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January 27, 2023

Dutch Police Arrest Climate Activists Ahead of Planned Peaceful Protests
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In the Netherlands, police arrested six climate activists in their homes
Thursday and charged them with incitement over their roles in planning
nonviolent civil disobedience actions. Their arrests came ahead of
Saturday's planned peaceful blockade of a highway next to the Dutch
Parliament in The Hague. The group Extinction Rebellion is demanding an
immediate end to $19 billion in annual fossil fuel subsidies.


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