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Mongolian President vetoes a controversial law on social media

Today (30 January), Mongolian President U.Khurelsukh has decided to veto a controversial “law to protect human rights on social networks” that was hastily passed by parliament 10 days ago.
The veto means that the law, which – despite its avowed objectives –

New Mongolian law on social media threatens free speech

On Friday (20 January), the Mongolian parliament passed a new law  supposedly to “protect human rights on social media,” but human rights groups say it threatens free speech and gives the state the ultimate power to regulate content on tech

Lu.Gantumur elected as a leader of Democratic Party of Mongolia

Today (19 January), the Democratic Party of Mongolia has held  its National Congress and elected  party’s chairman. A total of four people were nominated for the leader of the Democratic Party; namely, MP S. Odontuya, former MP S. Bayartsogt, former

Mongolian PM proposes a Constitutional reform

A Constitutional reform was proposed by Mongolian Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene. The proposed reform would transition Mongolia from a semi-presidential republic to a traditional parliamentary republic.

The current 1992 constitution established a multi-party political system in Mongolia’s semi-presidential republic. That meant that

A former President, current MPs and CEOs named as ‘coal thieves’

Mongolia’s Anti-Corruption Agency announced yesterday (13 December), names of 17 individuals who involved in a coal theft scandal which caused two week long demonstration in Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital city. Following officials were directly or indirectly involved in the theft

Mongolia’s top coal company to brace for international audit scrutiny

For the ninth day, Mongolians are protesting at Sukhbaatar square against the “coal mafia”, led by ex-President Kh.Battulga who have apparently robbed the public purse of billions of dollars. Today (12 December), Mongolian Cabinet has held irregular meeting and Kh.Nyambaatar,

Mongolian parliament decides not to declare state of emergency

On the second day of demonstration against Mongolian Cabinet, protesters get violent. Angry protesters broke the metal fence of the State House of Mongolia and  4 guards were injured.

Just few minutes ago, Mongolian  parliament has held online session and discussed