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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KNU opens liaison office

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Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:54 Mizzima News

(Mizzima) – The Karen National Union (KNU) has opened a liaison office in Kyaukkyi, Toungoo District, in Bago region as part of its peacemaking agreement with the Burmese government after decades of fighting.

The liaison office will coordinate activities with the government and comes only days after peace talks between the two sides in Rangoon on Friday, in which some 13 peace points were agreed upon.

The KNU peace team and Burmese President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw Photo: Karen News

The KNU liaison office was jointly dedicated by Minister of Rails Transportation Aung Min; Bago region Security and Border Affairs Minister Colonel Thet Tun; and KNU leader Zipporah Sein, according to the New Light of Myanmar.

Talks are continuing in Bago between the two sides.

The 13 points agreed to in central-level peace talks in Rangoon cover work toward a nationwide cease-fire, laying down a code of conduct with regard to cease-fires to guarantee security for the civilian population, monitoring the peace process in three phases -- local monitoring, international monitoring and open monitoring – as well as release of Karen political prisoners.

Other points include resettlement of homeless Karen nationalities with guarantees of food security and livelihood; issuing citizenship to displaced Karen nationalities; the rule of law and sustainable development.

On the sideline of the talks, President Thein Sein met with the KNU delegation on Saturday, signifying a first historic meeting between the head of the government and an anti-government ethnic armed group.

The KNU delegation also met for the first time with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy, in Rangoon.

The KNU delegation will travel to Mu Theh in Bago region and Daewei in Tanintharyi region to observe the opening of a humanitarian assistance office and meet with people affected by the fighting.

The KNU has fought the government for over six decades. So far, a total of 11 armed groups have signed preliminary peace agreements with the government at the state or central level.

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