Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers say they were muted at a music festival in Portsmouth, England on Friday for displaying a Palestinian flag during their set, something denied by organizers.

“Just got cut off at Victorious festival for having a Palestinian flag on the stage,” the band said in a post on Instagram. “We’ve been doing this for six years now and this has never happened before.”

“Free Palestine all day every day.”

The festival organizers denied the band’s account, saying event management had cut the sound after the band “used a chant which is widely understood to have a discriminatory context.”

“Although a flag was displayed on stage contrary to our policy, and this was raised with the artist’s crew, the show was not ended at this point, and it was the artist’s decision to

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