Police in Amsterdam detained more than 150 people on suspicion of trespassing after activists occupied a Microsoft data-centre construction site in Sloterdijk on 6 November.
Claimed by: Amsterdam police
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Who's reporting it
- NH Nieuws, 2026-11-06: Reports police estimated that roughly 150 to 200 people were arrested for trespassing at the site, up from an earlier figure of dozens. source
- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-06: Reports Dutch police said they detained 150 to 200 trespassing suspects after several hundred activists occupied the site, and that Microsoft said it respects peaceful protest but not unlawful acts. source
- SBS, 2026-11-09: Reports police detained more than 200 protesters, mostly on trespassing grounds, and later released all of them. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Single source. The detention numbers come only from police, first given as an estimate of 150 to 200; a later report put the total above 200.