Fontaines D.C., KNEECAP, Christy Moore and hundreds more sign letter calling for action over imprisoned hunger strikers

Fontaines D.C., KNEECAP and Christy Moore are among over 500 signatories of an open letter calling for immediate action over the imprisoned activists on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestine.

The letter, published by Irish Artists For Palestine, expressed solidarity with the strikers and demanded government officials in the UK and Ireland take action to meet the activists’ demands.

“We believe this state repression is unfolding within a wider global crackdown and criminalisation of the Palestine solidarity movement,” the letter read.

“Increasingly, artists, activists and other dissenting voices are being censored, silenced, or smeared with baseless ‘terror’ allegations as a means of suppressing political expression. These systemic and structural efforts to marginalize dissent affect all of us, not only those targeted at the moment.”