ZoDalek t1_j6cz1lb wrote
Reply to comment by v052020 in Hundreds of climate activists were arrested in The Hague after blocking the A12 highway in both ways on Saturday afternoon in protest at government subsidies for fossil fuels such as oil and gas by DoremusJessup
> Yes you can demonstrate if approved.
You can protest full stop. There is no approval process, despite some local governments trying to turn the registration requirement into a de facto permit system.
The government may impose restrictions for a handful of reasons, but only ever the least possible to alleviate them.
This blockade may have been unlawful (that’s really up for a judge to decide if it comes to that) but you can’t turn protest law upside down like this.
> Blocking a high road is stupid and dangerous.
It’s done all the time for road works, sporting events, etc. Traffic is rerouted. No one gets hurt.
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