... “We thank you for your concerns on our grievances. At the same time we are concerned about possible retaliation by the authorities,” said Ms. Ariuunhas at the end of the interview by SMHRIC, “any news report by foreign media mentioning our interview can become a convenient excuse for the authorities to accuse us of being engaged in minzu fenlie (nationality separatism)”. In contrast to the fear of being labeled as “separatists”, the attitude of Mr. Yu, a Chinese and the husband of the Chinese detainee Ms. Gao Fang, is a courageous one. “This is not only an issue of social injustice, but also an ethnic problem concerning the minority rights,” said Mr. Yu, “we should appeal to the international community about this case without any fear.” Southern Mongolia, known as Inner Mongolia, is home to six million indigenous Mongolians who have supposedly enjoyed nationality autonomy since 1947. However the reality is completely different. Any activity of the Mongolians which seeks redress against the deplorable violation of basic human rights ...

           ... In response to Western news media’s criticism over the displacement of Inner Mongolian herders, A-long, Deputy Director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee Propaganda Department told reporters that the implementation of the Ecological Migration Project is consistent with the fundamental interests of the people of the Autonomous Region and of the people of China. He went on to protest the criticisms of the Western media. It has been reported that 450,000 herders and farmers at a cost of 2 billion Yuan have been relocated to prevent the grassland ecosystem from continuing degradation, since the Western Development initiative. Recently at a press conference on Inner Mongolian ecological development issues, A-long stated that in recent years Western news media have criticized the Autonomous Region’s relocation projects on numerous occasions, claiming that relocation is causing the gradual extinction of Mongolian culture and worsening the herders’ living conditions following relocation ...

           ... As the ethnic Mongolian political prisoner Hada's 15 years prison term is getting close to the end, the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) expresses its sincere gratitude to the Amnesty International groups who have been tirelessly urging the Chinese authorities for Hada's immediate release. During the past 15 years these groups have sent hundreds of appeal letters to the Chinese Central Government, Department of State, Central Party Committee, Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), Party Committee of IMAR, Public Security and prison authorities, calling for the humane treatment and immediate release of Hada. The followings are pictures and letters sent by some of these AI groups to Mr. Baatar (Be Te Er in Chinese), Chairman of the Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Dear Chairman, Hada is due to be freed from prison this year after serving his sentence.  As you may know, he was a bookseller before he was arrested. For the last 15 years, he has not been allowed to have any reading material ...

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           ... Their right hands rise to black-clad chests and flash out in salute to their nation: "Sieg heil!" They praise Hitler's devotion to ethnic purity. But with their high cheekbones, dark eyes and brown skin, they are hardly the Third Reich's Aryan ideal. A new strain of Nazism has found an unlikely home: Mongolia. Once again, ultra-nationalists have emerged from an impoverished economy and turned upon outsiders. This time the main targets come from China, the rising power to the south. Groups such as Tsagaan Khass, or White Swastika, portray themselves as patriots standing up for ordinary citizens in the face of foreign crime, rampant inequality, political indifference and corruption. But critics say they scapegoat and attack the innocent. The US state department has warned travellers of increased assaults on inter-racial couples in recent years – including organised violence by ultra-nationalist groups. Dayar Mongol threatened to shave the heads of women who sleep with Chinese men. Three years ago, the leader of Blue Mongol was convicted ...