US EditionExtinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested
- More than 1,500 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group were arrested by police in The Hague as they protested against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies by blocking a motorway.
- Dutch police used water cannon to disperse the protesters and arrested the activists on charges including vandalism. Among the protesters was actress Carice van Houten who was also arrested but was later released.
- The Dutch prosecution service said most of those arrested will not be prosecuted as it was a "minor offence" but 40 people will still be prosecuted for other criminal offences.
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Dutch police arrest over 1,500 people at Extinction Rebellion protest in The Hague
By Mick Krever, Niamh Kennedy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Dutch police arrested over 1,500 people after Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked a motorway in The Hague on Saturday. Hundreds of police were deployed to “maintain public order” during the climate protest, Dutch police said in a press release Saturday. According to police, shortly before
Dutch police arrest over 1,500 people at Extinction Rebellion protest in The Hague
By Mick Krever, Niamh Kennedy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Dutch police arrested over 1,500 people after Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked a motorway in The Hague on Saturday. Hundreds of police were deployed to “maintain public order” during the climate protest, Dutch police said in a press release Saturday. According to police, shortly before midday local time, the activists descended upon the Utrechtsebaan (A12) motorway, after riot po…
Dutch police arrest over 1,500 people at Extinction Rebellion protest in The Hague
By Mick Krever, Niamh Kennedy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Dutch police arrested over 1,500 people after Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked a motorway in The Hague on Saturday. Hundreds of police were deployed to “maintain public order” during the climate protest, Dutch police said in a press release Saturday. According to police, shortly before midday local time, the activists descended upon the Utrechtsebaan (A12) motorway, after riot po…
Agit-prop gone wrong. On the evening of Saturday 27 May, more than 1,500 arrests took place during an action by the civil disobedience and environmental movement Extinction Rebellion in The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies, Dutch police announced, cited by Libération. According to the left-wing daily, it was the seventh time that the radical movement attacked the Utrechtsebaan section of the A12 motorway in the center of The Hague,…
Never have so many people been arrested on the sidelines of a climate demonstration in the Netherlands. Dutch police announced on Saturday evening that they had made more than 1,500 arrests during an action by the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion
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