Ryan BrightwellShocking heavy-handed police tactics here in the Netherlands. Activists were taken from their homes at 7am, in some cases arrested in front of their kids, all because of their involvement in a peaceful blockade against fossil fuel subsidies planned in The Hague on Saturday.
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Police arrest at least six Dutch nonviolent climate activists at home for incitement · Extinction Rebellion Nederland
Arrests follow announcement by lawyer that activists would report for questioning if requested Today, Thursday, Jan. 26 around 7 a.m., police arrested at least six nonviolent climate activists for incitement*, including XR rebels Jelle de Graaf and Tessel Hofstede. Police entered the home of a seventh climate activist, actor and XR rebel Sieger Sloot. After […]