Netherlands, May 31 -- Global outrage was triggered after a viral video showed the Dutch police using brute force against a heavily pregnant woman during the arrest of her Palestinian husband.

The video, which surfaced on Friday, May 29, shows several police officers surrounding a man on his knees, with his hands behind his back, as his wife attempts to talk to them. Another officer with a police dog approaches the woman, prying her away from her husband, suddenly throwing her to the ground violently.

According to a post on Substack, the man, identified as Wesam Mekdad, was from Gaza, facing deportation proceedings in Germany, and the assault took place inside a refugee centre.

Dutch police defend officers' actions

Police defended the...