2023-05-29 06:00:00
Activists protest against the end of fossil fuel subsidies in The Hague, Netherlands/Michel Porro/Getty Images
2023.05.29 Mon posted at 15:00 JST
（ＣＮＮ） About 1,500 demonstrators who blocked the highway were arrested in The Hague, Netherlands on the 27th.
Hundreds of police officers were dispatched to the scene to maintain security, police said in a statement.
Police said the demonstrators initially tried to block the road under the overpass, but riot police prevented them from doing so and they entered the highway. Police reportedly repeatedly asked him to leave in person after he started protesting in front of the cordon.
The Dutch branch of environmental group Extinction Rebellion (XR), which carried out the demonstration, said the scene was not in danger of becoming dangerous, but police stopped 15 minutes after demonstrators blocked the road. He claimed to have deployed water cannons within
Videos of the protests posted on social media showed protesters wearing bathing suits and raincoats in preparation for water cannons.
Demonstrators confront police officers in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 27./Oscar Brak/NurPhoto/Getty Images
An XR spokesman said thousands of people had turned out to demand an end to subsidies for fossil fuels.
Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported that Dutch actress Caris van Houten was also arrested after being hit by a water cannon.
Police said 1,539 people had been arrested for violating demonstration laws, but no criminal charges were planned. Another 40 people were arrested on criminal charges, including sabotage and vandalism.
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