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 flow into Thailand despite Red Shirt protests

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Monday, 22 March 2010 21:26 Sai Zom Hseng

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - There is no let up in Burmese people visiting Thailand despite demonstrations by the Red Shirts in capital Bangkok, according to the Thai embassy in Rangoon.

"More and more Burmese are applying for visa for tourism purposes mainly for the Thai Water Festival," said an embassy official in Rangoon.

Thailand's airport statistics reveal that there were a little over 5,000 visitors from Burma during January and February 2010. However, the number has now already gone over 6,500 so far this month.

An agent from the Bangkok-based Association of Thai Travel Agents also confirmed that there is so far no link between tourists coming to Thailand and the on-going protests in the country. They expect more tourists to come to Thailand because of the water festival in April. Thailand celebrates water festival this year on 13-15 April.

A travel agent’s official in Bangkok said, "About 8,000 Burmese tourists came to Thailand during last year's water festival. This year, the number will not to be less than that".

She added that supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are making demands to the government. However, tourism will be affected if the protesters seize or block the airports.

Among the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Malaysia is the country which accounts for the most tourists to Thailand with an average of more than 100,000 Malaysians visiting Thailand every month.

The demonstrators in Bangkok have been demanding that the Thai government dissolves parliament and holds fresh elections. The protests have been on for ten days now.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a military coup in 2006. British-born Abhisit Vejjajiva, assumed office after the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was ousted after mass protests in November 2008, that shut down Bangkok's international airport.

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