Pablo Hasél
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Born | Pablo Rivadulla Duró 9 August 1988 |
Other names | Pau Rivadulla i Duró Hasél Pablo Hasél |
Occupation(s) | Rapper, poet, writer, political activist |
Years active | 2005–present |
Criminal charges | Assault, praising banned groups, threats, insulting the Spanish monarchy, obstruction of justice |
Criminal penalty | 2 years, 6 months in prison |
Criminal status | Currently in prison |
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Website | pablohasel |
Pablo or Pau Rivadulla Duró (born 9 August 1988),[1] known artistically as Pablo Hasél, is a Catalan rapper, writer, poet, and political activist.[2][3][4] His songs, often in support of far-left politics and terrorism, have frequently led him into troubles with the Spanish judiciary, whose actions have in turn been criticised as an attack on free speech, in Catalonia, Spain, and overseas.[5][6][7][8][9] Accused of insulting the Spanish monarchy, insulting the Spanish army and police forces, and praising terrorism and banned groups,[10] he has been imprisoned since 16 February 2021 on a nine-month sentence, leading to numerous protests and riots.[11][12][13]
Biography
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Pablo or Pau Rivadulla Duró (sources vary for his first name, the Spanish and Catalan versions of Paul) was born in Lleida, Catalonia on 9 August 1988 to Ignacio Rivadulla and Paloma Duró.[15] Hasél's father, Ignacio, was a businessman and the president of UE Lleida football club[16] and his mother, Paloma, came from an upper-class family of lawyers.[15] Hasél took his artistic name from a revolutionary character in an Arabic short story.[17]
In October 2011, Hasél was arrested and bailed for a song titled "Democracia su Puta Madre" in which he praised "Camarada Arenas", a convicted member of the terrorist group GRAPO.[18] In April 2014, he was given a two-year prison sentence for ten songs in praise of GRAPO, ETA[5][19][20][21] the Red Army Faction and Terra Lliure.[12] This sentence was suspended for three years in September 2019, on condition that he not reoffend.[22] Hasél vehemently denies media reports that have listed Al-Qaeda among the groups he was charged with supporting.[23]
In May 2014, Hasél was arrested again for being part of a group that attacked another which it believed to be linked to the far-right Platform for Catalonia.[7]
In June 2016, Hasél pushed and sprayed washing-up liquid at a TV3 journalist. He received six months in prison and a fine of €12,150 in June 2020.[8] In the same month, he received a 21⁄2-year sentence and €2,500 fine for assault and obstruction of justice, namely for kicking and threatening a witness in the October 2017 trial of a policeman eventually acquitted of assaulting a minor, accusing him of providing false testimony.[9] This sentence was confirmed in 2021, days after his imprisonment.[24]
In a March 2018 interview, Hasél said he was unable to find work due to his criminal convictions that disqualified him from the public sector for ten years, and that his last work had been grape picking in France.[17]
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,[25] and was eventually arrested on 16 February after barricading himself in the University of Lleida.[26] Hasél's freedom was supported by Amnesty International and a letter signed by 300 Spanish artists including Pedro Almodóvar and Javier Bardem,[27] as well as by President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[28] Hasél's imprisonment led to nights of protests involving thousands of people in cities including Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona.[29] Hasél's case has been likened to that of Valtònyc, another left-wing pro-Catalan rapper who fled to Belgium after a conviction.[27] The Chair of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee, Salil Tripathi, warned that ″Democracies don't jail poets, even if the words they express are disturbing or uncomfortable″.[30]
