Fans of the Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap have mobbed sidewalks outside a London court as a member of the trio faced a terror-related charge in what he says is a politically motivated effort to silence the band’s support for Palestinians before its appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.

Kneecap ’s Mo Chara appeared at Westminster’s Magistrates Court on Wednesday (June 18) in relation to an alleged terror offense.

Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known by his stage name Mo Chara, has been released on ‘unconditional bail’ ahead of his next court date after his first hearing this morning relating to an offence under the Terrorism Act.