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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Harn Yawnghwe visiting Burma to help make peace

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Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:22 Tun Tun

New Delhi (Mizzima) - Harn Yawnghwe, the youngest son of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaik, met with five pro-democracy parties on Thursday, in a visit to promote peace.

The meeting was held in the National Democratic Force (NDF) office in Rangoon. The NDF, Democratic Party (Myanmar), Democracy and Peace Party (DPP), Wunthanu NLD and Union Democratic Party (UDP) attended the meeting.

Harn Yawngshwe, the youngest son of Burma's first president Photo: Mizzima

“The main intention of his visit is to seek peace. He said he would try to help in making peace in ethnic areas,” said Nay Yi Ba Swe, the secretary of the Democratic Party.

She told Mizzima: “First, we need to help achieve a cease-fire. After a cease-fire, the two sides can find the most suitable solution through negotiations; if so, peace can be achieved gradually, but we need to take time.”

Harn Yawnghwe left Burma in 1963 and resettled in Belgium. He is the director of the foreign-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO), formed in 1997, and an adviser of the Ehtnic Nationalities Council. He is also the interim executive director of Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma.

The Belgium-based EBO is funded by the European Union, and by Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung in Germany; Sweden, Norway and Canada to promote the development of democracy in Burma.

During the meeting, the discussion included the issues of peace and parliamentary politics as a way to end dictatorship.

“We all agreed on the basic fact that parliamentary politics needs to continue,” said Khin Maung Swe of the NDF.

In the meeting, the NDF said that DVB should report the views of political parties in Burma and their democratic efforts. Harn Yawnghwe said that he accepted that law and order are not prevalent in Burma, and there are inequalities and violations of human rights. He said there was a need to end company monopolies in businesses.

Harn Yawnghwe planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday evening, and he will also meet with ethnic parties, according to Khin Maung Swe. During his visit to Burma, he will visit his native town of Nyaung Shwe in Shan State and other locations.

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