Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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UN says 80,000 people displaced in Rakhine State

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Monday, 30 July 2012 15:38 Mizzima News

The UNHCR has started building shelters in several internally displaced persons camps in Rakhine State, a spokesman said on Friday.

Unhcr logoSome 80,000 people are estimated to be displaced as a result of clashes in communities in Rakhine State in western Burma, said the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

In Geneva, UN spokesperson Andrej Mahecic Mahecic also expressed concerns over three UNHCR staff members who have been detained in Rakhine State by the authorities.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday also expressed serious concerns over the ongoing human rights violations in Myanmar and called for a “prompt, independent” investigation by a credible body.

Violence sparked between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas on May 28, following the rape and murder of a Rakhine Buddhist woman. According to official figures, violence in the region has claimed at least 78 lives.

Last week, Mizzima reported that the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to help end the violence against the Muslim Rohingya community in Burma.

OIC head Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu asked the newly elected lawmaker to work to convince the government to accept “an international inquiry into the recent violence, granting free access to humanitarian aid groups and international media” in Arakan (Rahkine) State, which saw deadly clashes last month between Muslims and Buddhists, althought the violence is not solely due to religious differences.

The head of the 57-member pan-Muslim body called for the quick return of the victims to their respective areas, expressing his “deep concern about the unabated and continuous violation of Rohingya rights in Myanmar.”

A state of emergency is still in place after the outbreak of violence, which prompted reformist President Thein Sein to warn it sectarian unrest could damage the speed of the country's emergence from decades of military rule.

About 800,000 Rohingya live in Burma, according to the United Nations, which views them as one of the world's most persecuted minorities.

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