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Court Rules Schiphol Cannot Impose Multi-Year Bans on Extinction Rebellion Activists

Summary by NL Times
Schiphol cannot impose a multi-year ban on Extinction Rebellion activists who protested in the secure area of the airport, the preliminary ruling judge in Haarlem ruled on Friday. According to the court, this was an “unacceptable restriction” on the right to protest. “Schiphol has not demonstrated a concrete security risk." Extinction Rebellion (XR) challenged the ban in a preliminary injunction against Schiphol.

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Schiphol was not allowed to impose long-term bans on the climate activists of Extinction Rebellion who demonstrated earlier this year in the airport's security zone. According to the Haarlem court, the bans constitute an "inadmissible infringement of the right to demonstrate." The judge stated that the right to demonstrate may only be restricted if necessary for security reasons. The airport failed to clearly demonstrate that there was a specifi…

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Schiphol was not allowed to impose a multi-year ban on the Extinction Rebellion activists demonstrating in the airport's secure area. The Haarlem court ruled Friday that this constituted an "unacceptable restriction" of the right to demonstrate. "Schiphol has not substantiated a specific security risk."

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Extinction Rebellion plans to demonstrate again at Schiphol Airport on October 24th against KLM's program, which allows passengers to earn points to redeem for new flights or upgrades. The announcement comes shortly after the Haarlem court ruled that Schiphol had wrongly banned activists from entering after the March 8th demonstration.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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Do you see this? That must be possible. According to the judge, the area ban imposed by Schiphol Airport on 37 XR people is an UNADMITTED restriction of the right to demonstrate. Earlier this month, the climate heroes took the evil horror polluters to court to argue that people who HATE flying should of course be able to continue flying from Schiphol. A HUMAN RIGHT! When the defense tried to point out the irony of the whole situation, it was imm…

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De Telegraaf broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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