More than 2000 people were arrested for "resisting extinction"
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur on September 9, Dutch police temporarily arrested about 2400 people during a climate demonstration in The Hague on September 9. Prior to this, climate activists blocked a highway.
The police said that many minors were arrested at the gathering organized by the Climate Action Organization's "Resistance Against Extinction" movement.
The Dutch news agency reported that the A12 highway was blocked at noon on the same day. The police said they used high-pressure water guns to drive supporters of the "anti extinction" movement off the highway. The authorities said that they had previously approved and called on these individuals to hold demonstrations at the nearby Central Station.
On the 9th, climate activists held a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands.
However, even after the police used high-pressure water guns, the protesters remained on the highway and were subsequently taken away by hundreds of police and taken by bus to a sports stadium in The Hague. They will be released later.
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The police said this is the eighth time that the A12 highway has been blocked.
In other parts of The Hague, climate protests continue unabated.
The "Resistance Against Extinction" movement says it hopes to block highways every day until the government cuts all subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas.
At the end of May, when the "Anti Extinction" movement held a similar protest on the A12 highway, nearly 1600 protesters were temporarily arrested.