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Kurdish Protest in The Hague Draws At Least 1,000 as Police Redirect March to Malieveld

Police describe a peaceful protest with marchers directed to the Malieveld.

Overview

  • Protesters briefly blocked the tramway at Den Haag Centraal, leading to a closure of Bezuidenhoutseweg and a temporary suspension of tram services.
  • The Mobile Unit and mounted police were deployed and accompanied the march without notable incidents, with no arrests reported by police.
  • Authorities designated the Malieveld as the protest site and guided the crowd from Rijnstraat near the station to that location.
  • Attendance estimates ranged from at least 1,000 observed by an ANP reporter to 2,500 claimed by organizers, with families and older participants present.
  • Demonstrators carried Kurdish and YPG flags while rallying over recent Syrian army advances into Kurdish-held areas in northeastern Syria.