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 had been because of carry out in Toronto and Vancouver in October – have been banned from coming 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 a press release on X: “Lately, the rap group Kneecap has engaged in actions and have made statements which are opposite to Canadian values and legal guidelines which have triggered deep alarm to our authorities.
“The group have amplified political violence and publicly displayed assist for terrorist organisations corresponding to Hezbollah and Hamas.
“These should 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 expenses in the UK.
“Criticism of international governments is protected beneath Canada’s Constitution of Rights and Freedoms, nevertheless advocating for political violence, glorifying terrorist organisations and displaying hate symbols that straight goal the Jewish neighborhood should 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.”
Nonetheless, 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 a press release 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 this time wrote of our headline present in London final night time as ‘emphatically anti-sectarian’.
“We’ve at this time instructed our legal professionals to provoke authorized motion in opposition to you.
“We will probably be relentless in defending ourselves in opposition to baseless accusations to silence our opposition to a genocide being dedicated by Israel.
“Once we beat you in courtroom, which we are going to, we are going to donate each cent to help a number of the 1000’s of kid amputees in Gaza.”
