Prosecutors lose appeal over Kneecap rapper terror case

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Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh will not face a terror trial after judges at the High Court rejected a Crown Prosecution Service appeal against the decision to throw out the case.The rapper, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, on November 21 2024.

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00:00What I wanted to say was, you stood up against the mighty force, and you said we would fight

00:12you in your court and we would win. We have three times now. Your own high court has ruled

00:18against you. The pathetic thing about this whole process is that you falsely try to label

00:23me a terrorist when it is the British government ministers that are arming and assisting a

00:28genocide in Gaza, the destruction of Lebanon, and the senseless slaughter of school kids

00:32in Iran. Free Palestine, free to six minutes East Turkey, Ireland.

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