NW TYO-UK will be taking on UKTSU in a sporting event on Sunday the 17^th of August. The day will host football, cricket and netball matches between members of the two teams to finally crown one as champions! The event aims to develop team spirit and leadership qualities amongst our members as well as bring out our budding sports stars! Even those unfamiliar to playing any sports are encouraged to participate as its going to be a great opportunity to get to know one another and have some fun through friendly competition.

Black July 1983 – 25 years of Sri Lankan State sponsored GENOCIDE of Tamils 

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Tamil Youth Organisation UK successfully ceased their 25 hour fast, which commenced on the 25^th July at 4pm (GMT), to mark the 25^th anniversary of ‘Back July’. 

More than 100 Tamil youths came together in Trafalgar Square for the 25 hour fast to commemorate the lives lost from the horrific events of Black July 1983. 

Annually, July 23rd marks a tragic date in the calendar for Sri Lankan Tamils. In 1983, with the aid of the Sri Lankan Government and its armed forces, Sinhala mobs in Colombo began a two day pogrom against the Tamil population culminating in the death of over 3000 Tamil people in that space of time. There were numerous murders, rapes, and robberies by mobs who were aided by politicians with lists of all the Tamils living within the different districts of Colombo. This year therefore marked the 25th anniversary of this event and, as you will be aware, of the Sri Lankan civil war that still continues today. The Sri Lankan authorities routinely try and neglect the happenings of those barbaric few days but in the minds of the Tamils, it is not an event that can easily be forgotten.  

Eelakkathirkal 2008 

A largely successful event, Eelakkathirkal doubled up as a quiz competition between North East London Tamil schools, and a general thirukkural and speech competition open to under fourteens.