"Pamphlet 'Viraj Mendis Must Stay'" [NMLH.2025.27.4]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.27.4

Object Name
pamphlet

Title
'Viraj Mendis Must Stay'

Place
UK, Church of the Ascension, Hulme, Sri Lanka

People
Viraj Mendis

Description
Pamphlet 'Viraj Mendis Must Stay', created by the Viraj Mendis Defence Campaign (VMDC). The front of the pamphlet is red, with white text and a black and white image of Mendis at the front of a protest march. The reverse shows a headshot of Mendis, with information about his activities, and the logo of the VMDC.

Viraj Mendis was a Sri Lankan activist who claimed the right of sanctuary at the Church of the Ascension in Hulme, Manchester, England during the 1980s. He was a supporter of the Sri Lankan Tamils and the UK's Revolutionary Communist Group, which he claimed would endanger his life if he were sent back to Sri Lanka.

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