Kneecap’s Hungary Ban Unprecedented and Unnecessary - Access All Areas

Hungarian government didn't interfere with Holocaust-denying former Iranian president being invited to Hungary, but they banned Kneecap

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently gave a lecture for the second time at the University of Public Service in Budapest, to which government officials said that Hungarian universities enjoy academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Kneecap’s Hungary ban unprecedented and unnecessary - Access All Areas

With the Hungarian Government having banned Kneecap from entering the country ahead of their performance at Sziget, the festival’s organisers have called the move unnecessary and unprecedented. The controversial rap act from Belfast was due to perform on 11 August at the 92,000-capacity festival in Budapest but have been informed that they have been banned from Hungary for three years. Organisers of the Superstruct owned festival, due to take pl…

World Jewish Congress President Expresses Gratitude to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán after Antisemitic Band Denied Entry - World Jewish Congress

In a letter addressed to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, expressed his sincere gratitude to the Hungarian government, following its decision to deny entry to the band Kneecap, citing its well-documented record of antisemitic rhetoric and glorification of terrorism.