The rapper was arrested on Tuesday (February 16) after he failed to turn himself in last week to start a nine-month prison sentence.The sentence, which has sparked a major debate about free speech in Spain, was handed to Hasél for a series of tweets and lyrics he wrote, including one post in which he made allegations that the former king Juan Carlos I was a mafia boss.His jailing immediately sparked protests in Barcelona, which continued across the weekend.
As El Pais reports, a small group of protestors threw objects at a line of officers on Sunday night (February 22) as they tried to protect a police precinct on Via Laietana street.Protests have continued over Pablo Hasel’s jailing (Picture: Getty)Police say that around a thousand people.
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