Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today released a comparative study “Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region” finding that criminal law remains an instrument to excessively limit media freedom. Commissioned by the representative and conducted by International Press Institute (IPI) Director of Press […]

A television station in Mongolia has been charged with criminal defamation after the station aired a documentary alleging corruption among high-ranking public officials. According to the Mongolian press freedom organisation Globe International, channel TV9, in a documentary titled “Detective-2”, presented apparent evidence of corruption concerning a police investigation into the privatisation of a former government-owned […]

Dolgor Chuluunbaatar, the editor-in-chief of Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar Times who was imprisoned in March for the alleged illegal privatization of a newspaper, was released on bail today on the grounds of poor health according to human rights organization Globe International. “He’s at home right now at a hospital getting treatment for an eye condition,” Globe International […]