Some 400 people have been detained by Dutch police after demonstrators refused to leave a protest in The Hague against social-distancing measures.
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Several thousand protesters had gathered in the Malieveld area, close to the Dutch seat of government, even though the rally was banned.
"We have detained some 400 people today. A large number of them have been since let go," police said on Twitter on Sunday.
Authorities had allowed a brief protest to go ahead in the afternoon before asking demonstrators to leave.
Protesters were wearing T-shirts that read "Stop the lockdown" and carried banners demanding the Dutch rule to keep a distance of 1.5 metres apart be lifted.
Police eventually ended the demonstration and detained a group of 400 people who refused to leave.
The Hague Mayor Johan Remkes said the demonstration was banned because authorities had information that "troublemakers" from all over the Netherlands, including groups of known football hooligans, were planning to descend on The Hague.
"This has nothing to do with protesting or the right to freedom of speech. This group was deliberately trying to disturb public order," Remkes said in a statement.
Australian Associated Press