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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Moral leadership required to calm tensions in Rakhine State: ICG

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Wednesday, 14 November 2012 12:33 Mizzima News

There is a real risk that the localized conflict in Rakhine State could take on a more general Buddhist-Muslim dimension and spread to other parts of multi-religious and multi-ethnic Burma, says the International Crisis group (ICG).

In a report titled Myanmar: Storm Clouds on the Horizon, released on November 12, the international think tank said that “even as Myanmar’s [Burma’s] democratic transition continues apace, ethnic violence in Rakhine State represents a threat to national stability.

“It demands decisive moral leadership from all the country’s leaders as they strive to find long-term solutions to the many challenges that lie ahead, including longstanding discrimination of the Rohingya and other Muslim minorities,” it said.

The report comes just days ahead of a historic visit to Burma by US President Barack Obama who is under pressure, according to a report by Reuters, to take a tough line with the Burmese leadership “to do more to curb sectarian violence.”

Meanwhile, a Thai reporter in Phuket has told Mizzima that she witnessed a group of Rohingya boatpeople being transported in security trucks to the town of Ranong at the Thai-Burmese border.

Phuketwan reported on Monday that a boat full of 112 Rohingya boys and men had washed up on the shore of Phuket in southern Thailand on Saturday, and that they were arrested and detained overnight by Thai police.

Quoting a Thai immigration officer in Ranong, the report said that the 112 were to be deported back to Burma immediately.

Mizzima could not verify any details with the Thai authorities.

Several instances have been reported in recent weeks of Rohingya men fleeing Rakhine State on boats, often with disastrous consequences.

On November 7, Associated Press (AP) reported that a boat crowded with illegal migrants had capsized off Bangladesh's coast. Quoting a Bangladeshi border commander by name, the report said that fishing boats had rescued 23 people, but that 50 others remained missing at sea.

“About 70 illegal migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims, were reportedly traveling on the boat to Malaysia when it sank in the Bay of Bengal,” AP said.

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