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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Some refugees repatriated by Thailand

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Friday, 05 February 2010 19:14 Sai Zuan Sai

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Ignoring appeals from several quarters, three families from Noe Boe refugee camp in Thar Saung Yan Township, Tak Province, Thailand were sent back to Burma by government authorities today, a Karen Refugee Committee official said.

Notwithstanding appeals and petitions by rights groups and social workers requesting the Thai government to grant more time to refugees as their homeland continues to be unsafe, Thai officials forcibly repatriated the refugees.

The repatriated today, included seven women and children. They were pushed back to Burma by the Thai Army, a Karen Refugee Committee official said.

Ironically, the husbands of the women are still in the camp.

Though plans suggested repatriation of 30 families of a total of 900 refugees sheltered in Noe Boe temporary refugee camp, only three families were sent back today.

When asked by the UNHCR, the refugees said they were going back to Burma voluntarily.

“UNHCR told them (the Thai authorities) not to send them back if they did not want to go back. But the Thai authorities insisted on sending them back forcibly,” a refugee from the camp said.

The villages the refugees come from, are in the areas controlled by ethnic Karen armed groups, the DKBA and KNLA. Besides, landmines are planted there. Both armed groups have made it clear through the media that they will not take any responsibility for landmine explosions.

At the moment there are no signs of continuation of repatriation from the camp, even as UNHCR and TBBC negotiate with Thai authorities on the contentious issue.

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