Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Viraj_Mendis> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 48 of
48
with 100 items per page.
- Viraj_Mendis abstract "Viraj Mendis is a Sri Lankan national who claimed the right of sanctuary at the Church of the Ascension in Hulme, Manchester, England during the 1980s. He was an active supporter of the Tamils and the UK Revolutionary Communist Group and claimed danger of death if he was sent back to Sri Lanka. He arrived in the UK in October 1973 on a twelve month student visa but overstayed his visa. Following a march to protest against his deportation on December 20, 1986 he ran into the church and claimed the right of sanctuary. He stayed in the church for the next two years with the help of the rector John Methuen. The church became the focus of the "Viraj Mendis Defence Campaign" against his deportation. On 18 January 1989 police raided the church and arrested Mendis, which led to a large demonstration and questions in the House of Commons. He was later deported back to Sri Lanka and his fears did not materialize. Mendis claimed his case received so much publicity that the Sri Lankan government did not dare to harm him. He later moved to Germany and became chair-person of the International Human Rights Association in Bremen and worked defending refugees facing deportation, and on Tamil liberation. In 2010 he was still refused permission to return to Britain for the funeral service of John Methuen.".
- Viraj_Mendis wikiPageID "28290232".
- Viraj_Mendis wikiPageRevisionID "561985558".
- Viraj_Mendis hasPhotoCollection Viraj_Mendis.
- Viraj_Mendis name "Mendis, Viraj".
- Viraj_Mendis shortDescription "Sri Lankan activist".
- Viraj_Mendis description "Sri Lankan activist".
- Viraj_Mendis description "Sri Lankan activist".
- Viraj_Mendis subject Category:Living_people.
- Viraj_Mendis subject Category:People_from_Hulme.
- Viraj_Mendis subject Category:Right_of_asylum.
- Viraj_Mendis subject Category:Sri_Lankan_activists.
- Viraj_Mendis type CausalAgent100007347.
- Viraj_Mendis type Disputant109615465.
- Viraj_Mendis type LivingPeople.
- Viraj_Mendis type LivingThing100004258.
- Viraj_Mendis type Militant110315837.
- Viraj_Mendis type Object100002684.
- Viraj_Mendis type Organism100004475.
- Viraj_Mendis type PeopleFromHulme.
- Viraj_Mendis type Person100007846.
- Viraj_Mendis type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Viraj_Mendis type Reformer110515194.
- Viraj_Mendis type SriLankanActivists.
- Viraj_Mendis type Whole100003553.
- Viraj_Mendis type YagoLegalActor.
- Viraj_Mendis type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Viraj_Mendis type Agent.
- Viraj_Mendis type Person.
- Viraj_Mendis type Person.
- Viraj_Mendis type Q215627.
- Viraj_Mendis type Q5.
- Viraj_Mendis type Agent.
- Viraj_Mendis type NaturalPerson.
- Viraj_Mendis type Thing.
- Viraj_Mendis type Person.
- Viraj_Mendis comment "Viraj Mendis is a Sri Lankan national who claimed the right of sanctuary at the Church of the Ascension in Hulme, Manchester, England during the 1980s. He was an active supporter of the Tamils and the UK Revolutionary Communist Group and claimed danger of death if he was sent back to Sri Lanka. He arrived in the UK in October 1973 on a twelve month student visa but overstayed his visa.".
- Viraj_Mendis label "Viraj Mendis".
- Viraj_Mendis sameAs m.0cnxf0p.
- Viraj_Mendis sameAs Q7933579.
- Viraj_Mendis sameAs Q7933579.
- Viraj_Mendis sameAs Viraj_Mendis.
- Viraj_Mendis wasDerivedFrom Viraj_Mendis?oldid=561985558.
- Viraj_Mendis givenName "Viraj".
- Viraj_Mendis isPrimaryTopicOf Viraj_Mendis.
- Viraj_Mendis name "Mendis, Viraj".
- Viraj_Mendis name "Viraj Mendis".
- Viraj_Mendis surname "Mendis".