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Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker (1989)
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- Interview; Music; News report
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Vicar responds (1989)
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- Interview
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Clergymen and politicans have attacked the manner of his arrest, particularly the level of force that was...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Home Office responds (1989)
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- Interview
After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...
Viraj Mendis case - Solicitor (1989)
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- Interview
Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis was seized by police from a church in which he had taken sanctuary. His solicitor, David Burgess, says it will be a race against time to prevent his...
Police defend Viraj Mendis arrest (1989)
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- Interview
Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, David Phillips defends his officers’ actions during the arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, who was seized in a church and is...
Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)
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- Interview
The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...
Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Music
The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...
Taped statement of Viraj Mendis (1989)
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- Speech
Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...
Viraj Mendis case - Solicitor (1989)
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- Interview
David Burgess, solicitor for arrested Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, on the courses of action open to his client. Male interviewer not identified.