Dutch police detain 1,000 climate activists in The Hague

Police in The Hague said they detained about 1,000 climate activists on Saturday for blocking a major city motorway again. Last year, the climate group Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked the A12 motorway in The Hague dozens of times to demand that the Netherlands cut all state subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.

Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported that the clearing of the blockade, which had been banned by the mayor of the city, dragged on because demonstrators had glued themselves to the road. The city said that the motorway would be cleaned and then reopened to traffic.