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The right to demonstrate is under pressure in the Netherlands, activists warned the Tweede Kamer. The local government regularly changes the rules during the game and often uses too much violence, said climate activist Jelle de Graaf of Extinction Rebellion, anti-racism activist Jerry Afriyie of Kick Out Zwarte Piet, and Bart Kemp of farmers’ movement Argactie in a discussion with parliamentarians about the right to demonstrate. ....
Participants in a climate march set off from Arnhem, Alkmaar, and Almere on Sunday morning, ending six days later in The Hague. The march is an initiative of Extinction Rebellion (XR), in advance of the next blockade of the A12 highway, which the climate activist group has announced for next Saturday. According to XR, the march will be "public-friendly and fully within the law." ....
As with previous highway blockades, The Hague banned Extinction Rebellion supporters from blocking the A12 highway. But this time, climate activists are also not welcome at the Malieveld next door, where they want to hold a support demonstration. All protesters must go to Laan van Reagan en Gorbatsjov, opposite Den Haag Central Station. Mayor Jan van Zanen announced those restrictions on Thursday. ....
DENK and four organizations representing Muslims and Dutch people of Turkish origin asked Mayor Jan van Zanen of The Hague to ban a “threatening hate action” that Pegida wants to hold in the city on Friday. The anti-Islam movement announced a demonstration at the Turkish embassy on its Facebook page with a video of a Koran burning. Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz expects that destroying or burning a Koran during protests in the Netherlands can lead to an increased terror threat, as in Sweden. But banning the protest is legally not possible, Van Zanen said. ....
The governing coalition in the municipality of The Hague collapsed on Thursday evening. The VVD is ending its cooperation with D66, CDA, PvdA and GroenLinks. That happened after a restless additional City Council meeting. It brought an end to the third ruling coalition in The Hague in five years. ....