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Member of Irish rap band Kneecap charged with ‘terrorism’ offence (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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A member of the Irish rap band Kneecap has been charged with a “terrorism” offence in the United Kingdom for waving a flag of the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah at a concert in November 2024 in London.

Liam O’Hanna, whose stage name is Mo Chara, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on June 18, charged under the Terrorism Act, British police said on Wednesday.

Kneecap has been vocal in its support for the Palestinian cause since the October 7, 2023-led Hamas attacks and Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, equating the struggles of the Irish under British colonial rule to that of Palestinians under that of Israel.

Pro-Palestinian chants are a regular fixture in their gigs. The band says they have been targets of a smear campaign for calling out Israel’s genocidal war.

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[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile at least 80 UK nationals are serving in the IDF cheerfully committing war crimes.

Keir Starmer is breaking UK law and has lied to Parliament about sending weapons and intelligence to a country that is plausibly committing genocide according to the ICJ.

But yeah Kneecap waved a flag.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

What's also forgotten for those that say how genocide is hard to prove and debatable, is that under the Geneva convention, countries are obliged to intervene if there is a risk of genocide. Intervene doesn't mean give more weapons.