Discography
Solo
- Esto no es el paraíso (2005)
- Miedo y asco en Ilerda – Re-released under the title Ilerda rima con mierda (2007)
- Trastorno Tripolar (2007)
- Desde el abismo se goza de las mejores vistas (2008)
- No me joda doctor (2008)
- Recital de ideales/No me joda Doctor (2008)
- En ningún lugar pero aquí (2008)
- Descuartizando resacas (2009)
- Quemando la vida (with Kaktan) (2009)
- Cuando el tiempo no nos tocaba las ilusiones (2009)
- Se lo vomite al viento mientras ella se drogaba con otro (2010)
- Inéditas por culpa de Aileen Wuornos (2010)
- Banquete de larvas (2010)
- Siempre perdidos 1 (2010)
- Siempre perdidos 2 (2010)
- El Che disparaba (2011)
- Solos en medio del misterio infinito (2011)
- Polvo y ceniza (2011)
- Un café con Gudrun Ensslin (2011)
- El infierno sería verlos más allá (2011)
- Crucificado en tu clítoris (2011)
- Besos cortados con coca (2011)
- Canciones supervivientes al registro policial (2012)
- La tortura placentera de la luna: algunas canciones inéditas (2012)
- Escribiendo con Ulrike Meinhof (2012)
- Empezar de bajo 0: Algunos poemas grabados (2012)
- La noche que supe que hay laberintos sin salida (2012)
- Poemas de presos políticos comunistas (2012)
- Los gusanos nunca volarán (inéditas) (2012)
- La muerte nos obligó a vivir (2012)
- Sigue desnudándose la dictadura del capital (2013)
- Por mera supervivencia (inéditas) (2013)
- Por mera supervivencia II (inéditas) (2013)
- Por mera supervivencia III (inéditas) (2013)
- Exprimiendo el corazón (inéditas) (2013)
- Tarde o temprano Venceremos (2014)
- Mientras me asesina el tiempo (inéditas) (2014)
- Por escapar de la oscuridad (inéditas) (2014)
- A Orillas Del Segre (2014)
- Cafeína e imaginación (inéditas) (2015)
- Burlando al dolor (2015)
- Boicot Activo (2015)
- Hasta el fin de mis días (2015)
- Resistir hasta vencer (2016)
- Esto ya ni desahoga (inéditas) (2016)
- Fuerte fragilidad (2017)
- Perdidos en el infinito (with Nyto Rukeli) (2017)
- El interrogatorio del atardecer (2018)
- La voz no puede encerrarse (2018)
- Ha llovido mucho (2019)
- Semillas de libertad (2019)
- Haciéndome la autopsia (2020)
- La inmolación de las entrañas (2020)
- Canciones para la revuelta y la soledad (2020)
Prozaks (feat. Cíniko)
- Recital de ideales/No me joda Doctor (2008)
- A Orillas Del Segre (2014)
Magmah (feat. Zyon Revol "Frankie Brown" )
- En ningún lugar pero aquí (2008)
Las resakas (feat. Marc Hijo de Sam)
- Las resakas: Besos cortados con coca (2011)
- La muerte nos obligó a vivir (2012)
Colaborations
- Ciniko: Rabia (La teoría del nada, 2007)
- Zwit: Violé a mis monstruos
- Rekiêm: Insomnio dicta (Amaneciendo en persia, 2011)
- Be timeless: La muerte en cada partícula (Sencillo y en silencio, 2011)
- Charly efe: Follando como perros (Sra. Muerte pase usted primero, 2011)
- shakymc: Compositor de varios temas (Joel Murillo, 2009-2012)
- The Gulaggers: Whiskey & nachos
- Gorka: Señalando obstáculos (Con Pipe Díaz, 2013)
- Los Chikos del Maíz: Los hijos de Iván Drago (Pasión de Talibanes, 2011)
- RPG-7: Pásate (En tu ciudad, 2012)
- H.Kanino: Vidas al límite (Con Ozhe, 2013)
- Pipe Díaz: El eco de los disparos
- Pipe Díaz: Jódete Burgués
- El Invikto: Insomnio e Imaginación
- Valtònyc: Lo Que La Represión No Puede Frenar
- Saúl Zaitsev and Pipe Díaz: Somos
- Saúl Zaitsev: Otro Paso
- Arma X: Los Nietos De Stalin
- Nyto: Anticapitalismo o Barbarie
- Siker: Trabajos Forzados
- Cíniko: Sublévate
- Cíniko: Menti ros (dedicated to Angel Ros)
- Boot Boys: Hostiles Torbellinos
- Elisa: Siempre Vivirán
- ARS MORIS and Cíniko: Rojo remedio (2018)
- Koro: Parásitos (2020)
- Konorte: Askatasun Haziak (2020)
- Eshoj Ekirne: Seguimos firmes (2020)
- Mara: Sua eta Harria (2020)
- Luis Díaz: Internacionalismo (2020)
- Teko: Traga (2020)
Poetry and books
Hasél has authored the following collections of poems and books, often in collaboration with Spanish poet Aitor Cuervo.
