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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Dunkley trial to hear from psychiatrist and police surgeon

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Wednesday, 09 March 2011 15:28 Thomas Maung Shwe

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – According to a statement released by supporters of jailed Myanmar Times executive Ross Dunkley, a psychiatrist will testify as a prosecution witness at the next hearing on March 17.

Journalist Ross Dunkley, the imprisoned founder of the
Myanmar Times, in handcuffs on the way to his third
hearing on charges of immigration violation and criminal
assault on Tuesday, March 8. (Photo: Mizzima)
The statement issued by Dunkley’s Cambodia- based business partner, David Armstrong, also said that a police surgeon will testify for the prosecution on March 24.

According to the statement, the alleged female victim testified again on Tuesday that she had withdrawn her initial complaint that alleged she had been drugged by Dunkley but the Burmese police authorities ‘have not agreed for the complaint to be withdrawn’.

Dunkley remains in Insein Prison and was denied bail at his third court hearing on Tuesday.

According to a statement issued by Myanmar Consolidated Media CEO, Dr. Tin Tun Oo and a collegue, U Wei Lin, have agreed to act as bail guarantors for Dunkley.

Dunkley originally from the West Australian city of Perth was the first foreigner to enter the Burmese domestic media market in 2000 when he joined forces with Sonny Shwe, the son of a close ally of then military intelligence chief and junta prime minister, Khin Nyunt.

Dunkley is not the first Myanmar Times executive to run afoul of Burma’s military rulers.  Less than a year after Khin Nyunt’s purging from the military junta, Sonny Shwe was arrested and new Burmese co-owners took over his stake in the paper.

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