Indonesia protesters demand action to stop fires in forests
- On Tuesday, Indonesians protested in cities across Java, Sumatra, and South Sulawesi, demanding government action against wildfires and toxic haze causing widespread health issues for weeks.
- More than 1.9 million hectares burned since July due to unusually severe blazes caused by Nino, sending toxic haze across Southeast Asia to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency deployed more than 60,000 firefighters and 49 aircraft for water bombing. Melsi, a 40-year-old vendor, said, "We're the little people, we can't do anything but hope that the government will handle it."
- Demonstrations targeted President Prabowo Subianto's government on its second anniversary, citing perceived ineptitude. Police arrested six Greenpeace activists in Jakarta for displaying banners reading "Haze & Prabowo's Regime = National Disaster."
- Indonesia experiences fires every dry season, but this year's severity has intensified public anger. Protestors in Palangkaraya demanded the government declare a state of emergency to address the crisis.
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Indonesia protesters demand action to stop fires in forests
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets this week in Indonesia to voice anger at what they see as their government’s failure to stop fires in rainforests that have blanketed their country in a sickening haze.
Indonesian students clash with police over toxic haze and wildfire crisis
Students in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province clashed with police during a protest over the government's handling of months of forest fires, toxic haze and rising respiratory illnesses. The demonstrations reflect growing public frustration over the environmental crisis, which has affected millions, degraded air quality and spread haze across Southeast Asia. Protesters are demanding stronger government action as Indonesia faces one of its wors…
Indonesian citizens staged protests in several cities after prolonged wildfires on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Toxic haze is impacting health and livelihoods. The fires have burned over 11 million acres of land in the first nine months of the year.
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KalingaTVStudent protests erupt across Indonesia over rising living costs, forest fires
Protests erupted across Indonesia as students demanded action on rising living costs and environmental issues. Demonstrators criticized the government's handling of forest fires that generated toxic haze affecting public health. In Jakarta, students called for stronger protections for civil liberties and affordable healthcare. Meanwhile, the Presidential Chief of Staff announced measures to tackle forest fires and expedite corporate investigatio…
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