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Third Ethnic Mongolian Writer Held in China's Inner Mongolia
« on: April 24, 2019, 01:33:37 am »
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Third Ethnic Mongolian Writer Held in China's Inner Mongolia
2019-04-22

Detained Mongolian land-rights activist Tsogjil is shown in an undated photo.

Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have detained a third ethnic Mongolian writer and social media host after he protested the detention of fellow author and activist, O. Sechenbaatar.

Tsogjil, 40, who hosted a number of discussion groups on the social media platform WeChat, was detained on April 16 in the regional capital Hohhot, a New York-based rights group reported.

He had been preparing to file an official complaint to the regional government on behalf of ethnic Mongolian herders, the Southern Mongolian Human Rights and Information Center (SMHRIC) said on its website.

Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/writer-04222019132439.html



Inner Mongolia versus Outer Mongolia which, the latter, is considered a free country though landlocked.