A report from the Russia-based Center for Journalists in Extreme Situations (CJES) recommends that journalists in Mongolia form a network to better communicate rights violations and publicize training events.

Source: IJNet
http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/newsarticle.asp?UILang=1&CId=303765&CIdLang=1

CJES Director Oleg Panfilov wrote the report after a five-day visit in late June to Mongolia, according to the center’s Web site. The Open Society Forum in Mongolia sponsored the visit to analyze the current state of journalism in the country.

Panfilov met with about 30 print and broadcast journalists, lawyers, legal experts and representatives from the Ministry of Justice, CJES said. He concluded that the main problems with Mongolian journalism were due to a lack of implementation and understanding of laws protecting freedom of information and expression.

This often leads to the infringement of journalists’ rights, he said in the report, citing the imprisonment of at least four journalists over the last few years. The report also said that an unspecified number of journalists have been beaten, intimidated and harassed. The report also noted the relatively low level of journalism education that Mongolian universities offer.

Panfilov said he hopes that Mongolian journalists will create a network to monitor the state of press freedom in their country. The network also could work to spread legal information to journalists, publicize training events, create a Web site and monthly bulletin in Mongolian and English, and release an annual report on the state of journalism in Mongolia.

Open Society Forum in Mongolia: http://www.opensocietyforum.mn/.
CJES (in Russian): http://www.cjes.ru/bulletin/?bulletin_id=1616.

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