The Inner Mongolian League for the Defense of Human Rights was founded by Mongolian scholars and students in 1981 to protest the Chinese Communists' Document # 28, which proposed to send millions of Chinese immigrants into Inner Mongolia, so Inner Mongolia would eventually lose its Mongolian identity.
The goals of the League are :
1. to condemn and focus international attention on the mistreatment of the Mongolians by the Chinese Communists over the past 50 years,
2. to protect human rights in Inner Mongolia,
3. to struggle for true autonomy in social, political and economic spheres,
4. finally, to establish a free and independent Inner Mongolia.
For more than a decade, the members and the supporters of the League have fought against the cruel and ruthless treatment by the Chinese Communists. Some of our members have been in and out of jail, some are still in prison, and others are forced to live in hardship in places far from their families and home towns. Despite personal danger and hardships, they continue to struggle for human rights in Inner Mongolia.
Presently the League, headquartered in Germany, has founded chapters in France , the UK., Mongolia and the U.S.A. The League publishes several periodicals, "Southern Mongolia" and "Khara-Erge" to make known their views on human rights issues in Inner Mongolia.
The "Southern Mongolian Freedom Federation", the U.S chapter of the League, holds the same beliefs as the League and seeks to cooperate with other groups and organizations that support human rights and justice. The Federation will soon publish the "Voice of Southern Mongolia" to introduce the history, culture,
geography and present situation of Inner Mongolia in English, Mongolian and Chinese. The Federation's main aim is to carry on the fight for human rights and freedom for Inner Mongolia, and to draw attention to this cause by informing the American public about our views. We greatly appreciate your support as we begin this important phase of our struggle.
