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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CIA director to visit top Burmese leaders

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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:39 Mizzima News

(Mizzima) – The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is planning to visit with Burmese leaders sometime later this year, according to a report in The New York Times.

After talking with CIA director David Petraeus in Thailand on Tuesday, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul told reporters that Petraeus said he would “definitely go Burma this year,” the NYT quoted Surapong as saying.

The visit is the latest signal that relations between the U.S. and Burma, which is emerging from years of isolation from the West, have reached a newer, productive stage, reflecting the decision of the Obama administration to engage the newly elected government.

Analysts said the U.S. is rapidly sending signals on multiple levels that serve to support the reformist in the Burmese government and the military.

In December, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with leaders of Burma, saying that the U.S. would reciprocate any concrete moves toward democracy with proportionate responses. The U.S. has said that it will now appoint an ambassador to Burma, in recognition of the positive steps taken in recent months.

Analysts say that Burma’s location between India and China is seen as a strategic location to check the rising influence of China, and as a lucrative economic frontier poised for increased investment from the West.

An American official in Bangkok, who requested anonymity, told the NYT that Petraeus’s visit to Burma originated because “Secretary Clinton asked him to travel to Burma later this year.”

Three teams of top-level American officials have visited Burma in recent months. Local analysts said the visit by the CIA director signifies a more involved military-political relationship, which is desired by Burma as a way to balance off relations between China and the U.S. Prior to the 1980s, Burma and the U.S. had established military and intelligence cooperation, until the former junta launched a crackdown on demonstrations for democracy and killed and jailed thousands of Burmese. 

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