Mongolian NGOs have nominated candidates for places on the National Board of Mongolian National Broadcasting. Seven of the 15 National Board members are to be replaced under the Public Radio and Television law.

The Third Congress of the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists (CMJ) was held on November 6, 2008, at the Chinggis Hotel. CMJ President D. Sarangerel presented a report to the Congress, which comprised over 150 journalists from Ulaanbaatar and the 21 provinces.

Globe International, a Mongolian NGO completed the six-month project titled “Increasing Voter Knowledge Trough Journalism Training and Improved Reporting”. The project was supported by Open Society Forum, Mongolia, the Embassy of the Great Britain and North Ireland in Ulaanbaatar and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. 

Globe International is protesting the police to use television video materials as evidences against the people

Six journalists have been assaulted during the public demonstration and he riot started after the event

Globe International condemns that on July 1, 2008, six journalists have been assaulted by the riots, when they were reporting the public demonstration protested the 2008 Parliamentarian election’s results in front of the building of the post-communist party-Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Part and the riot started after few hours of the event.

Globe International protests the Mongolian President’s Decree to temporarily stop all the radio and broadcasting stations except for the Mongolian national Radio and Television.

We deeply regret about the violence that erupted after the public protest on July 1, 2008, leaving several people dead, many injured, and valuable public and private property destroyed, including precious cultural artifacts. We believe this violence was an extreme expression of deep-seated anger and frustration accumulated by significant sections of the society as a result of persistent injustice and corruption.