EXPLAINER: Why Spaniards are rioting over rapper's jailing

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BARCELONA, Spain -- Several hundred protesters marched Saturday in Spain's northeastern city of Barcelona against the authorities' crackdown following a violent outcry over the imprisonment of Pablo Hasél, an anti-establishment artist.Saturday's march took place amid a heavy police presence, winding through several avenues of the Catalan regional capital.

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BARCELONA, Spain -- Pablo Hasél was a name little known to most Spaniards two weeks ago.Go ask people in the streets now and many will tell you it's a stage name inspired by an Arabic tale. That its bearer, a rap artist born Pau Rivadulla Duró, is a free-speech crusader.

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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.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted of insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence were marred by rioting for the third night in a row Thursday.The plight of Pablo Hasél, who began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison, has triggered a heated debate over the limits of free speech in Spain and a political storm over the use of violence by both the rapper's supporters and the police.The ruling coalition's junior

Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted of insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence were marred by rioting for the third night in a row Thursday. The plight of Pablo Hasél, who began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison, has triggered a heated debate over the limits of free speech in Spain and a political storm over the use of violence by both the rapper's supporters and the police.

MADRID -- Police in Spain say 14 people were arrested in violent street protests in several cities following the arrest of Spanish rap artist Pablo Hasél, who had barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and defend his fight for free speech.Emergency services said Wednesday that 33 people were treated for injuries in the disturbances.In the northeastern city of Barcelona, thousands of protestors set trash cans on fire and threw rocks at the police.

A 24-hour standoff between police and a rapper barricaded with dozens of his supporters in a university ended Tuesday with anti-riot officers arresting the artist. Pablo Hasél was escorted by riot police out of Lleida University's rectorate building, in the northeastern Catalonia region, where he and over 50 supporters had locked themselves in since mid-Monday.

BBC report, Hasel shouted “they will never silence us; death to the fascist state” as he was dragged away from the building he had been hiding in by police.See footage from the police’s entrance at the University below.Les solidàries plantant cara dins el rectorat.