Articles by Mizzima News
Independent Myanmar media object to junta representation at Dili Dialogue Forum
Independent media groups said the representative of the military government did not report about the suppression of media freedom in the country.
Female creatives under threat in Myanmar as film maker Ma Aeint goes to jail
Film maker Ma Aeint was sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for allegedly giving money to an organization that opposes the February 2021 coup in Myanmar.
Mizzima press release: Expression of concern
Mizzima clarified that the seven Myanmar citizens who had taken refuge in the India-Myanmar border are not “untraceable” as reported in some news reports. They are employees of Mizzima who fled to India after the 2021 coup and were given protection by the UNHCR.
Mizzima Media staff member, two other journalists sentenced
Under international legal standards, journalists should be allowed to have the freedom to do their work. Yet the changes brought in by the Myanmar junta directly target media that the regime considers an enemy.
Myanmar and the case for citizen journalists
Mizzima News notes that citizen journalists continue to play an important role in helping publicize what is happening in Myanmar, despite the risks they are facing for reporting about the atrocities of the military government.
Dozens of Myanmar CSOs call on UNHRC to investigate grave crimes in Myanmar
More than 100 local civil society organizations are asking members states and observers of the UN Human Rights Council to probe the atrocities of the military government in Myanmar.
Statement of Mizzima on the release of political prisoners
Thousands of political prisoners, including journalists, were released by Myanmar’s military government on the occasion of the Thadingyut festival. Below is the statement of Mizzima News.
Mizzima celebrates 23 years of media service
Mizzima founder and editor-in-chief Soe Myint looks back into the challenges they faced in the past 23 years and the impact of the February 2021 coup on their role as journalists working for an independent media.