Sri Lanka says “Remember  May 2009 as Liberation of 
Sri Lankan Tamils  from  the erstwhile Tamil Tigers”

Tamils for Obama has, consistent with its past practice, sought again to mislead the international community, including President Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, EU MEP’s,  UN Ambassadors and others by asking them to remember the month of May 2009 as a massacre of Tamils.  In their sad efforts at divisive racial politics, the truth is again the primary victim.  They have forgotten to tell the world that  it was their leader, the most ruthless  terrorist leader of the world, who killed three national leaders (Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka R. Premadasa, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadiragamar who was a moderate Sri Lankan Tamil.  President Chandrika Kumaratunga escaped a bloody suicide attack and lost one eye).  It was the LTTE that took almost 300,000 as a human shield and had to be liberated by the security forces.

Media Coverage of the IIFA Awards 2010 in Colombo

IIFA awards will be held this year at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo from June 3rd  to June 5th, 2010

Please find the attached Pre-registration form called the Visiting Journalist Programme for IIFA  2010(VJP form) issued by the SLTPB needs to be filled by all media representatives coming to cover the IIFA.

Along with the VJP form , all the media representatives are required to produce a letter of commission from their respective media organizations (this should be on proper letterhead and not an e-mail) stating that the journalists is coming to cover IIFA from that organization. Name and passport details of the journalist should be clearly mentioned in the letter.

Freelance journalists covering IIFA are also required to produce a letter from the Editor of a reputed publication.

Please note that the following supporting Documents has to be submitted

duly filled VJP form
2 colour  photographs each (passport size) will be needed for the accreditation card and IIFA Media Pass.
letter of commission from a reputed media organization
equipment list for electronic media for customs purposes (they will also need to carry a carnet or bank guarantee).
copy of travel itinerary