The National Court announced on Friday that it was adding 16 months to Hasel’s imprisonment after he failed to pay €30,000 in fines derived from a separate case, also carrying a similar conviction. The court fined him €5,040 for glorifying terrorism, and ruled that the rapper should spend 84 days in prison if he didn’t pay. Hasel faces six extra months in jail for not paying a €10,800 fine for insulting the monarchy, and seven months and 15 days in exchange for a €13,500 fine for slandering Spain’s institutions.

More than a hundred people were arrested in the several nights of unrest against Hasel’s imprisonment. A local court in Barcelona confirmed the precautionary imprisonment of eight Italian citizens, who are accused of public disorders and attempting to burn a police van with an officer inside. A young Scotsman is also kept in jail without charge.

Dozens of people required medical treatment for clashes with police, including a young woman who lost an eye after being hit with a foam bullet shot by an officer. A public debate on the role of law enforcement in Catalonia was reignited, and prompted pro-independence parties to pledge a deep reform of the Mossos d’Esquadra police.

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