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To gather and distribute information concerning Southern (Inner) Mongolian human rights situation and general human rights issues;

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;

To encourage human rights and democracy grassroots movements in Southern Mongolia;

To promote human rights and democracy education in Southern Mongolia;

To improve the international community’s understanding of deteriorating human rights situations, worsening ethnic, cultural and environmental problems in Southern Mongolia;

Ultimately, to establish a democratic political system in Southern Mongolia.

Southern Mongolian historian on hunger strike in Mongolian jail

              ...  Mr.Rolmaajidiin Tsengel, a Southern (Inner) Mongolian historian residing in the independent country of Mongolia, is on his 15th day of a hunger strike at the No.461 Detention Center in the capital city Ulaanbaatar in protest of the Mongolian authorities’ accusation of “attempt to overthrow the government of Mongolia and conspiracy of a coup”. On May 6, 2012, Rolmaajidiin Tsengel was arrested by the Mongolian police and sent to the Central Province Prison, a notorious facility where prisoners are often subjected to cruel torture and inhumane treatment. “Tsengel was held at the Central Province Prison, known as the Headquarters of Mongolian Gestapo, for about 10 months before he was transferred to the Pre-trial Detention Center No.461 in Ulaanbaatar,” Mr.Munkhbayar Chuluundorj, a Mongolian citizen, human rights activist and prominent journalist, told the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) over the phone while he was on his way to hold a press conference to call for Tsengel   ...

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Chinese army to include digital forces in June military drill

             ...  The Chinese military will conduct a military exercise next month that would include army units equipped with digital technology for the first time, as it adjusts to the reality of cyber warfare. Citing the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) general staff department, Xinhua reported Wednesday the army will test out new types of combat forces including units using digital technology. This is the first time a PLA exercise is focused on combining its combat forces to include "digitalized units, special operations forces, army aviation and electronic counter forces", the department noted. The drill will be carried out in late June at the Zhurihe training base in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, which is the country's largest military field, it said. Forces from the Beijing Military Area Command, as well as eight military academics will be participating. Other than internal drills, it was reported in April that China has held two cyberwar games with the U.S. that were designed to help prevent a sudden military escalation   ....

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Mongolian herders beaten and injured in a clash with the Chinese

             ...  Two years ago, the brutal killing of a Mongolian herder in Right Uzumchin Banner sparked the 2011 large-scale protests by Mongolian herders and students throughout  Southern (Inner) Mongolia. A brutal attack by Chinese settlers again took place in the same banner on May 17, 2013,. A dozen Mongolian herders from Saruulbulag Gachaa (a gachaa consists of several villages), Bayanhua township of Right Uzumchin banner were severely beaten as the herders defended their grazing lands. According to a written communication and photos received by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) from the local Mongolian community, more than a hundred Chinese gathered to attack the Mongolian herders in Saruulbulag Gachaa with sticks and stones. Photos show the beatings perpetrated by the Chinese, as herders fell to the ground unconscious before they were taken away by ambulance and police vehicles. “This land belongs to our Mongolian herders of Saruulbulag Gachaa,”  ....

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Mongol-Tibetan Medical School Principal Imprisoned for Alleged Escape Attempt

           ...  “Around 11 AM, April 13, six policemen from Hohhot (capital of Southern Mongolia) and more than a dozen policemen from Guangzhou raided our hotel room and arrested us,” Bayanhuaar described to SMHRIC. “Seeing so many police for the first time in his life, my one-year-old son was extremely scared and crying loudly out of fear.” “They took each of us to the toilet and searched us thoroughly. My 13-year old daughter and one-year old son were also taken to the toilet and searched for possible hiding of any cell phone used to contact foreigners,” Bayanhuaar added. According to Bayanhuaar, the main accusation brought against Batzangaa by the Chinese authorities is that Batzangaa arranged a meeting with a foreign official in Guangzhou. “During the interrogation against myself and my children, after we were brought back to Ordos, they asked intensively about an alleged meeting between my husband and a foreign official,” Bayanhuaar stated when asked by SMHRIC about the authorities’ reason for the arrest  ....

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