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To gather and distribute
information concerning Southern (Inner) Mongolian
human rights situation and general human rights issues;
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To promote and protect ethnic
Mongolians’ all kind of rights such as basic human rights,
indigenous rights, minority rights, civil rights, and
political rights in Southern Mongolia;
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To encourage human rights and
democracy grassroots movements in Southern Mongolia;
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To promote human rights and
democracy education in Southern Mongolia;
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To improve the international
community’s understanding of deteriorating human rights
situations, worsening ethnic, cultural and environmental
problems in Southern Mongolia;
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Ultimately, to establish a
democratic political system in Southern Mongolia.
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A
letter from Mongol-American Cultural Association to UN Special
Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers |
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... We write you as an organization that seeks the
best interests of our beloved country of Mongolia. First, we
extend our gratitude to you for your report issued after
your visit to Mongolia last autumn. Your efforts emphasized
the critical need to secure judicial independence and uphold
human rights in Mongolia. We cannot agree more with your
recommendations. The Mongol-American Cultural Association is
a nonprofit organization, dedicated to the preservation and
promotion of Mongolian culture. We also have a strong
humanitarian and charitable focus (see our website for
information www.maca-usa.org). As such, we are troubled by
certain aspects of the state of democracy, civil rights and
the independent of the judiciary of Mongolia. Specifically,
recent reports indicate concerns with the electoral process,
attacks on the press and journalists, and the stifling of
dissents and public discourse. We fear these are signs of a
deteriorating democracy. We urge your office to closely
monitor the political and social situation in Mongolia, and
to take steps to draw international attention to these
worrying situations:1.Political interference of the
judiciary. 2.Oppression on the press and
journalists.3.Declining transparency and account ....
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Two open letters concerning
the deterioration of democracy in Mongolia |
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We write to you once again,
following up on our previous
correspondence from last autumn.
We trust this letter finds you
well. We extend our heartfelt
gratitude to you for your
impactful visit to Mongolia last
autumn, followed by your
insightful report. Your efforts
have undoubtedly shed light on
the critical need to fortify
judicial independence and uphold
human rights within the country.
As a coalition of organisations,
comprising individuals of
Mongolian heritage residing
abroad and
advocating for the rights of our
respective Mongolian heritage
communities, we are deeply
troubled by the worsening state
of democracy, civil rights, and
judicial independence in
Mongolia. Our collective concern
extends to the enduring adverse
impact on individuals of
Mongolian heritage residing
outside Mongolia, particularly
those under the jurisdictions of
authoritarian regimes such as
China, Russia, and others. It is
therefore
imperative that we address these
pressing issues to safeguard the
rights and well-being of our
communities. Currently
subjected to colonisation and
authoritarian rule, our
communities face further
adversity due to Mongolia's
deteriorating democracy and the
encroaching influence of
authoritarianism from its
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China
recruits Mandarin-speaking teachers to move to Inner Mongolia |
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Authorities
began merging Chinese-medium and Mongolian-medium schools
across the region, forcing around 1 million ethnic Mongolian
children from rural areas into more than 2,000 boarding
schools, according to a Feb. 21, 2024, report by the head of
the New York-based Southern Mongolia Human Rights and
Information Center, Enghebatu Togochog. "[The] boarding
school system ... is an integral part of China’s overall
colonial policy of wiping out the language, culture and
identity of the entire Southern Mongolian population as a
whole," the report said, adding that it had gone
hand-in-hand with government policies aimed at ending
Mongolian herders' nomadic way of life. "Now the Chinese
government is targeting the Southern Mongolians’ last
defense of national identity that is the language,"
Enghebatu Togochog wrote. "From kindergartners to college
students, from teachers to professors, from ordinary herders
to party members, the entire [ethnic] Mongolian population
is subjected to [a] massive training program." During the
"training" sessions, ethnic Mongolians are condemned for
expressing their ethnic identity, for singing Mongolian
songs and wearing Mongolian clothes, as well as for not
having enough Han Chinese friends or being nice ....
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SMHRIC member Altantsetseg Borjigin speaks
at the Tibetan National Uprising rally |
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Sain baitsagaanuu! My name is Altanhua Borjigin. I
am a Mongolian from Southern Mongolia. On behalf of
my colleagues from the Southern Mongolian Human
Rights Information Center and the Southern Mongolian
exile community, I am honored to be here today to
stand with our Tibetan brothers and sisters to mark
the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Like Tibet,
Southern Mongolia has also been occupied and
colonized by the Chinese since over the past 70 plus
years.
During these 7 decades, we Southern Mongolians have
experienced the darkest chapter of our history.
National autonomy has never been realized; political
rights were long gone; most basic human rights and
fundamental freedom have been completely denied; our
tradition and way of life have been systematically
wiped out; our natural environment is destroyed and
our mineral wealth is taken away. Today, what the
Government of China is carrying out in Southern
Mongolia is a full-scale cultural genocide,
targeting our last defense of national identity
which is language. Starting last September,
Mongolian language education is officially banned in
Southern Mongolia. All Mongolian subjects in all
Mongolian schools are taught in Chinese exclusively.
This genocidal campaign ....
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