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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Lightning protest movement should be started: CPB

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by Ko Wild
Monday, 25 May 2009 17:07

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Communist Party of Burma (CPB) has issued a statement saying a lightning protest movement against the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi should be conducted not only in front of Insein Prison, but throughout the country.

The statement says members of the main opposition party, National League for Democracy (NLD) , and other pro-democracy forces should expand their movement from its current context of only gathering outside the prison on trial dates to include protest gatherings throughout Rangoon and in other places in a scattered, lightning movement.

“Making a movement around Insein Prison is, in military terms, like moving in the killing field. So we should start a guerrilla style lightning and scattered movement at unexpected times and in unexpected places,” the statement reads.

As a tactical component of this approach, protesters should send a letter to the Army, government-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and administrative units in addition to commencing a poster and pamphlet campaign and chanting the Metta Sutra, the statement suggests.

Opposition forces, including the NLD, should establish their own "systematic underground units" and secrecy should be a priority, the statement added.

Since important people like Win Tin will have many other important works to do, such a person should not go daily to the prison. It’s time for other leaders to rally around this movement in any available role, CPB party spokesman Comrade Po Than Jaung told Mizzima.

As the current trial of Aung San Suu Kyi is filled with mystery and suspicion, it should be open and accessible to anyone, including foreigners and media personnel, he further commented. Thus, the CPB suggests that the lightning movement should start by demanding Aung San Suu Kyi be tried in an open court accessible to the people.

Meanwhile, military leaders are gearing up preparations for the 2010 general election for which critics speculate the trial is aimed at ensuring Aung San Suu Kyi remains sidelined from the proceedings.

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