- Dos canallas a sueldo de La Habana (collection of poems, with Cuervo)
- Acerca del amor - Manuel Pérez Martínez (Arenas) (collection of poems, reedited with Cuervo)
- Derritiendo Icebergs (collection of poems, with Cuervo)
- Veinte poemas de odio y dos corazones descuartizados (collection of poems, with Cuervo)
- Con la solidaridad por bandera (collection of poems, with Cuervo, September 2012)
- Follarnos mientras ejecutan un banquero (collection of poems)
- Más que cifras (collection of poems)
- De la ansiedad a la esperanza (collection of poems)
- La violencia de las injusticias (book)
- Más allá del polvo (collection of poems)
- La resaca de vivir (collection of poems)
References
- ^ Vallín, Pedro (13 February 2021). "Pablo Hasél se niega a entrar en prisión y llama a la movilización si le detienen" [Pablo Hasél refuses to go to prison and calls for mobilisation if they detain him]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
Pablo Rivadulla Duró (Lleida, 1988)
- ^ "Pablo Hasél protests: Violence in Spanish cities over rapper's jailing". BBC News. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
Protests in support of a jailed Catalan rapper have descended into violence, [...]
- ^ Quatremer, Jean [@quatremer] [in French] (2021-02-16). "Rappeur catalan plutôt, sa région natale ayant de l'importance dans cette condamnation démente (franchement, j'ai du mal à voir la différence avec la Russie)" [More a Catalan rapper, his native region being important in this demented condemnation (to be honest, I have difficulty seeing the difference with Russia)] (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-16 – via Twitter.
- ^ Faus, Joan; Pinedo, Emma. "Catalonia beefs up security for new protests over jailed rapper". Reuters. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
Police officers clash with demonstrators as supporters of Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel protest against his arrest in Madrid, Spain, February 17, 2021 [caption of first image].
- ^ a b Cué, Carlos E.; López-Fonseca, Óscar (10 February 2021). "After rapper Pablo Hasél gets jail for tweets, Spain plans to end prison terms for crimes involving freedom of speech". El País. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
In March 2015, he received another two-year prison sentence for writing and sharing songs that praised attacks carried out by terrorist groups such as the now-defunct Basque group ETA and Al-Qaeda, although he never served the jail term.
- ^ Pinedo, Emma (9 February 2021). "Spain to reform free speech laws after rapper ordered jailed". Reuters. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Detenido Pablo Hasél por atacar en Sant Jordi la parada de Lleida Identitària" [Pablo Hasél detained on St George's Day for attacking the Lleida Identitària parade]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Nueva condena al rapero Pablo Hasél: seis meses de prisión por agredir a un periodista de TV3" [New conviction for rapper Pablo Hasél: six months in prison for attacking a TV3 journalist]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Condenan a Pablo Hasél a dos años y medio de cárcel por agredir al testigo de un juicio" [Pablo Hasél sentenced to two and a half years in prison for assaulting the witness of a trial]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Albalat, J. G. (18 February 2021). "¿Cuáles son los motivos de la condena a Pablo Hasel y cuáles son los cargos contra él?" [What are the charges against Pablo Hasél?]. Onda Cero (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b Torrús, Alejandro (2 March 2018). "Estos son los 64 tuits y la canción por los que ha sido condenado el rapero Pablo Hasel" [These are the 64 tweets and the song which got the rapper Pablo Hasél convicted]. Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b Pérez, Fernando J. (1 April 2014). "Dos años de cárcel para un rapero por enaltecimiento del terrorismo" [Two years in prison for a rapper for praising terrorism]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
Hasel, de 25 años, subió a la red social YouTube 10 canciones compuestas por él mismo en las que ensalzaba y alababa los atentados terroristas de Grapo, ETA, Al Qaeda, Facción del Ejército Rojo (RAF) y Terra Lliure, e incluso pedía a estas organizaciones que volvieran a atentar. [Hasél, 25, uploaded to the social network YouTube 10 self-composed songs in which he praised terrorist attacks by GRAPO, ETA, Al Qaeda, the Red Army Faction and Terra Lliure, and even asked these organisations to attack again.]
