Clashes erupted between protesters and riot police throughout demonstrations in Catalonia towards the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel, convicted for calling the previous Spanish king a thief, with cops in Barcelona firing rubber bullets.
Hasel, whose actual title is Pablo Rivadulla Duro, was arrested earlier on Tuesday after barricading himself contained in the College of Lleida in Catalonia. He’s to serve a nine-month sentence handed down in 2018 over tune lyrics and tweets relating to disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I, and a social media put up praising a Spanish Maoist terrorist group.
⚠️ “Dispara , dispara”
Vídeo : Emili Puig pic.twitter.com/90MDMRofuw— Emili Puig (@emilipuig_) February 16, 2021
? | Police shoot rubber bullets at protesters within the middle of Barcelona following riots prompted by the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel
Extra at https://t.co/erea062wPD pic.twitter.com/tSew7DpYnv
— Catalan Information (@catalannews) February 16, 2021
Over 200 artists have signed a petition towards his imprisonment, saying it quantities to persecution of freedom of expression, and 1000’s of individuals took to the streets on Tuesday in quite a lot of Catalonian cities to point out their help for the rapper.
Within the regional capital Barcelona, large crowds marched by way of town streets calling for Hasel’s launch. Clashes broke on the market too, with protesters throwing varied projectiles at police and turning dumpsters into flaming barricades whereas riot cops fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
Manifestación en Barcelona para pedir la libertad de Pablo Hasel.
Tú no abras tu negocio, o tu native, que hay restricciones por el covid. pic.twitter.com/R8fsvOAzME
— Toni Cantó (@Tonicanto1) February 16, 2021
? Els manifestants salven una moto de les flames durant la crema de contenidors en suport a Pablo Hasel. #PabloHasel pic.twitter.com/KWtJvIO7E1
— David Melero (@davidmelero__) February 16, 2021
The demonstrations in Lleida, the place Hasel was arrested, additionally descended into unrest, with eyewitness footage displaying bikes ablaze and protesters throwing plastic chairs and different particles at police vans earlier than officers charged at them with the autos.
En Lleida han quemado varias motos de la urbana.
Hoy toda Catalunya puede ser Urquinaona. #LlibertatPabloHasel #LibertadPabloHasel pic.twitter.com/3w3ScZU7ks— GeekIndignado?️ (@GeekIndignado) February 16, 2021
En Lleida lanzan sillas a los Mossos #LlibertatPabloHasel #LibertadPabloHasel pic.twitter.com/x2BdkfTC8S
— GeekIndignado?️ (@GeekIndignado) February 16, 2021
Within the Spanish metropolis of Valencia, officers have been filmed repeatedly lashing out with their batons and placing protesters whereas they pushed to clear the principle sq.. Demonstrators could possibly be heard chanting “With out freedom of opinion there is no such thing as a democracy”.
Cargas policiales en la concentración a favor de Pablo Hasel en Valencia: pic.twitter.com/SBFAztR6BE
— Lucas Marco (@lucas_marco) February 16, 2021
Spain’s authorities final week pledged to ease punishments for “crimes of categorical” similar to hate speech and insults to the crown or to faith.
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