Royal Rebellion
Huge, peaceful Royal Rebellion met by brutally violent police response
![A People's Assembly at the Royal Rebellion on Saturday 12th October, 2019](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/EGr_ql-XkAA3-6L.jpg)
![An activist at XR Belgium's Royal Rebellion on 12th October, 2019](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/EGtB3-4W4AA5S-C.jpg)
![A People's Assembly at the Royal Rebellion on Saturday 12th October, 2019](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/EGsWnPKWoAA0KFr.jpg)
![A People's Assembly sprayed by a water cannon at the Royal Rebellion](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/EGtulluXUAE6Tw3.jpg)
![An activist surrounded by police at the Royal Rebellion on Saturday 12th October, 2019](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/EGsTdewXYAMyMcU.jpg)
![Extinction Rebellion logo projected onto the Royal Palace, Brussels](https://assets.extinctionrebellion.be/images/_ratio3x2_width1200/projection_HD.jpg)
On Saturday 12th October hundreds of rebels gathered to occupy Place Royale/Koningsplein in Brussels for a 24-hour long program of People’s Assemblies, art, music, and more, inviting the King to declare a state of Climate and Ecological Emergency in Belgium.
Press
- The Brussels Times: Probe launched into ‘unacceptable violence’ by police against Extinction Rebellion activists
- RTBF: Militants d’Extinction Rebellion délogés par la police (FR)
- Le Soir: Plus de 400 manifestants d’Extinction Rebellion interpellés à Bruxelles: enquête sur l’action policière (FR)
- De Standaard: Onderzoek naar politiegeweld bij klimaatactie (NL)
- Het Laatste Nieuws: Onderzoek naar agenten die klimaatbetogers met pepperspray in gezicht spoten (NL)
- Bruzz: Extinction Rebellion heeft al dertig getuigenissen over forse politieactie (NL)