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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SSA-N and SSA-S launch joint attacks against Burmese government

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Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:32 Kun Chan

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Joint forces of Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and Shan State Army (SSA-S) on Tuesday attacked government troops, according to a Shan spokesmen.

SSA-N Battalion No. 801 and SSA-S troops attacked a government military base on Kyethi-Mong Naung Road near Wunphaint village, killing four government soldiers and wounding six others, according to the SSN-A.

Troops of the Shan State Army-South on parade.
Photo: Mizzima
“On Tuesday around 6:20 a.m., we carried out an attack. Our joint force also carried out similar attacks in other places.  In our area, fighting breaks out every day in one place or another,” Major Sai Hla, the SSA-N spokesman told Mizzima.

Major Sai Lao Hseng, the spokesman of SSA-S, said that joint forces have launched attacks on government troops since July. The attacks were mostly in Shan-controlled areas.

“Our forces carried out counter attacks using guerrilla tactics,” Major Sai Lao Hseng told Mizzima.

On May 21, SSA-S Lieutenant General Yawd Serk told the media at a ceremony to mark the 53rd Shan State Revolution Day that the SSA-S and SSA-N had recombined their forces. Later, Major Sai Lao Hseng said that the SSA-S and SSA-N had an agreement but the discussions had not been completed. After Burmese government troops launched a major military offensive against SSA-N, the talks could not be continued and joint operations had been delayed.

Earlier, Major Sai Hla said that nine out of a total of 14 government battalions besieging the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) headquarters in Wanhai had withdrawn and the remaining Burmese battalions were positioned three miles southeast and five miles west of Wanhai headquarters.

Government troops have attacked SSA-N forces since July 11, and the fighting has continued.

A statement issued on Wednesday by the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) and Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) said that because of the fighting, more than 30,000 war refugees from northern Shan State have fled to safer locations and are in need of humanitarian aid.

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