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

Main image: Flames engulf dustbins during a demonstration in Barcelona. 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
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    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
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    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
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    People take photos of a man throwing a bottle during clashes in Barcelona

  • A graffiti artist works on a mural supporting Pablo Hasél
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    A graffiti artist works on a mural supporting Pablo Hasél

  • A protester throws a rubbish bin at police in Barcelona. Shops in the city centre were targeted and windows broken
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Protestors march in Barcelona

  • A street artist creates a mural criticising the monarchy
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    A street artist creates a mural criticising the monarchy

  • Riot police confront protesters in Barcelona
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    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
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    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
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    Protesters block the passage of police vans in Barcelona last week

  • A burning skip forms a barricade across a street in Barcelona
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    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
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    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
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    A protester poses in front of a burning barricade in Barcelona last week
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