The Tamil Youth Organisations send their solidarity message to the Jaffna University society who have declared a two day strike commencing today, Thursday 22nd May 2014. The students and teachers of Jaffna University courageously commemorated the fifth year anniversary of the Mullivaikal massacre yesterday despite various threats from anonymous sources. The university reopened yesterday after more »
Today, I salute the soldiers who fought for my freedom. Today, I bow to the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who put their life on hold so I could have a better life. Today, I say thank you to the families who supported their loved ones throughout the struggle. Today as always, I more »
For Immediate Release 11th November 2013 The Tamil Youth Organisation UK strongly condemns the decision taken by the Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to attend the Commonwealth Summit hosted by the genocidal, chauvinist state of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan state is known to have committed crimes of genocide on the Eelam Tamil nation since more »
I, a post Black July diaspora youth, on behalf of the Tamil Youth Organisation UK stand here today to mark the 30th year remembrance of one of the bloodiest anti-Tamil pogrom in the history of the Tamils. Black July is a term that is not unfamiliar to Tamils, in deed it is a term that more »
BLACK JULY 1983 Remembering the 1983 Holocaust of Tamils in Sri Lanka For the past 30 years, we have come together to recollect and reflect on the horrific event in the history of the Tamil Nation. Throughout the world we mark the remembrance of the 1983 holocaust of Tamils known as Black July. The events more »
The Tamil Youth Organisation United Kingdom (TYO UK), on Sunday, 23rd June 2013, commemorated the 39th death anniversary of the Jaffna student Ponnuthurai Sivakumaran. His commitment, courage and firm determination to fight for the national liberation struggle has inspired many Tamil youth around the world. For this reason the day is marked as the ‘Students more »
18th June 2013 Sri Lankan Cricket fans attack the Tamil activists in London Tamil activists, including youth, women and children, were brutally attacked outside the Oval cricket stadium on the 17th of June 2013 during the ‘Boycott Sri Lankan Cricket’ campaign. This campaign was organised to create awareness on the on-going genocide of Eelam Tamils more »
We are saddened by the loss of Mr Manivannan who was fondly known by many Tamil youth in the Diaspora as a great actor and director. At a time like this we must not forget to celebrate his achievements, he played a key role in Indian politics and within the south-Indian film industry for the more »
We, the undersigned Tamil youth and student organisations of the United Kingdom, strongly condemn the aggressive harassment and intimidation against Jaffna University students trying to remember their war dead, and the violent attacks carried out by Sri Lankan security forces on the peaceful student demonstration that followed. In an act of protest against the harassment, more »
Joining Tamil political parties and civil society activists from the North-East, Tamil diaspora organisations from around the world, and Tamil Nadu political parties and civil society activists, at the World Tamil Conference on 7th and 8th November 2012 at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, the TYO UK endorsed a resolution calling for an more »
