Scot enters third week in Catalan jail without trial after arrest at protest
And there is no indication of when 30-year-old William Aitken might either be released or tried. Aitken has lived and worked in the St Antoni district of the Catalan capital for four years. He has a local partner and his brother has also made the city his home. The Scot was arrested on February 17 as protests mounted in support of rapper Pablo Hasel, who was jailed for nine months over his lyrics, which criticised Spain’s monarchy and allegedly glorified terrorism. Hasel was arrested by police after barricading himself inside a university building in Barcelona as the deadline expi...
Source: thenational.scot