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Monday, 22 February 2021

Spanish people take to streets over rapper's jailing – in pictures


Free speech protests have continued since the jailing of musician Pablo Hasél last week for exalting terrorism in his lyrics

  • Angry words: rapper’s jailing exposes Spain’s free speech faultlines

Main image: Flames engulf dustbins during a demonstration in Barcelona. Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

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Mon 22 Feb 2021 12.12 GMT Last modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 13.36 GMT

  • Regional police clash with protesters in Barcelona during a sixth night of protests and riots after the arrest and imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasél

    Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

    Regional police clash with protesters in Barcelona during a sixth night of protests and riots after the arrest and imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasél
  • Firecracker smoke on Vía Laietana in Barcelona. Police officers and vans cleared the streets

    Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

    Firecracker smoke on Vía Laietana in Barcelona. Police officers and vans cleared the streets
  • People take photos of a man throwing a bottle during clashes in Barcelona. Pablo Hasél was jailed on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs

    Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

    People take photos of a man throwing a bottle during clashes in Barcelona
  • A graffiti artist works on a mural supporting Pablo Hasél

    Photograph: Matthias Oesterle/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

    A graffiti artist works on a mural supporting Pablo HasélA protester throws a rubbish bin at police in Barcelona. Shops in the city centre were targeted and windows broken
  • Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

    A protester throws a rubbish bin at police in Barcelona. Shops in the city centre were targeted and windows broken
  • A protester waves a pro-Catalan independence flag in Barcelona

    Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

    A protester waves a pro-Catalan independence flag in Barcelona
  • Demonstrators gather in the central Plaza de Callao in Madrid on Saturday night. The nine-month jail sentence handed to Pablo Hasél, known for his anti-establishment lyrics, has prompted debate over freedom of expression in Spain

    Photograph: Alberto Sibaja/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstock

    Demonstrators gather in the central Plaza de Callao in Madrid on Saturday night
  • People march in Barcelona. A fringe group of demonstrators looted shops on the city’s most prestigious shopping street, Passeig de Gràcia, while also smashing windows in the Palau de la Música Catalana concert hall

    Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/Getty Images

    Protestors march in Barcelona
  • A street artist creates a mural criticising the monarchy

    Photograph: Matthias Oesterle/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

    A street artist creates a mural criticising the monarchy
  • Riot police confront protesters in Barcelona

    Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/Getty Images

    Riot police confront protesters in Barcelona
  • A protester walks past burning rubbish containers during clashes with the Catalan police force after a demonstration last week in Barcelona

    Photograph: Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images

    A protester walks past burning rubbish containers during clashes with the Catalan police force after a demonstration last week in Barcelona
  • Protesters block the passage of police vans in Barcelona last week

    Photograph: Charlie Pérez/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

    Protesters block the passage of police vans in Barcelona last week
  • A burning skip forms a barricade across a street in Barcelona

    Photograph: Paco Freire/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

    A burning skip forms a barricade across a street in Barcelona
  • Demonstrators in Barcelona last week. Spain’s government has announced that it will change the law to remove prison terms for offences involving freedom of expression. It did not specifically mention Hasél or set a timetable for the changes

    Photograph: Albert Llop/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

    Demonstrators in Barcelona last week
  • A protester poses in front of a burning barricade in Barcelona. More than 100 people, including seven on Sunday, were arrested after clashes with police since Hasél was arrested on Tuesday

    Photograph: Matthias Oesterle/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

    A protester poses in front of a burning barricade in Barcelona last week

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