{"id":2166016,"date":"2025-11-19T08:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2166016"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:01:57","slug":"kneecap-address-mo-chara-terrorism-charge-on-new-song-no-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kneecap-address-mo-chara-terrorism-charge-on-new-song-no-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneecap Address Mo Chara Terrorism Charge on New Song &#8216;No Comment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kneecap\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kneecap\" data-tag=\"kneecap\">Kneecap<\/a> returns with new single, \u201cNo Comment,\u201d addressing the terrorism charge against member Mo Chara that was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-mo-chara-terror-case-thrown-out-1235435951\/\">tossed out<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s all about the police witch-hunt against Mo Chara. Free Palestine. Free the 6 counties, Fuck the peelers,\u201d wrote the group in an Instagram post Tuesday. \u201cWe\u2019re playing it live on our current sold out tour across Europe, Scotland, Wales and England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a separate statement, per <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/kneecap-address-mo-chara-terrorism-charge-on-new-song-no-comment-listen\/\">Pitchfork<\/a><\/em>, Kneecap said, \u201cNo Comment\u201d is about \u201cgetting harassed by the British state,\u201d adding, \u201cSimple as. Us Irish are well used to it, been happening for centuries. Was a pleasure to work with Sub Focus on this, the man is a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe case against Mo Chara \u2014 real name Liam \u00d3g \u00d3 hAnnaidh \u2014 was thrown out in London court\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-mo-chara-ruling-terror-case-next-month-judge-1235411789\/\">on technical grounds<\/a>, with a judge ruling that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had not filed the charge in time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: No Comment\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3VkA16jPKWOs7BIU5AWjyb?si=c21764048fd144e7&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Belfast rapper was accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag at a November 2024\u00a0Kneecap\u00a0concert in London, but the police weren\u2019t made aware of the alleged incident until April 2025, after the band\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-coachella-performance-free-palestine-message-1235321677\/\">sparked controversy<\/a>\u00a0for their\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/kneecap-responds-coachella-message-palestine-1235322593\/\">criticism of Israel and the war in Gaza<\/a>\u00a0during their Coachella performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u00d3 hAnnaidh was later charged in May, but his lawyers sought a dismissal, arguing that the charge was brought one day after the six-month limit for such charges expired. Judge Paul Goldspring sided with the defense, calling the charge \u201cunlawful and null.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn early October, CPS announced that U.K. prosecutors would <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kneecap-terror-case-prosecutors-appeal-dismiss-charge-1235442523\/\">appeal the dismissal<\/a>, with a spokesperson saying, \u201cWe are appealing the decision to dismiss this case as we believe there is an important point of law which needs to be clarified.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a statement shared on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPhCWchAlXg\/?img_index=2\">Instagram<\/a>, Kneecap responded to news of the appeal, calling it \u201cunsurprising,\u201d but also a \u201cmassive waste of taxpayers money, of police time, of court time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt is unsurprising because this whole process has not been driven by the police or the courts, it has been driven by politicians backed up by British media,\u201d said the group at the time. \u201cThis is political policing. There is no \u2018important point of law.\u2019 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.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kneecap returns with new single, \u201cNo Comment,\u201d addressing the terrorism charge against member Mo Chara that was\u00a0tossed out in September. \u201cIt\u2019s all about the police witch-hunt against Mo Chara. Free Palestine. Free the 6 counties, Fuck the peelers,\u201d wrote the group in an Instagram post Tuesday. \u201cWe\u2019re playing it live on our current sold out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2166017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[361131],"class_list":["post-2166016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-kneecap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kneecap-Address-Mo-Chara-Terrorism-Charge-on-New-Song-No.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166018,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166016\/revisions\/2166018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}