The demonstration was organised to protest in opposition to fossil gasoline subsidies within the Netherlands.
Local weather activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at an indication within the Netherlands, after she and a gaggle of marchers blocked a principal highway to protest in opposition to fossil gasoline subsidies.
Thunberg was initially detained by native police and held for a short while on Saturday together with different protesters who tried to dam a serious freeway into The Hague.
After being launched, she shortly rejoined a small group of protesters who had been blocking a unique highway resulting in the railway station. There, she was detained a second time and pushed off in a police van.
Thunberg had joined a whole lot of protesters on a march from The Hague’s metropolis centre to the close by A12 arterial freeway that connects the seat of the Dutch authorities with different cities together with Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht.
The march was organised by the Extinction Insurrection (XR) environmental group and was a part of a plan to stress the Dutch authorities within the run-up to a different deliberate debate about fossil subsidies in June.
Veel van onze rebellen zijn gearresteerd (sommigen meermaals). Een paar rebellen zitten nog huge en we hopen dat ze snel vrij komen. Wij geven ons niet gewonnen.
Wij zijn niet te stoppen, fossiele subsidies wel.
Tot volgende keer op de #A12! #StopFossieleSubsidies pic.twitter.com/VUgduNI3PO
— Extinction Insurrection Nederland (@NLRebellion) April 6, 2024
Dozens of law enforcement officials, together with some on horseback, blocked the group from accessing the motorway, warning that “violence might be used” ought to the marchers attempt to get onto the highway.
Carrying XR flags and placards saying, “Cease gasoline subsidies now!” and chanting “The planet is dying!”, protesters had been then locked in a tense standoff with police who fashioned a wall.
‘Planetary emergency’
Earlier than she was arrested and dragged away by police, Thunberg joined in with the chants and slogans.
She advised journalists she was protesting as a result of the world is going through an existential disaster.
“We’re in a planetary emergency and we’re not going to face by and let individuals lose their lives and livelihood and be pressured to turn into local weather refugees once we can do one thing,” she mentioned.
In latest months, the A12 highway has been blocked for a number of hours dozens of instances by activists demanding an finish to all subsidies for the usage of fossil fuels.
At earlier protests, police drove detained protesters to a different a part of city, the place they had been launched with out additional penalties.
De nieuwe blokkade is door arrestaties beëindigd. #GretaThunberg werd er als bijna eerste eruit gehaald en aside vastgezet, terwijl bijna alle anderen in een stadsbus zijn gezet en meteen weer vrijgelaten. https://t.co/Y7UdsBDwPN pic.twitter.com/izizqNpxnh
— Extinction Insurrection Nederland (@NLRebellion) April 6, 2024
After Saturday’s protest, native police wouldn’t touch upon particular person instances however mentioned everybody who tried to dam roads was detained.
Police spokesperson Marieke Maas added that they might not say how many individuals had been arrested.
Thunberg advised the Netherlands’s ANP nationwide information company by phone that her arrest had proceeded “calmly”.
“It’s not concerning the arrest. I’m right here for the local weather,” she added.