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To gather and distribute
information concerning Southern Mongolian
human rights condition and general human rights issues;
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To promote and protect Southern
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 ethnical, 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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Hada Held in "Luxury Resort", Xinna
Sentenced to 3 Year Term, Uiles Kept under House Arrest |
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SMHRIC was also able to confirm that last month Ms. Xinna, wife
of Hada, was transferred from the Inner Mongolia No.1 Detention
Center to her bookstore warehouse where her son Uiles is kept
under house arrest. Xinna was tried behind closed doors sometime
in early April and sentenced to 3 years in jail with 5 years of
reprieve on a charge of “engaging in illegal business” before
she was discharged from detention. Xinna did not plead guilty
and is preparing to appeal. Xinna was subjected to extralegal
arrest and taken away by police from her bookstore a few days
before Hada’s scheduled release date of December 10, 2010. No
public explanation has been released regarding her arrest and
detention. “Xinna is staying in her rented warehouse with her
son Uiles in Hohhot since their house was confiscated and they
have no home to speak of,” Haschuluu said when asked by SMHRIC
whether Xinna is in her home
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Ethnic Mongolians in China Concern About
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"That's how
important these
animals are to our
culture," says
Baocheng, as he
smooths his leathery
palms over a
200-year-old saddle.
His collection of
more than 400
Mongolian horse
saddles has been a
labor of love since
he stopped riding.
After more than 40
years of training
and riding horses,
the ethnic Mongolian
says they're as much
a part of him as the
air he breathes.
"As a kid, everyone
rode horses to herd
sheep, but now we
only see
motorcycles" the
68-year old says, as
he lights a
cigarette. He
reveals a toothy
smile that carves
even deeper wrinkles
into his weathered
skin. "We learned to
ride when we could
walk."
Baocheng, who like
most Mongolians goes
by one name, has
witnessed many
changes around the
street where he runs
an antiques shop.
This was once a
trading area for
livestock in
downtown Hohhot,
capital of China's
Inner Mongolia
Autonomous region.
Unfortunately the most significant
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Detainees Freed, but Informers Punished |
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Following three days of protests by Mongolians of Tulee Gachaa (gachaa
is equivalent to village), Naiman Banner (Banner is equivalent
to county) of eastern Southern (Inner) Mongolia, the Chinese
authorities in Naiman Banner finally freed all twenty two
detainees who were arrested while attempting to stop the
bulldozer of a Chinese state-run forestry company from leveling
and occupying the Gachaa’s land. However, the authorities have
continued their repression by initiating investigations of
individuals who gave interviews to foreign and domestic news
agencies or otherwise spread word of the protests. At least one
local Mongolian who lived outside the Gachaa was arrested by
police on April 6, 2012 accused of “defaming the state”. Several
others are being investigated for suspicion of communicating
with foreign reporters.
“The Deputy Governor of Tongliao
Municipality surnamed Sun visited our Gachaa yesterday
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Continuing Protest Met with More
Government Violence in Southern Mongolia |
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On April 3, 2012, more than 40 Mongolian protesters marched
toward the Banner capital of Daachintal and gathered in front of
the Banner Government building to demand the authorities free
the detainees and respect their legal rights. They chanted
slogans and held up a sign reading “Stop illegal detention,
Release the Detainees, and Return Our Land”. “We have been here
all day demanding the Government release the detainees,”
Chenfuulong, one of the organizers of the protest, told the
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMRHIC) in a
telephone interview, “but the Government continues to ignore our
grievances.” According to Chenfuulong, the detainees were
sprayed with an unknown substance in their mouths by the police
after they were handcuffed and thrown into police vehicles
yesterday.
“My brother Chenfuudee was sprayed
in his mouth first for insisting on defending the rights of our
fellow Mongolians
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