The arrest of the rapper generated these days altercations in Barcelona, Lleida, other cities in Catalonia, Madrid and other parts of Spain
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The Spanish justice reported this Thursday of a new prison sentence for threatening a witness against the controversial rapper Pablo Hasél, whose recent imprisonment for some tweets is causing a wave of protests in the country.
In the midst of this controversy, which divides the left-wing coalition of the head of government Pedro Sánchez, the Hearing of Lérida (northeast), his hometown, confirmed a sentence of two and a half years in prison against the artist for threatening a witness from a trial against two municipal policemen.
The sentence issued on February 12 but released this Thursday ratifies the sentence imposed by a court of first instance, which the convicted person appealed. The decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
According to the proven facts, the rapper published in October 2017 a tweet with the photo of the witness of a trial against two municipal policemen, assuring that they had bought it and therefore had been acquitted.
Two days later, Hasél, whose real name is Pablo Rivadulla Duró, rebuked the witness in a bar, tried to kick him and yelled “I’ll kill you.”
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The sentence adds to the rapper’s long judicial record, who was jailed on Tuesday to serve a nine-month sentence for exalting terrorism following a series of tweets against the police and the monarchy.
His arrest on Tuesday generated strong altercations in Barcelona, Lérida and other cities in Catalonia (northeast), which were repeated on Wednesday and spread to Madrid and other parts of Spain.
More than 60 people have been arrested and several dozen were injured, including a young woman who lost an eye in Barcelona.
The controversy exposed the disagreements between Pedro Sánchez’s socialist party and his coalition partner Podemos (radical left), which lashed out at the imprisonment and applauded the demonstrations.
32 years old and, for some, a symbol of freedom of expression, Hasél had already been convicted of extolling terrorism in his songs, the lyrics of which call for “shots in the neck” or bomb attacks against politicians, and also for attacking a journalist .
(18/02/2021)
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