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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Activists protesting Land Nationalization Act released on bail

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Monday, 31 October 2011 11:57 Phanida

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Seven people arrested last week during a demonstration in front of the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development in Rangoon were released on bail on Friday after being interrogated.

The group, including lawyer Pho Phyu, staged a short protest on Thursday urging the authorities to revoke the Land Nationalization Act.

Twelve farmers underwent interrogation and were detained in Botahtaung Township Police station for one night. They posted bail totaling five million kyat (about US$ 800).

Protestors who were arrested in this land-ownership demonstration on Thursday were released on bail on Friday. Onlookers watch farmers’ demonstrate against confiscation of land and for the right of ownership in front of the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development in Rangoon on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

Lawyer Pho Pyu; farmers Soe Naing, Khin Htwe, Aung Myit and Thein Tun of Kyizu village; farmer Nyo of Thayatpinchaung village in Dagon Seikkan Township; and Thi Aung were charged with unlawful assembly and civil disobedience. The Botahtaung Township Court scheduled a hearing for November 11.

“Although a bill for farmers was introduced in Parliament, it’s just a lie. The land [ownership] bill was approved. But there is no solution for illegally confiscated land so farmers have been caught in a severe poverty trap,” said attorney Pho Phyu.

Holding placards, the farmers staged the protest at the settlement and housing building on Bogyoke Road, calling for the revocation of the 1953 Land Nationalization Act and the return of confiscated land to the original owners.

A few minutes after the protest started, about 100 policemen arrived at the scene and the crowd dispersed. Information police took the organizers to the Rangoon Region government office and interrogated them for two hours.

Describing the interrogation, lawyer Pho Phyu said: “In their interrogation technique, we had to wear hoods, black bags. Then they asked questions. I felt suffocated. I think the water we had to drink during the interrogation contained drugs. I felt dizzy.”

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