Kneecap member Mo Chara will not face trial after British prosecutors lost their bid to reinstate a terrorism charge.
The rapper was accused of flying a flag for Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, which is banned in Britain as a terrorist organisation, at a London gig in November 2024.
The charge was thrown out in September 2025 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.
Kneecap – known for their politically charged lyrics and support for the Palestinian cause – claim the case was an attempt to distract from what they described as British complicity in Israel’s actions and alleged genocide in Gaza.
Israel strongly denies committing a genocide in it’s war against militant group, Hamas.
United Nations investigators from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body, have accused Israel of orchestrating “a genocidal campaign” in it’s fight against Hamas following their deadly attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023.
More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the two year conflict according to Palestinian health officials, and flattened much of the densely populated strip, which is home to more than two million people.
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