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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Gov’t wants to hold KIO peace talks inside Burma

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Thursday, 26 April 2012 14:00 Mizzima News

(Mizzima) – The Burmese government has proposed two in-country locations –  Myitkyina or Bahmo in Kachin State – for the fourth round of peace talks with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) instead of in China's border town of Ruili, private media reported on Wednesday.

Aung Thaung, the leader of the government’s peace delegation, was quoted by the 7-Day News Journal as saying the change was intended to allow township elders, religious and political leaders, and others to witness the talks.

The KIO rejected the government’s offer on Wednesday, saying that it had lost confidence in the government’s intentions. It said the government appeared to be preparing for an assault on KIO troops, citing a troop build-up and the movement of artillery to front-line locations.

On Wednesday, a bomb exploded in Myitkyina, injuring three persons. It is not known if the bomb had any connection with the on-going peace negotiations.

Earlier this week, an editorial in The Mirror, a state-run newspaper, said “hard-line leaders” of the KIO are to blame for the failure of progress in peace talks.

“Eternal peace in Kachin State is still a pipe dream for the nationalities there due to some hard-line leaders in spite of three rounds of peace talks between the union level peace making group and the KIO,” said the editorial.

The government’s frustration with the talks’ slow pace surfaced after three-rounds of peace talks in Ruili, China, that failed to make substantial progress, with the two sides differing over procedures and process.

The failure to reach a cease-fire and make significant progress in peace negotiations is threatening to put up to 50,000 refugees at even greater risk, observers said.

Meanwhile, a private peace coordination group has asked to meet with President Thein Sein to report to him on the status of peace efforts by the group, according to another report in the news journal.

The group wants to present a report on the current refugee status, especially in light of the coming rainy season and failure of negotiations to make concrete progress.

The four-member peace coordinator group is made up of leading members of an influential business company known as Jadeland.

In the last round of peace talks which ran from March 8 to 10, the two sides agreed to five points which included continued political dialogue, building confidence, a wind down of military build-ups and coordination of military movements on both sides.

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