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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Burmese-American sentenced to three years in prison

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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:35 Phanida

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Nyi Nyi Aung, the Burmese-American citizen was sentenced to three years in prison today by the court sitting in Insein prison.

At the trial this morning, the Rangoon southern district court convicted Nyi Nyi Aung a.k.a. Kyaw Zaw Lwin (40) in cases under section 468 of the Penal Code (forgery – holding fake national ID), section 24(1) of the Foreign Exchange Act and under section 6(3) of the National Registration Act.

He was given three years in prison for forgery and was accused of altering a national ID card with his photograph. In two other cases he was given a year in prison each. The sentences will run concurrently.

"The judgment entails serving all the sentences concurrently accounting for three years," his lawyer Nyan Win said.

The trial was attended by US diplomats including a consul from the US embassy in Rangoon.

Lawyer Nyan Win was of the opinion that the former student activist Nyi Nyi Aung, who went underground, did not receive proper and full legal protection and legal rights. He said he would file an appeal.

"I don't think he got full legal protection and legal rights. We will file an appeal against the verdict in keeping with the law. The sentence is fair but some observations and conclusions in the judgment are unacceptable. I can talk about them only when we file the appeal," he said.

Nyi Nyi Aung was put in solitary confinement for staging a hunger strike and demanding humane treatment to prisoners. He is said to be in good health and his morale is high.

The former student activist fled to the Thai-Burma border after the army staged a coup in 1988 and settled in the US later. He was alleged to have entered Burma eight times. On September 3 last year, intelligence personnel arrested him on arrival at the Rangoon Mingaladon airport.

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