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Climate activists arrested after spraying slogans on Utrechtsebaan in The Hague

Two climate activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested on Saturday night for spraying slogans on the wall of the Utrechtsebaan tunnel on the A12 highway in The Hague. Extinction Rebellion reported that the activists wrote "stop fossil subsidies" several times on the wall, which the organization said had just been repainted. They used a chalk spray that "washes off with …

The police deployed water cannons on Saturday against several thousand Extinction Rebellion activists who were blocking the Utrechtsebaan since noon. @POL_DenHaag @OM_DenHaag @NLRebellion @HSPDenHaag @jan_vanzanen https://t.co/FbKr66kQME — Ineke van den Brûle March 11, 2023 The mayor had given permission to use water cannons borrowed from Germany "to ensure the safety of police and emergency services" with the "spray", reported the …

The Public Prosecution Service was in the wrong when it issued an area ban preventing three climate activists from being at the Utrechtsebaan portion of the A12, the court of The Hague ruled on Tuesday. However, the OM acted properly in giving the area ban to five other Extinction Rebellion protestors detained by authorities. The three who the court sided …

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Climate group Extinction Rebellion plans to again block the A12 highway in The Hague on Saturday, March 11. Extinction Rebellion activists blocked the Utrechtsebaan, the stretch of the A12 in The Hague that runs by the temporary parliament building and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, this past Saturday. According to the climate activists, the Netherlands annually grants …

The Dutch police union NPB is very concerned about Extinction Rebellion’s plans to protest for the climate in the coming months. “These unannounced actions are a problem,” Struijs said about an Extinction Rebellion protest on Saturday. If these actions attract thousands of demonstrators, you have days of work.” On Saturday, about 300 Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked the Utrechtsebaan of the …

Campaigners are blocking the Utrechtsebaan in The Hague, the municipality of The Hague reports. According to the ANWB, the protest ensures that traffic from The Hague cannot take the A12 in the direction of Utrecht. In a press release, the climate organization states that it is present on the road with "fifty rebels." According to Extinction Rebellion, the fossil industry …

A protest by environment activist group Extinction Rebellion was broken up by police on Wednesday afternoon after demonstrators blocked a portion of the Utrechtsebaan, a stretch of roadway making up a portion of the A12 highway. Even blocking a highway can be seen as a right to demonstrate, according to the European Court of Human Rights," said Chris Julien, a …

The police arrested 25 people, including two people who said they were journalists, in The Hague on Wednesday. The police believe they were on their way to block Utrechtsebaan as part of an Extinction Rebellion protest, they said on Twitter. Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has been protesting in The Hague since Monday to convince the Cabinet to take more …