A memorial was held for victims of the July 1st incident in 2008 on July 1st five years after the incident. Families and friends of the five victims of the incident following the 2008 election hosted a memorial at the monument erected for them on July 1st.

Mongolians still recall the black day of July 1st where four young men were killed, over 1000 civilians arrested and over 200 civilians sentenced unjustly.

The Civilian Alliance Center submitted petitions for the protection of unjustly sentenced men`s rights to the primary, control and appeal courts and even the Supreme Court, four times to the State Prosecutor General, twice to the President and the United Nations Human Rights Council but no defense has been conducted so far. Opposing the 2008 election results anti-MPRP protesters gathered in front of the MPRP headquarters and clashed with the police, eventually setting the building on fire on the evening of 1st July following the announcement of the election results.

The Cultural Palace, north of the MPRP headquarters, also caught alight. Around midnight local time, the President of the time Nambaryn Enkhbayar declared a state of emergency for the following four days. Armored Personnel Carriers were deployed to the streets of Ulaanbaatar, a night curfew and a media blackout were declared.

Five people, all of them civilians, were killed in the riots: four were shot, and one apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Mongolian Minister of Justice estimated 220 civilians and 108 service members were injured. Approximately 1000 protesters were arrested.

During the riot on July 1st in 2008 a number of laws and the Constitutional law were violated by the prompt action of law enforcement officers.

In 2012 the court sentenced senior police officers who were accused for abuse of power and for giving the order to fire during the incidents. They received up to 3.6 years years in jail.