https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a rapper who barricaded himself inside a university after he was controversially sentenced to nine months in jail over a string of tweets, television images showed. https://www.thelocal.es/20210215/rapper-holes-up-in-spain-university-to-avoid-jail-for-tweets Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:15:03 +0100 rapper-holes-up-in-spain-university-to-avoid-jail-for-tweets Spain's government said Tuesday that it would ease the penalties for what it called "excesses" in freedom of expression, following the conviction of a rapper whose case won backing from several top artists. https://www.thelocal.es/20210210/spain-to-rethink-freedom-of-speech-laws-after-rapper-jailed Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:23:44 +0100 spain-to-rethink-freedom-of-speech-laws-after-rapper-jailed A Spanish comedian appeared in court on Monday for having blown his nose on the national flag in a television sketch, the latest case to raise fears for freedom of expression in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20181127/spanish-comedian-in-court-for-blowing-nose-on-national-flag Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:28:51 +0100 spanish-comedian-in-court-for-blowing-nose-on-national-flag A Spanish rapper whose three-and-a-half-year sentence for "glorifying terrorism" and insulting the crown caused an outcry said Wednesday he would defy authorities just a day before he was due in prison, amid reports he may have fled the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20180524/spanish-rapper-given-jail-for-glorifying-terrorism-vows-to-disobey Thu, 24 May 2018 12:19:35 +0200 spanish-rapper-given-jail-for-glorifying-terrorism-vows-to-disobey Spain's Oscar-winner Javier Bardem warned Tuesday that the country risked a return to the era of dictator Francisco Franco as concerns mount over freedom of expression with artists probed or jailed for voicing their opinions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/javier-bardem-sounds-free-speech-warning-after-row-over-giant-vagina Wed, 23 May 2018 11:54:19 +0200 javier-bardem-sounds-free-speech-warning-after-row-over-giant-vagina A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced a young woman to jail for posting jokes on Twitter about the 1973 assassination of a senior figure in the Franco dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20170329/woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-twitter-jokes-as-critic Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:03:55 +0200 woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-twitter-jokes-as-critic