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12 Feb, 4 tweets, 5 min read
At 8pm, the deadline expires for Spanish rapper, @PabloHasel, to turn himself into the police & begin a 2+ year prison term...for his song lyrics & tweets

Pablo Hasél tweeted this morning: “Tendrán que venir a secuestrarme!” (“They'll have to kidnap me!”)
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
No one should be criminalized for tweeting/singing something that may be distasteful or shocking

#PabloHásel's conviction for "glorifying terrorism" & “insulting the crown" sparked protests & spurred @amnistiaespana to launch a campaign with @c_tangana.
Pablo Hasel will be the first musician in #Spain to be jailed for his lyrics but other rappers like @valtonyc & other artists, journalists & activists have also been targeted under the same law.

Rappers of the world speak out
@SnoopDogg?
@50cent?
@Diddy?
#BREAKING: "Today it is me, tomorrow it can be you. Our freedoms are at stake."

#PabloHasel, the rapper convicted for 2+ years because of his song lyrics & tweets, sends out this "Final Tweet before my incarceration".
#PabloHaselLibertad @amnistiaespana

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1/. “As he walked out of prison it was also us who were set free.”

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