US EditionDutch Police Arrest over 200 After XR Blocks A12 Near De Meern
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XR climate protesters walked onto the A12 on Saturday. This happened near De Meern, close to Utrecht. The police tried to stop them...
The highway is closed in the direction of Arnhem.
Climate movement: Utrecht Mayor Sharon Dijksma banned a protest on the highway near De Meern, but the activists paid no attention to it…
Dutch police arrest over 200 after XR blocks A12 near De Meern
Police arrested more than 200 demonstrators after climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked the A12 near De Meern, close to Utrecht, while a separate group of six drivers was also detained for obstructing traffic. Their vehicles were seized as authorities cleared the highway.
XR climate protesters attempt to enter the A12 on Saturday, an ANP reporter observes. They make an attempt near De Meern, close to Utrecht. However, the police have managed to prevent this so far.
Sterre, Karies, and Bloempot have announced they are going to occupy the A12 near Utrecht. Packed with a box of sidewalk chalk, two Tena Lady pads, a natural wine, and three organic brown sandwiches with Fair Trade sprinkles, they’re off, onto the highway, to obstruct motorists at the intersectional crossroads of climate, fossil fuels, refugees, and Free Free Palestine. Blocking a highway is, of course, illegal, and a massive traffic gridlock lo…
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