Over 1,500 Climate Activists Arrested in Dutch Extinction Rebellion Protest
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Dutch police arrested over 1500 climate protesters after a climate protest garnered thousands of participants in the Hague, the Netherlands' seat of government. The protest was called for by Extinction Rebellion, a group that originated in the UK which uses non-violent albeit disruptive protest methods to raise climate awareness. The protests were primarily against fossil fuel subsidies.
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