Rapper’s prison sentence inspires free speech protests across Spain 

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For a week now, widespread protests have erupted every night in Spain to protest the imprisonment of a rapper. He’s been convicted on charges that his lyrics and tweets insult the monarchy and glorify terrorist groups. Lucía Benavides reports that people have taken to the streets to rally for freedom of speech.

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