State Department Revokes British Punk Duo’s Visas After Anti-IDF Chant
The two musicians composed of the British duo Punk-Rap, Bob Vylan, revoked their American visas for head songs against Israeli defense forces during their performance at the Glastonbury festival this weekend.
The group has been under fire since he led the crowd of the festival in singing, “Death, Death to the Idf” on Saturday.
Monday morning, deputy secretary of state Christopher Laundau taken at X To announce that the State Department “revoked the American visas for members of the Bob Vylan Band”.
Landau described the decision as reprisals against Bob Vylan “in the light” of the songs of Glastonbury, which he described as a “hateful tirade” where the group led “songs of death”.
“Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” said Laundau.
The group, which has also been abandoned by their talent agency, according to
The Hollywood Reporterhad to come to come to come planned in many American cities.
Before the official announcement, the foundation of the Freedom of Expression Defense Group for Individual Rights and Expression, or Fire, condemned information that the State Department was planning to ban Bob Vylan for their expressive acts.
The fire compared the then planned ban on countries like Russia and China prohibiting artists such as Selena Gomez and Katy Perry for a speech that cuts the official state doctrine.
“The nations engaged in freedom of expression should not use their borders as a tool of censorship, as Russia and China have done with artists whose political expression they seek to silence”, poster. “The revocation of the visas of controversial musicians and artists does not make our country freer or safer. But it can make it silent. ”
This occurs while the Trump administration is pursuing an aggressive campaign to revo the visas of international students, including for political expression such as pro-Palestinian advocacy.
