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12 years imprisonment in Spain for making songs and writing on Twitter (invidious.snopyta.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

In March 2018, Hasél was sentenced to two years in prison for praising GRAPO terrorism and insulting King Juan Carlos I on Twitter.[11] In early 2021, he was ordered to voluntarily enter prison to serve a nine-month sentence for this conviction. He publicly refused this order,[31] and was eventually arrested on 16 February. Hasel, alongside a group of over 50 students, had barricaded himself inside University of Lleida's rectorate building in protest against his sentence.

I had some doubts but looks like they actually booked him for insulting the king. I find this too ridiculous to believe for an European country in the 21st century. But turns out, another rapper had to flee to Belgium for similar reasons.

I had no idea Spain was like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Yep, he basically says out loud what a lot of people think, namely criticising the monarchy and the capitalist state. And of course the state cant let that go unpunished.

Anyway, Pablo Hasél is a great musician, here's his song Comunista (English lyrics).