Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center


Hada Rushed to Hospital for Urgent Care as Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Confirmed

	... On January 25, 2025, prominent Southern Mongolian political prisoner Mr. Hada was rushed to a hospital in the regional capital Hohhot by Chinese State Security personnel assigned to monitor him. The urgent medical intervention came shortly after Hada’s nomination for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by four Japanese parliament members was confirmed. According to his wife, Xinna, Hada remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Affiliated Hospital of the Inner Mongolia Medical University. Photos and video footage obtained by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) from Xinna show Hada receiving critical care, lying on an ICU bed with an oxygen mask. One image reveals severe bruising on his left leg, marked by dark purple and black spots. “On January 25, State Security officials made multiple urgent calls to my son, Uiles, informing him that Hada was in critical condition but refusing to clarify the cause,” Xinna told SMHRIC in a phone interview. “We rushed to the hospital and found him on an ICU bed, barely conscious.” Xinna further disclosed that State Security officials informed her and Uiles that Hada’s condition was life-threatening due to alleged multiple organ failure, and there was no guarantee of survival. Although a ....
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Mr. Hada Nominated for 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by Japanese Lawmakers

	... Mr. Hada, a long-time political prisoner and President of the Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance, has been officially nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination comes from four members of Japan's National Diet, representing both ruling and opposition parties. A steadfast human rights activist, Mr. Hada has dedicated his life to protecting the rights of Mongolians in Southern Mongolia, also referred to as Inner Mongolia in China. Over the past 30 years, he has endured relentless persecution, including an unjust arrest in 1995, a 15-year prison sentence, an additional four years of incarceration, and 11 years of house arrest. Despite these severe hardships, Mr. Hada has continued to advocate peacefully for his people's rights. On January 26th, Hidetoshi Ishii, President of the Indo-Pacific Human Rights Information Center and the secretariat for Mr. Hada’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination, confirmed receipt of an email from the Norwegian Nobel Committee acknowledging the nomination. The recommendation was made by four Japanese lawmakers, including Hiroshi Yamada, Member of the House of Councillors and Executive Director of the Southern Mongolian Parliamentary League, and Yoichi Shimada, Member of ....
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Congressman Jim McGovern Introduces House Version of Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act

	... On December 19, 2024, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) introduced H.R. 10537, the House version of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act. This legislation mirrors the bill introduced earlier in the Senate by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK). The bill seeks to address significant human rights abuses and safeguard the cultural and linguistic rights of Southern Mongolians within China. “I am grateful for the partnership of Senator Jeff Merkley in bringing this legislation forward to make clear that America supports the aspirations of Southern Mongolians and opposes the oppressive policies being implemented by the People’s Republic of China,” Congressman McGovern said earlier, welcoming the Senate’s introduction of the bill and expressing his readiness to work with Senator Merkley to advance the legislation. “The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act reaffirms America’s commitment to fundamental values of human rights and dignity. It signals that the United States stands with the Southern Mongolian people in their fight to preserve their cultural and linguistic heritage, and it sends a clear message that human rights must be respected everywhere,” Congressman McGovern emphasized, reaffirming the ....
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Southern Mongolian young activist Temulun Togochog testifies before the US Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC)

	... I have never met my aunts, uncles, cousins, or nieces and nephews. I have never celebrated Tsagaan Sar, the Traditional Mongolian New Year, with my relatives or learned many of their customs firsthand. My parents have not returned to Southern Mongolia to attend family weddings or funerals, nor to say their final goodbyes to loved ones. Despite these challenges, my parents have worked tirelessly to preserve our language, culture, and traditions. When I was little, they sought out Mongolian babysitters to help teach me and my sister our mother tongue. This was no easy task, as there were few Mongolians in New York. Still, I was fortunate to learn some Mongolian from the babysitters they found. As I started school, time at home—and opportunities to learn Mongolian—diminished, even though my parents consistently spoke Mongolian at home. Southern Mongolians use the traditional script written vertically from top to bottom, a script with over 800 years of history. This script was not easy to learn, so my parents arranged for a teacher from independent Mongolia to teach me and my sister the Cyrillic Mongolian script. In the summer of 2018, my father took us to a children’s camp at the Mongol-Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Center ....
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