Massive Attack Barred From Singapore Over Palestinian Flag Display
TL;DR
British trip-hop group Massive Attack says Singapore barred them from performing after they displayed a Palestinian flag and led a crowd chant of 'Free Palestine' at a July 29 show, with police detaining members and some passport seizures; the ban stems from Singapore’s public-speech rules banning foreign emblems without a permit. The band frames the act as spontaneous solidarity and criticizes restrictions on civil rights, urging ratification of the UN ICCPR and protection of expression.
- Massive Attack Banned from Singapore After Displaying Palestine Flag Onstage Pitchfork
- Massive Attack speak about ‘surreal experience’ of being banned from Singapore over Palestinian flag The Guardian
- Trip hop pioneers detained by police, banned from Singapore after chants at concert ktla.com
- Massive Attack banned from Singapore after pro-Palestine display at show BBC
- Massive Attack band members barred from re-entering Singapore over support for political cause, unfurling of foreign flag at concert CNA
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