Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

-
Image
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 ...
Post a Comment

Burmese government peace team to meet with KIO in China

-
Friday, 25 November 2011 21:47 Phanida

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese government peace negotiators will meet with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Shweli in China’s Yunnan Province on Tuesday.

The government team includes Thein Zaw, the chairman of the Lower House National Race Affairs and Internal Peace-making Committee; Aung Thaung, the chairman of the Lower House banking and financial development sub-committee; Rail Transportation Minister Aung Min; and Maung Muang Thein of the Economic and Trade Development Committee.

Aung Thaung, the chairman of the Lower House banking and financial development sub-committee Photo: Mizzima

A source who will attend the meeting said: “On behalf of the citizens, we will talk. People want peace. They want the government to stop launching military offensives and to begin a political dialogue as soon as possible.”

The negotiations will focus on finding political solutions to ethnic issues rather than military options, said the source.

Jade Land Company owner Yup Zaw Khaung, Iamai Gum Ja, Ing Sin San Aung and singer Hkabya Hkung Aung will attend the meeting as representatives of the Kachin people.

On November 19 and 20, Minister Aung Min met with KIO leaders as a preliminary step in Mae Sai, Thailand. During the meeting, the KIO presented videos of the three meetings between Kachin leaders and the Kachin state government peace delegates to forward to President Thein Sein.

Although the government side wants to talk about a cease-fire, the KIO has held fast to wanting to conduct a political dialogue first before seeking a cease-fire.

The KIO noted that the previous 17-year cease-fire was broken when the former junta pressured the KIO to transform into a Border Guard Force and the issue led to fighting. A genuine political agreement is essential, it said.

The KIO also complained that although it attended the 14-year convention that drafted the current Constitution, it put forward a 19-point demand for national equality and the demand was ignored.

The Union government formed the National Race Affairs and Internal Peace-making Committee to hold peace talks with ethnic armed groups. However, the committee can negotiate agreements only with some groups and the peace-making process has been delayed, said observers. One result is that the government has appointed Minister Aung Min as a peace delegate, they said.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

World's longest internet shutdown ends in parts of Myanmar

-
Image
Rakhine people travel by motorcycle in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 02 February 2021. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA By AFP The world's longest internet shutdown -- affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar's ethnic conflict zones -- has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region. The internet in parts of Myanmar's troubled northern states of Rakhine and Chin was suspended in June 2019 following "emergency" orders issued by the telecoms department under Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government. Following Monday's military coup, mobile operator Telenor Group confirmed it had reinstated full services in eight townships in Rakhine and Chin states on Wednesday. "Telenor Group and Telenor Myanmar have been advocating for the restoration of services and emphasised that freedom of expression through access to telecoms services should be maintained for humanitarian purposes," the company said in a stateme...
Read more

First ministerial meeting held

-
Image
Mizzima Myanmar held the first meeting among newly appointed ministers after a recent major cabinet reshuffle by the military in capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Military True News Information Team Xinhua reported. The Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, acting President U Myint Swe and nine newly appointed union ministers were present at the meeting held at the Presidential Palace, the release said. Min Aung Hlaing unveiled plans to include reopening religious buildings and pagodas, resuming domestic travel and hotel businesses as well as industries in line with COVID-19 rules and regulations, and revitalizing the country's economy.
Read more

Indonesia detains British woman on terror suspect list

-
Image
File photo of Indonesian police personnel standing guard. (Photo: AFP) AFP Indonesia has detained a British woman named on a list of global terror suspects and plans to deport her for visa violations, authorities told AFP Tuesday. Tazneen Miriam Sailar -- a Manchester-born convert to Islam married to an Indonesian jihadist who was killed in Syria -- is not charged with terror offences. But she and her late husband are on an Indonesian police list of suspected extremists that includes several foreigners notorious in the West. Sailar, 47, and her 10-year-old Indonesia-born son, were being held in Jakarta after being picked up last year without documents allowing her to remain in the Southeast Asian nation, her lawyer Farid Ghozali said. "She was put (in detention) while awaiting her return, which will be facilitated by the British embassy," Indonesian immigration directorate spokesman Ahmad Nursaleh told AFP. The embassy declined to comment, and it was unclear when...
Read more