Police arrest Extinction Rebellion climate activists as they block the A12 motorway during a demonstration in The Hague on Saturday. Photo: ANP / AFP
Police arrest Extinction Rebellion climate activists as they block the A12 motorway during a demonstration in The Hague on Saturday. Photo: ANP / AFP

Dutch police arrest dozens of climate activists protesting in The Hague

  • Activists from Extinction Rebellion had called for the demonstration to protest against the government’s energy policy, demanding an end to all fossil fuel subsidies
  • Hundreds of demonstrators had blocked the access road to the A12 motorway in the Dutch political capital. Some had glued themselves to the road

Police arrest Extinction Rebellion climate activists as they block the A12 motorway during a demonstration in The Hague on Saturday. Photo: ANP / AFP
Police arrest Extinction Rebellion climate activists as they block the A12 motorway during a demonstration in The Hague on Saturday. Photo: ANP / AFP
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