In Binder Soum, Mongolia, community-based defenders leading the movement “Save Onon River” (Movement) claimed that they had been receiving multiple threats via phone from unknown callers for at least the past one year. All of the threats had a similar message: asking the defenders to halt their advocacy or something bad will happen to them. These intimidations and threats are also often directed towards their family members such as spouses and children. Mr Altangerel Namsrai, the leader of the Movement, shared that the intimidation has alarmed his family and made them oppose his advocacy work to ensure security for himself and his family. The “Save Onon River” (Movement) is protesting against the mining operations of the companies U&B, Aivuuntes, and Pegmatite, which are believed to pose a serious threat to the river, land, local communities and all the seven soums located in the Onon River basin area.