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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Bomb blast victim sent to Rangoon hospital

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by Kyaw Kha
Friday, 18 December 2009 18:33

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - A girl injured in a bomb blast in Phapun, Karen State, is being referred to Rangoon General Hospital, local authorities said.

A seven-year old girl was severely injured in the head. The authorities are now preparing to send her to Rangoon General Hospital.

“ She is in a critical condition as she was injured in the head,” a local official told Mizzima.

A time bomb exploded at about 9 p.m. on December 16 in a football field in front of a school while the Karen New Year celebrations were being held at the No. 2 Ward. The state run media reported that the blast killed seven people and injured 11.

Makeshift stalls selling apparel and toys are located where the bomb went off.

Local official told Mizzima that the blast killed eight people and injured 12 of which one is an ethnic Karen, five are Burman and two are of Indian origin.

Among the injured two are children and the rest are men above 16. All of them were sent to Phapun and Hpa-an hospitals.

The armed ethnic revolutionary group the Karen National Union (KNU) categorically denied allegations by the military regime that they were behind the blast.

“This is the SPDC’s handiwork and is a part of their plan to destroy the culture of ethnic people. This bomb blast has nothing to do with us,” the Thai-Burma border based KNU Vice-Chairman David Tharkapaw told Mizzima.

Earlier, the Karen New Year celebration was supposed to be held at the foot of landmark Zwekabin Mountain but it had to be shifted to Taungalay and Myaingyingu for security reasons, a Shwekokko based DKBA battalion official said.

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