Angry words: rapper's jailing exposes Spain's free speech faultlines
by Victor Lloret and Julius Purcell from World news | The Guardian on (#5EDBY)
Violent protests over treatment of Pablo Hasel are forcing government to confront laws and the judiciary
Pablo Hasel had promised he wouldn't go quietly, and he kept his word.
The Spanish rapper, whose jailing this week has sparked violent unrest and a political row within Spain's socialist-led coalition government, barricaded himself in the university of the Catalan city of Lleida on Monday.
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