Dutch Police Detain 2,400, Unleash Water Cannons on Massive Climate Protest.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/11/headlines/dutch_police_detain_2_400_unleash_water_cannons_on_massive_climate_protest
Dutch police use water cannon to clear climate activists from highway.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-police-use-water-cannon-clear-climate-activists-highway-2023-09-11/
Around 3,100 arrests so far for climate protests on A12 road.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/almost-3000-arrests-at-weekend-for-climate-protests-on-a12-road/
In the Netherlands, police deployed water cannons on some 10,000 climate protesters and detained 2,400 people as they rallied on a major highway to demand their government stop funding fossil fuel companies. The action was organized by Extinction Rebellion.
Activist: “I think there are many ways to combat climate change, and you need all the different ways. But for me, I feel that we are really in such an urgent situation that I really feel that this is necessary, because the government is not listening, and we’ve asked it for decades nicely. Nothing is changing. So, I don’t know if it’s going to help, but I think it’s better than to stay at home.”