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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10-party Burmese coalition meets with ruling USDP

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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 12:09 Ko Wild

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The 10-party coalition, The Friends of Democracy group, has asked the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to inform all political parties prior to submitting proposed bills to Parliament.

Dr. Than Nyein, the National Democratic Force chairman, said informing other parties before submission would make the legislative body more efficient because many smaller parties do not have time to do last-minute research.

Dr. Than Nyein, chairman of the National Democratic Force party Photo: Mizzima

The USDP called the meeting, in which its members discussed the farm ownership bill, which has passed the Lower House, political prisoners and how to resolve ethnic fighting and political disagreements.

Than Nyein said, “We told the USDP to inform us prior to a bill’s submission. For example, the farm bill was approved by the Lower House without informing us and now the bill is in the Upper House. We have to review it and make suggestions very fast.”

USDP MP Htay Oo submitted a farm ownership bill to the Lower House on August 30.

One of the reasons the meeting was called, lawmakers said, was to share views outside of Parliament.

On October 6, the Upper House decided to continue discussions about the farm ownership bill prior to offering amendments, because the Karen, Phalon Sawaw and the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party could not attend previous meetings to discuss the bill.

Rakhine Nationalities Development Party General-Secretary Oo Hla Saw said, “They offered us a meeting with General-Secretary Htay Oo in Naypyitaw.”

Members of the coalition who have attended recent meetings with the USDP include Thu Wai and Than Than Nu of the Democratic Party (Myanmar), Dr. Than Nyein and Dr. Win Naing of the National Democratic Force, Thein Tin Aung of the Union Democracy Party, Myo Nyunt and Aung Than of the Democracy and Peace Party, Tun Shwe from Unity and Peace Party, Nai Khin Maung of the All Mon Region Democracy Party.

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