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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Youth conference condemns junta, urges Suu Kyi’s release

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by Salai Pi Pi
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:23

New Delhi (Mizzima) - A conference of the All India Youth Federation held from October 26 to 28 in New Delhi discussed threadbare Burma’s deteriorating human rights situation and called for the immediate release of detained Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

The AIYF conference marked the 50th anniversary of the organization and the resolution adopted denounced the Burmese junta’s anti-democratic attitude and appealed to the international community to press the regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi.

“The forthcoming 2010 election is unacceptable. We also called on the military regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi immediately,” Murugun, General Secretary of AIYF, told Mizzima on Wednesday.

Murugun said, the conference also discussed issues ranging from world affairs to Burmese affairs and extended its solidarity to the democracy movement in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation.

The All India Youth Federation is the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI), and is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, which is currently holding its Asia-Pacific regional conference.

The conference of the WFDY, of which two Burmese students and youth organisations - the All Burma Students League (ABSL) and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) - are also members, is being attended by over 500 youths from 10 countries including China, Vietnam, Burma, Lebanon and Hungary.

“What is happening in Burma is the regime is absolutely against the people’s mandate,” said Murugun. “The people should defeat the military junta.”

Communist Party of India (CPI)’s Secretary D. Raja, during his speech at the conference encouraged participants to support Burmese students and youths, who have been struggling for democracy and freedom for 20 years.

“He also explained to them about the current political situation in Burma and hoped that the day when democracy will be restored in the country is drawing nearer,” Kyaw Than, President of the New Delhi-based All Burmese Students League (ABSL), who attended the conference, told Mizzima.

Along with Kyaw Than, the conference was also attended by the foreign affairs in-charge of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), Kyaw Win.

Murugun said the ongoing World Federation Democratic Youth (WFDY)’s Asia Pacific Regional Forum, which began after the AIYF’s 50th anniversary, will further discuss democracy and human rights issues across the world including in Sri Lanka and Burma on Thursday.

“I am really impressed with the conference. This sort of activity is rarely seen in Burma. Youths across the world could get together and discuss world matters,” Kyaw Win, said.

Burma’s military rulers have banned student unions and organisations including the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU). Leaders of the ABFSU including prominent activists Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi are now under detention.


Edited by Mungpi

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