Alert - Mongolia
16 December 2010
SOURCE: Globe International

(Globe International/IFEX) - An investigation is being conducted in a civil defamation case against the "Zuunii Medee" (Century News) daily newspaper. In addition, a criminal case has been launched against "Zuunii Medee" journalist Bolormaa Damdinsuren over the publication of the same article for which the newspaper is being sued.

Alert — Mongolia
13 December, 2010
SOURCE: Globe International NGO

On November 5, 6, and 8, 2010, a news producer and other staff members of the Eagle TV station received phone calls from officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The callers claimed that the TV station had broadcast inaccurate comments on the 3-hour live webcast from the UN 9th assembly of the UPR working group in Geneva, November 2. The officials also claimed that after the airing of the live webcast, the Government public reputation had been damaged. They demanded a copy of the webcast.

 “Globe International” NGO organized the one and half-day workshops for the herders and one and half-day training for the public officials of Guchin-us soum of Ovorkhangai aimag and Bayankhutag soum of Khentii aimag and it involved in total of 36 herders and 57 public officials as a part of the project “Transparency Campaigning at Local  Government to Curb Corruption” financed by the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF),  http://www.ptf.org/

The executive committee of the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists (CMJ) and the Trade Unions of the Mongolia (TUM) signed a  three-year cooperation contract (2011-2013), on December 3, 2010.
In accordance with the contract, the sides will cooperate in protecting interests of journalists, improving working conditions for them, and increasing their wages, allowances, and social and health insurance.

We are starting a three-month consulting service “Development of Optimal Methodology and Related Document for Midterm Program of Legacy Advertisement and Training” as part of the “Enhanced Justice Sector Services” project implemented December 1, 2010 by the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs with financial support from the World Bank.

A handbook dedicated to journalists and media workers,“How to write about  sexual orientation and gender identity?” was recently published as part of the nationwide campaign "End discrimination!"

The Reporters Without Borders  has issued the media freedom index for 2010.
Among 178 countries, Mongolia was ranked in 76th place. 

On September 22, 2010, the NGO Globe International requested Ts.Sharavdorj, head of the parliamentary office of Mongolia, to become au fait with detailed notes of sessions which discussed all laws, resolutions and other legal documents from the year 2008, and to copy some necessary documents. The request was made within the framework of the “Integrity Star” monitoring project.

Globe International implemented five-month project, titled “Enabling Environment for a Free and Independent Media”, designed to initiate media legal reform in Mongolia with the support The Asia Foundation.