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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ILO's Intervention - The Only Hope Of Release For Detained Labour Activists

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by Mizzima News
Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:00

The intervention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) seems to be the only hope for the family members of six labour rights activists, who have been sentenced to long term imprisonment, by the authorities.

The family of the labour rights activists, who were arrested on May Day for organizing labour rights discussions at the American Centre in Rangoon, said they had appealed to the ILO to intervene in the case and secure their release.

One of the relatives of the detained activists said, "They [the ILO] have told us that they would try their best and would meet the detainees. Without help from the ILO, we have no hope because they [the junta] have sentenced the activists to lengthy prison terms," he added.

However, the ILO office in Rangoon declined to comment.

The Burmese authorities, meanwhile, sentenced four of the activists, Thu Rein Aung, Wai Lin, Myo Min and Kyaw Min to 28 years of prison term and Kyaw Kyaw and Nyi Nyi Zaw to 20 years.

The activists, who were sentenced in September without a defense counsel, continued to be detained at Burma's notorious Insein prison, relatives, who visit the detainees once a week, said.

Aung Thein, the defense counsel of those arrested said, the divisional Court has rejected their appeal to reconsider the sentences of the activists.

"We are now in the process of filing a petition to the High Court. We have submitted an application to allow a petition. This is our only hope to fight for the detainees," Aung Thein said.

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