SAVING CHILDREN'S SOCCER FIELDSPart of the Struggle Against Predatory Development in Ulaanbaatar
When he approached the football field, he saw a shower of small stones falling on the tractor scoop. The tractor's windows were broken. About a hundred primary school children were throwing stones at the tractor and yelling 'Go away! Leave our field alone!' Then one of children shouted, 'Our football teacher is coming!' This excited everybody and the children began shouting louder, "Go away! Take your tractor away!" The shower of stones became more intense. Enkhtaivan raised his hands and shouted as loudly as he could. "Children stop! Let me talk to the tractor operator."
WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT THE SO-CALLED "STABILITY AGREEMENT" THAT CAUSES INSTABILITY?Udriin Sonin (daily newspaper), 2006-04-17, issue 094
“Ivanhoe Mines’ stock price reached 15 dollars and 40 cents at the Toronto Stock Exchange.” “You may buy stocks of Oyu Tolgoi at this price.” “Mongolian stock exchange launched its technical preparation for you to buy Oyu Tolgoi’s stocks.” These surprising news announcements emerged amid the citizen protest movements and the Democratic Party’s decision to say “no” to any stability agreement. First of all, let’s say “Wait a minute!” to the Mongolian Stock Exchange. Exactly what prompted the stock exchange to make its surprise announcement? Whose property is it offering to sell and to whom?
MISTAKES AND RIGHTNESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC UNION COALITIONMongolia’s Political Chronic of 1996-2000TV Serial of Seven Parts (Translated from Mongolian by Chinbat Emgen) 
Issues how to form the new Cabinet and resolve internal organizational structure were raised one after one in hours before the winners, representatives of democratic forces which never ruled the country before. That is why shortly after the election, two days later the coalition leadership paid a visit to Mr. Ochirbat, Mongolian president and informed on their proposal to appoint Mr. R. Gonchigdorj, Chairman of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party as Speaker of the Mongolian Parliament (Great State Hural ), Mr. M. Enkhsaikhan, secretary general of the Democratic Union Coalition as Prime Minister of Mongolia and Mr. Ts. Elbegdorj, leader of the MNDP as vice speaker of the Parliament.
WOMEN STAND UP FOR EQUALITY AND RIGHTSMongol Messenger (weekly English newspaper), March 14, 2007
At the core of the fight for women’s rights has been the struggle for the recognition of women’s achievements and contributions to society. Women in the forefront of the struggle never said, “Love us because we are weaker and more fragile.” They demonstrated publicly and loudly saying, “We work hard. Don’t value our work less than that of others.” Today is March eight. What rights does a woman have now? You have the right to study. You have the right to vote and to run for an office. You also have the right to work, have a vacation, speak freely and publish. You now have the right to establish your family according to your wish, own private property, and share the family property. You are entitled to equal payment for equal employment. You can petition government, have fair trial, get legal advice, call for assistance, receive protection from violence, even have a women’s quota in the election. In short, women now have numerous rights and freedoms.
WAKE UP & WRITE ABOUT USA Testimony by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba"Six Degrees" Magazine, Stanford Contributions by Naomi Abasta-Vilaplana, Alexandra Goldman, and Jess Steinberg 
Many who come to my office have their case written andspread out via Internet and newspapers. Sometimes, I write at myown initiative. From 2000 to 2003, as a human rights activist andexecutive director of Liberty Center I wrote 40 alerts in Englishand in Mongolian. I also did a number of new things I have neverdone at any of my other paid jobs. These included free social activities to raise money for the center, organizing campaigns against human rights violations, maintaining websites, setting up a new library, publishing handbooks and leaflets, organizing training, giving legal advice, and working with the domestic and international human rights communities. While learning myself, I have been training non-lawyer activists for all provinces of Mongolia.
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