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HRD Attack

Sukhgerel Dugersuren - Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OT Watch)

Incident date
2 Aug 2022
Date accuracy
All Correct
Sukhgerel Dugersuren
Female
Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OT Watch)
Human rights group
Intimidation & threats
Location of Incident: Mongolia
Rio Tinto United Kingdom Mining
Other actors

Sources

Sukhgerel Dugersuren is a Mongolian woman human rights defender who works closely with communities impacted by large scale development projects, and the Executive Director of Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OT Watch). She has a long history of exposing human rights abuses and environmental degradation linked to large scale mining, energy and infrastructure projects. As Front Line Defenders reported, on 2 August 2022, Sukhgerel Dugersuren was informed by the General Intelligence Agency of Mongolia (GIA) that she is being investigated for committing crimes under the Criminal Code Article 19.4 “Illegal cooperation with foreign intelligence agency, agent”. She has also simultaneously been targetted by a smear campaign on social media.