• Muad'DibberMA
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    What are they trying to charge him with, incitement or some shit?

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      In March 2018, Hasél was sentenced to two years in prison for praising GRAPO terrorism and insulting King Juan Carlos I on Twitter.[11] In early 2021, he was ordered to voluntarily enter prison to serve a nine-month sentence for this conviction. He publicly refused this order,[31] and was eventually arrested on 16 February. Hasel, alongside a group of over 50 students, had barricaded himself inside University of Lleida’s rectorate building in protest against his sentence.

      I had some doubts but looks like they actually booked him for insulting the king. I find this too ridiculous to believe for an European country in the 21st century. But turns out, another rapper had to flee to Belgium for similar reasons.

      I had no idea Spain was like this.

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        Yep, he basically says out loud what a lot of people think, namely criticising the monarchy and the capitalist state. And of course the state cant let that go unpunished.

        Anyway, Pablo Hasél is a great musician, here’s his song Comunista (English lyrics).

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          Holy fuck that song rules.

          Comunista porque no se come de metafísica

          Y un cambio radical de base la humanidad necesita

          Antiracistas, antimachistas, evolución pedimos

          Socialismo científico, marxismo-leninismo

          :fire: