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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Rangoon electricity protests end without arrests

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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:45 VOA

Two rallies against chronic electricity shortages in Burma's commercial capital, Rangoon, ended peacefully on Tuesday, after residents gathered in the central city to protest rolling power blackouts.

The protests, along with similar rallies on Sunday and Monday in Mandalay, are a rare departure from the norm in the Southeast Asian nation, which had been under harsh military rule for half a century until last year.

Marchers on the streets of Rangoon, the country's largest city, which has been reduced to electricity around six hours a day and rolling blackouts. Photo: Mizzima/Ye Min

Witnesses said Tuesday's protests at the Sule pagoda in central Rangoon involved about about 150 people, including former political prisoners jailed by the military regime that relinquished power 13 months ago. A French news agency reported a heavy police presence at the protest site late on Tuesday, and said several opposition party members were briefly detained for questioning before being released.

More than one thousand residents protested Sunday and Monday in Mandalay, but there were no reports of arrests in the country's second city.

Electricity blackouts are common in Burma, with outages regularly lasting six hours in Rangoon and three times longer in Mandalay.

The Mandalay protests this week were the largest in Burma since 2007, when Buddhist monks and others launched a massive campaign of disobedience against military rule.

Those protests, known as the Saffron Revolution because of heavy monk participation, were crushed with overwhelming military force. At least 1,000 people were detained during the crackdown, with hundreds of unarmed protesters injured.

Copyright Voanews.com. Used with permission.

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