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Tunisian rapper Weld El 15 who is also known as Ala Yaacoubi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for insulting the police, just two months after he was freed following public protests.
The rapper was given a two-year sentence in June for his song The Police Are Dogs, which says police should be "slaughtered". His sentence was suspended in July and he was released from prison but he allegedly continued to sing the song.
According to BBC News, he was not in court and now has to hand himself in to the authorities. His lawyer claimed the case was an attack on freedom of expression.
"I will speak to my clients to challenge this ruling, but jail sentences demonstrate that the relentless campaign against artistic freedom, freedom of expression, continues," said Ghazi Mrabet, quoted by the AFP news agency.
He said neither he nor his client had been informed about the latest trial.
