A lack of special roads, walkways and ramps at both
public and private buildings is severely limiting access to basic public needs
for citizens in wheelchairs throughout Ulaanbaatar,
according to government officials and handicapped organization leaders.
Amnesty International will give the opportunity to all
citizens of Mongolia
whose rights have been violated to write down accounts of his or her opinion
and will submit them to the relevant authorities to mark International Human Rights
Day this Sunday.
A lack of
information and knowledge about human trafficking and incorrect reporting in
the media has created more opportunities to be a victim of human trafficking,
said Leader of the Gender Equity Center G. Ganbayasgakh on Friday at a seminar for
journalists.
“All
victims of human trafficking in Mongolia
are cheated by the information of the intermediary when they first become a
victim of this crime,” said Ganbayasgakh.
14 hunger
strikers from the victims of bankrupt savings and loan credit unions will shift
to a dry hunger strike if they can’t take a positive reply from the Prime
Minister, they announced Wednesday.
The Citizens Council on land issues under the
National Soyombo Movement submitted a list of demands to the Citizens
Representative Meeting (CRM) of the Mayor’s Office Tuesday calling for increased
accountability.
At 4am on Thursday morning, police rounded up eight hunger-striking
savings and credit union protestors in Sukhbaatar Square and allegedly forcibly took
them to the Construction and Development savings and credit union building.
