Tamil Youth Organisation

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The Tamil Youth Organization (TYO) is an international organization with branches in the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Norway and several other nations. They organize cultural, sports events and also follows a Tamil nationalist approach and helped organize a referendum among the Tamil diaspora and support an independent Tamil Eelam. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

The Tamil Youth Organization has been designated as a "terrorist entity" by the Sri Lankan government. [10] [11] [12]

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  1. ↑ "Coalition of Tamil diaspora youth organisations pledges to continue struggle against genocide". Tamil Guardian . 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Guribye, Eugene (2011). "Sacrifice as Coping: A Case Study of the Cultural-Political Framing of Traumatic Experiences among Eelam Tamils in Norway". Journal of Refugee Studies. 24 (2): 376–389. doi:10.1093/jrs/fer004.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lankan Tamils protest at UN in Geneva". Colombo Times. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Diaspora youth join Tamil Nadu students in protest". www.theindependent.lk. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Largest possibleness turnout, 99.33 percent British Tamils aspire Tamil Eelam". Tamilnet. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tamil protest in Italy draws support of rights group". Tamilnet. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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  10. ↑ "7 entities & 389 individuals banned in Sri Lanka's updated proscribe list". NewsWire. 29 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Amendment to the List of Designated Persons and Entities" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Selfish and cynical – Sri Lanka lifts ban on some Tamils but many more remain barred". Tamil Guardian. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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