Kneecap claimed there is a ‘state-wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity’ as they issued a statement after it was announced prosecutors will appeal against a court’s decision to throw out the terrorism case against Mo Chara
Kneecap have issued a defiant response after it was announced prosecutors will appeal against a court’s decision to throw out the terrorism case against one-third of its members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. In the statement shared on social media, the Belfast trio claimed there is a “state-wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity.”
The 27-year-old musician, who goes by Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a concert in November 2024. Mo Chara’s legal team argued that the case should be thrown out, citing what they say was a technical flaw in how the charge was issued. The court agreed, and the case was dismissed last month.
In a short statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said it would be appealing against the decision because “we believe there is an important point of law which needs to be clarified”.
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Kneecap recently responded to the plans to appeal in a statement shared on their page. The H.O.O.D rappers said: “A Message to the Police (British) State
“News of a Crown Prosecution Service Appeal against the ruling of their own judge is unsurprising. He ruled the charge was ‘unlawful and null’ and it was.
“It is unsurprising because this whole process has not been driven by the police or the courts, it has been driven by politicans backed up by British media. This is political policing.
“There is no ‘important point of law’. The CPS have submitted nothing new in their appeal. What there is though, is a state wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity. The media were gleefully informed about this appeal before we were.”
In another slide, they added: “Once again this is a massive waste of taxpayers money, of police time, of court time. Once again there are endless news reports about Mo Chara, about Kneecap but we are NOT the story.
“Yesterday 104 Palestinians were murdered in Gaza and hundreds more maimed as Israel commits genocide. Entire families wiped out, people bombed to pieces as they slept, young kids with limbs blown off and no medicaine to treat them.
“This is aided and supported by the British State. We will fight you in your court again. We will win again. FREE PALESTINE / TIOCHFAIDH ÁR LÁ.”
The chief magistrate labelled the decision to charge Ó hAnnaidh as “unlawful” as he dismissed the case while sitting at Woolwich Crown Court on September 26.
After the hearing last month, he said: “This entire process was never about me. It was never about any threat to the public, it was never about terrorism – a word used by your Government to discredit people you oppress.
“It was always about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up.”
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