Mongolian Dissident Arrested in Beijing
By Chono | March 20, 2008
Jiranbayariin Soyolt, a Southern (Inner) Mongolian dissident in exile and a citizen of Mongolia, was arrested in Beijing Capital Airport on January 6, 2008, while on a business trip to China along with two other Mongolian citizens Mr. Purevsuren, President of Mon-Energeo HHK, and Mr. Bat-Erdene, partner of Purevsuren. The three left Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia, on January 6, 11:45 AM, with Air China airline and arrived at the Beijing Capital Airport on January 6, 1:00 PM.
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“Why is the Buryat language dying?”
By Chono | February 23, 2008
A Politcafé under the above title took place on February 21st, 2008 in the café “ShabliN” in Ulan Ude. It was organized by the Human Rights movement “Erkhe,” in cooperation with the Regional Union of Young Scholars, Siberian Creative Group, and the “All-Buryat Association for the Development of Culture”, in order to commemorate International Mother Language Day. The event has received substantial coverage by 2 TV channels and several newspapers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Russia’s Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
By Tinker Bell | October 27, 2007
Police said Monday that an Uzbek man was stabbed to death in Moscow, which recently has seen a spike in racially motivated attacks.
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Yuri Bugdaev has been killed on October, 8th in Moscow
By Tinker Bell | October 25, 2007
When the inspector asked the suspect about the murder, “Why did you return and began to finish him off?”. The suspect said, “Because he had narrow eyes.” This was told by the niece of the victim, 26-year old Ksenia.
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Sergey Nikolayev was murded October 20 in Moscow
By Tinker Bell | October 23, 2007
Yesterday, the “MK” (Moscow’s Komsomol) told about the tragic destruction by brutal skinhead hands the native of Yakutia, 46-year Sergey Nikolaev, a Buryat by nationality.
Young bastards have killed him for narrow eyes, for not slavic appearance.
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Buryat youth strive to preserve Mongol identity
By Chono | March 1, 2006
Janis Cakars, TheUBPost - Mongolia’s Independet English Weekly News, 05 Jan 2006.
Nearly 2,000 people - all under 40 years old - have signed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in May, 2005, concerning “the territorial rehabilitation of the Buryat people.” This was an unprecedented action in a region known for harmonious ethnic relations and even political passivity. Read the rest of this entry »
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Planned Merger Worries Buryats
By Chono | December 4, 2005
By Stephen Boykewich (Moscow Times, Nov 13, 2005)
ULAN-UDE, Buryatia (Russia) — Nikolai Tsyrempilov’s office sits above a treasure trove of Buddhist culture: hundreds of lavishly illustrated, centuries-old religious texts that survived Josef Stalin’s anti-religion campaign at the height of the Great Terror. Read the rest of this entry »
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