- ^ García, Alfonso L. Congostrina, Jesús (2021-02-20). "Los disturbios en Barcelona derivan en saqueos de tiendas del centro y llegan al Palau de la Música". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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- ^ a b Ricou, Javier. "Pablo Hasél, un agitador de familia bien" [Pablo Hasél, an agitator from a well-off family]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). No. 2021-02-21. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "El origen futbolístico de Pablo Hasél" [The footballing origin of Pablo Hasél]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b Cruz, Nando (9 March 2018). "Pablo Hasél: "Yo no estoy en ningun grupo armado"" [Hasél: "I'm not in any armed group"]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "En libertad el rapero Pablo Hasél tras ser imputado por ensalzar al 'camarada Arenas' de los GRAPO" [Rapper Pablo Hasél freed after being indicted for praising GRAPO's 'Camarada Arenas'] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "¿Qué dijo Pablo Hasél? Tuits, una canción y enaltecimiento terrorista" [What did Pablo Hasél say? Tweets, a song and praising terrorism]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
¿La razón? Enaltecer en sus diatribas en redes sociales y en su música el terrorismo de ETA, los Grapo, Terra Lliure o Al Qaeda. [The reason? Praising in his social media diatribes and in his music the terrorism of ETA, GRAPO. Terra Lliure or Al Qaeda]
- ^ "Hasél vuelve a pedir a la Audiencia Nacional que suspenda su condena". Público (in Spanish). 9 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
Hasél fue condenado en 2014 a dos años de cárcel por enaltecer en sus canciones el terrorismo de ETA, los Grapo, Terra Lliure o Al Qaeda, castigo que la Audiencia sí dejó en suspenso. [Hasél was convicted in 2014 to two years in prison for praising in his songs the terrorism of ETA, GRAPO, Terra Lliure or Al Qaeda, a punishment which the Audiencia left suspended]
- ^ Juanico Llumà, Núria (16 February 2021). "Les 10 claus per entendre el cas Pablo Hasél" [The 10 keys to understanding the Pablo Hasél case]. Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
Hasél té una condemna anterior, del 2014, per enaltir en cançons seves el terrorisme d'ETA, els Grapo, Terra Lliure i Al-Qaida. [Hasél has a previous conviction, from 2014, for praising in his songs the terrorism of ETA, GRAPO, Terra Lliure or Al Qaeda]
- ^ "La Audiencia Nacional suspende la condena de dos años de cárcel a Pablo Hasel por enaltecer el terrorismo" [Audiencia Nacional suspends two-year jail sentence for Pablo Hasél for praising terrorism] (in Spanish). La Sexta. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Hasél, Pablo (15 August 2016). "[Video] Jamás he apoyado a Al Qaeda" [[Video] I have never supported Al Qaeda] (in Spanish). La Haine. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Albalat, J. G. (18 February 2021). "Confirmada otra condena de más de dos años a Hasél por amenazar a un testigo" [Another sentence of over two years for Hasél for threatening a witness]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "El rapero Pablo Hasel advierte de que no irá de manera voluntaria a prisión este viernes: "Tendrán que venir a secuestrarme"" [Rapper Pablo Hasél warns that he will not go voluntarily to prison this Friday: "They'll have to come to kidnap me"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Pablo Hasel: Spanish police arrest rapper". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Rapper defiant as jail looms, posing quandry for Spain". France 24. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Lopez [sic] Obrador sale en defensa de Hasél: "¡Ya, libérenlo!"" [López Obrador comes out in defence of Hasél: "Free him already!"]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Pablo Hasél protests: Violence in Spanish cities over rapper's jailing". BBC News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Spain: Release rapper Pablo Hasél and uphold freedom of expression". Pen International. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.