LLEIDA, Spain — Dozens of Spanish police stormed a university on Tuesday and arrested a rapper who had barricaded himself inside after being sentenced to jail on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs.
Pablo Hasel had a deadline of last Friday to hand himself over to the police to serve a nine-month jail term handed down in 2018. The sentence caused an uproar in Spain and led the government to announce it would make free speech laws less restrictive.
The rapper took refuge on Monday in Lleida university in northeastern Spain with a group of supporters. They clashed briefly with police on Tuesday morning, throwing chairs and emptying fire extinguish…
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