mai ens aturaran, mai ens callaran, mort a l’estat feixista!

 

 

« mai ens aturaran, 

mai ens callaran, 

mort a l’estat feixista! 

mort a l’estat feixista!”, 

 

which means “they will never stop us, they will never shut us up, death to the fascist state! death to the fascist state! »in the Catalan language]

The rap singer from Lleida (Catalonia) Pablo Hasél being arrested for the lyrics of his songs and the content of his tweets. He has been sentenced to 2 years, 4 months and 15 days of prison for “glorifying terrorism” and “insulting the [Spanish] monarchy” according to the Spanish judicial system.

Spain is the country in the world with the most artists sentenced to jail (source: The state of artistic freedom 2020, FreeMuse).
More than Turkey, more than Iran, more than China. Spain, and disproportionately national minorities (Catalans and Basques). And the European Union allows it.