detention of AJA Vice President
2011/06/011853
2011-05-31 18:37:43
Dolgor Chuluunbaatar, the editor-in-chief of Ulaanbaatar times and Vice-President of Asia Journalist Association, has been in custody for two months since 24 March 2011 charged with unclear reasons of illegal privatization of a newspaper by the Mongolian government.
IFJ Concerned by Ongoing Detention of Editor in Mongolia
2011/05/311770

Media Release: Mongolia

May 31, 2011
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed by reports of the continuing detention of Ulaanbaatar Times editor-in-chief Chuluunbaatar Dolgor, who has been in custody since his arrest on March 24.

First instance court dismisses defamation lawsuit against provincial TV station
2010/12/201416
Alert — Mongolia
17 December, 2010
First instance court dismisses defamation lawsuit against provincial TV station.
SOURCE: Globe International NGO
The lower (first instance) court of Kherlen soum (eastern Dornod province) has dismissed a civil lawsuit claiming “business reputation protection” against the Shine Suvag TV channel.