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Irish band Kneecap win discrimination case in opposition to UK authorities

By Editorial Board Published November 29, 2024 4 Min Read
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Irish band Kneecap win discrimination case in opposition to UK authorities

Irish language rap group Kneecap have gained their discrimination case in opposition to the UK authorities after former enterprise secretary Kemi Badenoch refused them funding.

The trio – who’ve been criticised by former Tory authorities members for a few of their lyrics – launched authorized motion, claiming the choice to withhold the grant discriminated in opposition to them on grounds of nationalist and political opinion.

After a short listening to at Belfast Excessive Courtroom on Friday, it was agreed the federal government would pay the band £14,250 – the identical quantity the grant was for.

The group’s software to the Music Export Progress Scheme, which helps UK-registered artists in international markets, was initially accepted by the British Phonographic Business.

But it surely was later refused by Mrs Badenoch – now Conservative chief – when she was enterprise secretary, because the grant is overseen by the Division for Enterprise and Commerce and the Division for Tradition, Media and Sport.

On the time, a authorities spokesperson stated it totally supported freedom of speech, however that it was “hardly surprising” it didn’t need to hand out UK taxpayers’ cash to these against the UK.

The band stated on Friday it could donate the cash to 2 youth organisations in Belfast – one from a nationalist and one from a unionist space.

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DJ Provai exterior Belfast Excessive Courtroom, with the band’s attorneys. Pic: PA

‘They’ve tried to silence us’

Band member DJ Provai arrived at courtroom in an previous Land Rover styled to appear to be a police automobile, which was bearing the Irish and Palestinian flags and blaring loud music.

He was sporting his normal Irish tricolour balaclava, which he eliminated to enter the courtroom constructing.

Talking after the listening to, DJ Provai, whose actual title is JJ O’Dochartaigh, stated the band’s motivation was “equality”.

“For us, this action was never about £14,250; it could have been 50p,” he stated.

“This was an attack on artistic culture, an attack on the Good Friday Agreement itself and an attack on Kneecap and our way of expressing ourselves.”

JJ O'Dochartaigh, also known as DJ Provai, of the Belfast-based rap group Kneecap, arrives at Belfast High Court where the Irish language rap-trio has won its legal challenge over a decision by former business secretary Kemi Badenoch to refuse them a £14,250 funding award after the UK Government conceded at Belfast High Court it was "unlawful". Picture date: Friday November 29, 2024.

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Pic: PA

He added: “The former secretary of state Kemi Badenoch and her department acted unlawfully; this is now a fact.

“They’ve tried to silence us they usually have failed.”

A statement from the Department for Business and Trade said the government’s priority is to “attempt to scale back prices and assist defend the taxpayer from additional expense”.

It stated the federal government is not going to contest Kneecap’s problem because it doesn’t consider it’s within the public curiosity.

Who’re Kneecap?

Fashioned in 2017 in west Belfast, Kneecap consists of three buddies who carry out beneath the stage names Mo Chara, Moglai Bap and DJ Provai.

The group have beforehand voiced views in favour of Irish unity and a very provocative poster for his or her 2019 “Farewell to the Union” tour angered the Conservative Get together.

However the band has loved big success each on stage and display.

Earlier this yr they launched a biopic movie, additionally known as Kneecap, starring Irish-German actor and Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender.

The movie was likened to Trainspotting, 8 Mile and 24 Hour Get together Folks by critics and in January, it gained the viewers award on the Sundance Movie Competition, an internationally recognised showcase for unbiased cinema.

It has additionally been named as Eire’s official submission for the perfect worldwide characteristic movie shortlist on the 2025 Oscars.

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