Dutch police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam on Sunday (November 10) who had gathered despite a ban on gatherings in the city. These arrests occur after the confirmation by the Dutch courts of the ban, requested by the mayor of the city, of this demonstration planned in Dam Square, in the center of the city.
Police in riot gear intervened as protesters chanted and waved signs, three days after violence on the sidelines of a soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, supporters of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel-Aviv were violently attacked by groups of individuals in the streets of Amsterdam. This violence has sparked outrage around the world, with US President Joe Biden describing it as violence. “anti-Semites” AND “negligible”. Five Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were briefly hospitalized. About sixty people were arrested.
“The mayor rightly decided that demonstrations would be banned this weekend in the city”the Amsterdam court announced on day X, adding that an application had been made to revoke the ban. “refused”. The Dutch activist Frank van der Linde wanted to demonstrate in Dam Square against the “genocide in Gaza, but also because [le] The right to demonstrate has been withdrawn »he stated, quoted by the Dutch national agency ANP.
The contributions area is reserved for subscribers.
Subscribe to access this discussion space and contribute to the discussion.
Contribute
