More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by theActivists blocked a section of a motorway during the afternoon in protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies.
The protest marks the seventh organised by Extinction Rebellion in the same section of motorway at The Hague, close to the parliament and main ministry buildings. Police said they had repeatedly “given activists the opportunity to end their action and leave” before using the water cannon and making arrests.
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