LONDON: British prosecutors lost their bid this week to reinstate a terrorism charge against a member of Irish rap group Kneecap for displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah at a London gig.
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Liam Og O hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, was accused of having waved the flag of the banned militant group Hezbollah during a November 2024 gig.
The charge was thrown out in September after a court ruled it had originally been brought without the permission of the director of public prosecutions and the attorney general.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it would challenge the ruling, but London’s High Court rejected its appeal on Wednesday, meaning the case cannot proceed. The CPS said in a statement that it accepted the High Court’s ruling.
