Demonstration in the streets of Ulaanbaatar
11 March 2010 — Hundreds of people marched from the Cultural Centre to the main square around 2 p.m. on 11 March. The demonstrators were protesting against the authorities in power, and according to local media, this could mark the beginning of "a spring syndrome" for the year.
The organisers of the demonstration convened "a Congress meeting" of all civil movements in a "tribunal" to judge the authorities as "billionaires born from the state house". The first meeting was held at the Cultural Centre of the Mongolian Trade Unions. From there, demonstrators marched to the main square demanding the resignation of the Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs, Ts. Nyamdorj, in light of recent shootings in border guard units. Also in the sights of protesters due to recent issues surrounding umbilical cord diseases that claimed the lives of four newborns was S. Lambaa, the Minister of Health. The demonstrators demanded a response from the government before 19 April.
During the demonstration, all streets providing access to Peace Avenue were temporarily blocked by traffic police. Participants in this peaceful march dispersed after their demands were heard over nearly two hours.
On Wednesday, the authorities of the Metropolitan Police Department met with O. Magnai, one of the leading activists of civil movements, in order to hand him a memo asking him to control the demonstration and organise it without excess and within a legal framework.
The Metropolitan Police Office had declared a heightened state of risk and had prepared well ahead of the demonstration in order to prevent any public disorder that could have occurred during the march.
On 1 July 2008, a demonstration organised to protest against the results of legislative elections turned violent. Sukhbaatar Square was indeed the scene of serious riots that resulted in four deaths, with people shot in the street by police forces. Four days of emergency were declared following these events.
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