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 will stop collecting taxes, recruits: Officer

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Friday, 20 January 2012 12:18 Mizzima News

(Mizzima) – Taxes will no longer be collected by the Shan State Army (SSA) South, following the signing of a cease-fire and peace talks.

A Shan officer at the Loi Hsarm Hsip base, opposite Chiangmai’s Fang district, told local people it is the first time that ordinary people will not have to pay taxes, the Shan Herald website reported on Thursday.

In addition, the ethnic armed group will stop recruitment of soldiers, said the officer.

The news came out when the officer spoke to local Shan residents in Pongpakhem, located 16 kilometres north of the Thai-Burma border, the website reported.

“Lt. Awng Hseuk spoke to several hundred people gathered to listen to him, telling them that they will stop collecting taxes and also stop collecting ordinary people for army recruitment,” said a local resident. The SSA has not officially announced the new policy.

Since the SSA and Burmese government signed the latest agreement in Taunggyi earlier this week, an SSA team has held public meetings in three cities explaining the cease-fire and peace talks.

A local resident told the website the SSA soldiers did not carry weapons, and Burmese army troops provided security during the talk.

“People came to a public gathering despite most of them were not invited. People were very happy to see them,” said a local resident who attended the meeting.

The Shan State Army-South was one of the largest rebel factions fighting against Burmese troops. The commander of the SSA, Lieutenant General Yawd Serk, announced that there was no more SSA South and SSA North and there would be only one SSA in a ceremony held at its headquarters in Loi Taileng in May 2011.         

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