Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day. Each year, representatives of media and the information sector meet and discuss the present state of the media sector and international trends in journalism.  

For this year's meeting, Globe International, Open Society Forum, and the Confederation of Mongolian Journalists organized a discussion dedicated to World Press Freedom Day.

At the beginning of the discussion Kh.Naranjargal, head of Globe International said, “Last year it was decided that the budget of Mongolian National Broadcaster would reduced by 50 percent and 100 employees would be laid off."      

 
This year's World Press Freedom Day was celebrated in conjunction with two important events. The fifth Freedom Online conference is being organized in Ulaanbaatar today and tomorrow, and in Geneva, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights will discuss the National Report of Human Rights in Mongolia.  

According to a 2014-2015 study by the Mongolian Press Union, there are currently more than 400 press and media organizations active in Mongolia. There are 130 television stations, 71 radio stations, 122 newspapers, 92 journals, and 4,400 employees working in this sector.  

The participants in yesterday's media discussion stressed that the increased number of intervention in the work of journalists – pushing journalists to reveal sources of information, investigating journalists, and censorship – creates anxiety among journalists.