From Global News.

A London court has thrown out a terrorism-related offence against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap, ruling that the charge had been brought too late.

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, was initially charged in May under the Terrorism Act, under the anglicized name Liam O’Hanna. The rapper, who goes by the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of having waved the flag of the banned militant group Hezbollah during a Kneecap gig in London in November 2024.

"This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism…It was all about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up," Ó hAnnaidh said outside court.

Belfast-based Kneecap, who rap in Gaeilge and English and regularly display pro-Palestine messages during their gigs, previously said the flag had been thrown on stage and described the charge as an attempt to silence them.

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