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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U.S. senator urges rewards for Burmese reforms

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Thursday, 12 April 2012 12:44 Mizzima News

An influential U.S. senator says he will urge American officials to find ways to reward Burma for its recent steps toward further democracy.

U.S. Senator Jim Webb talks to the media during a press conference at the United States embassy in Rangoon on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Photo: Mizzima

Senator James Webb made the remarks in Rangoon on Wednesday, the same day that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with President Thein Sein for the first time since her historic election to parliament last week.

Webb in 2009 became the most senior U.S. official to visit Burma in more than a decade. He said Wednesday that it is time for the United States to do more to reward Burma for its recent reforms.

“When I return to Washington to engage in discussions with other members of Congress, with the leaders of our administration, so that we can find the right way to look at changes in policy that will reward the positive actions that this current government has taken, and also to continue incentives for future change.”

The United States has already eased some economic sanctions since April 1 by-elections in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy captured 43 of 45 seats in nationwide by-elections. She and her allies will take their seats on April 23, becoming the main opposition party in a parliament dominated by military-backed political parties.

The NLD boycotted the 2010 elections that ended decades of military rule in Burma. Since taking office a year ago, President Thein Sein has enacted a series of democratic reforms, including greater press freedom and the release of many political prisoners.

Aung San Suu Kyi met with President Thein Sein for the first time last August. Those talks paved the way for her to re-enter politics after spending 15 of the last 22 years under house detention during the former military regime.

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