Kneecap have threatened authorized motion in opposition to Canadian MP Vince Gasparro who accused them of “harmful endorsements of violence and hate”.
Kneecap threaten Canadian MP with authorized motion
The Irish group – who have been resulting from carry out in Toronto and Vancouver in October – have been banned from getting into Canada after Gasparro accused them of amplifying “political violence and publicly [displaying ] assist for terrorist organisations corresponding to Hezbollah and Hamas”.
He mentioned in an announcement on X: “Just lately, the rap group Kneecap has engaged in actions and have made statements which are opposite to Canadian values and legal guidelines which have brought on deep alarm to our authorities.
“The group have amplified political violence and publicly displayed assist for terrorist organisations corresponding to Hezbollah and Hamas.
“These are usually not expressions of artwork or authentic political critique, they’re harmful endorsements of violence and hate. Notably, one member of the band is at the moment going through terrorism-related fees in the UK.
“Criticism of international governments is protected below Canada’s Constitution of Rights and Freedoms, nonetheless advocating for political violence, glorifying terrorist organisations and displaying hate symbols that straight goal the Jewish neighborhood are usually not protected types of expression and won’t be tolerated by our authorities.
“That’s the reason, as parliamentary secretary for combating crime, I’m asserting that, efficient instantly, the members of Kneecap have been deemed ineligible to enter Canada.”
Nevertheless, the band – comprised of Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh and JJ Ó Dochartaigh – hit again and vowed to take authorized motion over the “wholly unfaithful and deeply malicious” claims.
They mentioned in an announcement posted on Instagram: “Your feedback about us are wholly unfaithful and deeply malicious. We is not going to settle for it.
“No member of Kneecap has been convicted of ANY crime in ANY nation EVER.
“While you outrageously attempt to declare we’re antisemitic ‘the Occasions’ newspaper in England at the moment wrote of our headline present in London final night time as ‘emphatically anti-sectarian’.
“We now have at the moment instructed our attorneys to provoke authorized motion in opposition to you.
“We can be relentless in defending ourselves in opposition to baseless accusations to silence our opposition to a genocide being dedicated by Israel.
“After we beat you in court docket, which we’ll, we’ll donate each cent to help among the 1000’s of kid amputees in Gaza.”
