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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Court rejects Sithu Zeya’s appeal to drop Electronics Act charges

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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 18:36 Tun Tun

New Delhi (Mizzima) – An appeal by Sithu Zeya, who took pictures following bomb explosions at the Rangoon water festival in 2010, asking the court to drop charges under the Electronics Act has been rejected, according to family members.

Nine people were killed and more than 60 injured in a
series of bomb explosions at the Rangoon Water Festival
in 2010. Photo: Mizzima
Sithu Zeya is serving an eight-year sentence under the Immigration Act and Unlawful Association Act.

Because of the court’s rejection of the appeal, Sithu Zeya, 23, who is in Insein Prison, will serve another seven to 15 years in prison, if the Mingalar Taungnyunt Township Court in Rangoon Region finds him guilty.

On August 3, Aye Thein, Sithu Zeya’s lawyer, filed the appeal. He said the judges rejected it immediately without even reading the case.

Sithu Zeya is charged under the Electronics Act, which has been widely used by the former military junta to punish pro-democracy opposition members who disseminate information by electronic communication that is deemed to threaten security or harm the government. On August 9, defence witnesses testified in Mingalar Taungnyunt Township court.

Sithu Zeya was arrested for taking photos of the scene of an explosion at the X2O water festival pavilion in Rangoon in April 2010. Sithu Zeya’s father, a journalist, was also arrested.

His father, who is a reporter for the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma and is an anti-government activist, was also charged under the Electronics Act. He was sentenced to 13 years and is in Hsipaw Prison.

Earlier, family members told the exile media that Sithu Zeya was tortured during police interrogation. They said they reported the torture to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Directorate of Prison Administration. About two weeks after the complaint, the authorities removed him from solitary confinement and stopped the interrogation, they said.

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