- The honourable Member has denounced to Congress the arrest of rapper Rap, who has been arrested in Madrid. On the other hand, a number of protests were also held yesterday, condemning the arrest and imprisonment of the child.
The Cup Member Albert Botran today said: "A Spanish state singer has entered prison today, as in the saddest dictatorships." Prior to the quotation, he made the attendees sound a song by the artist Pablo Hasel.
📽 | CUP MP Albert Botran plays a song by imprisoned rapper Pablo Hasel in Spain's Congress after he was detained this morning to serve his sentence for glorifying terrorism and slandering the monarchy
📝 | More: https://t.co/JfWgKJLouN pic.twitter.com/1NxdAGHegY
— Catalan News (@catalannews) February 16, 2021
The agents entered at 6:30 a.m. yesterday, February 16, at the University of Lleida to stop the rapper. About half a hundred citizens formed a wall around Hasélen to hinder police work by using smoke from fire extinguishers. Hasel was arrested at 8:30 a.m. yesterday, Sunday, at the National High Court.
Protests, in solidarity
Yesterday evening there were several demonstrations in Pamplona/Iruña, Valencia and Barzelona, among others.
Barcelona, Lleida, Pamplona, Valencia and 50 more cities for the freedom of Pablo Hasel. There are not enough prisons to lock up all those who defend freedom of expression. pic.twitter.com/vJhasr2sk2
— Fonsi Loaiza (@FonsiLoaiza) February 16, 2021