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Spanish police storm university, arrest rapper Pablo Hasel convicted in free speech case
Dozens of Spanish police have stormed a university and arrested a rapper sentenced to jail on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting Spain’s former king in his lyrics.
Key points:
- More than 200 prominent artists signed a petition against Pablo Hasel’s jailing
- The Spanish Government says restrictions on free speech will be eased
- The 2015 “gag law” was enacted by a previous government
Pablo Hasel, whose real name is Pablo Rivadulla, and a group of his supporters on Monday barricaded themselves in a building at Lleida university in the country’s northeast after he refused to hand himself in to police.
Known for his radical leftist views, Hasel was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to nine months jail over lyrics and tweets that included…
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