Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze
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Protesters have taken to the streets in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities out of anger over the wildfires and the resulting poor air quality. Hundreds of thousands of people have developed respiratory problems over the past few months.
On Tuesday, demonstrations were held in several cities in Indonesia to denounce the toxic smoke caused by the vast forest fires that have been ravaging Borneo and Sumatra for months.
Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze
Demonstrations were called by students to display dissatisfaction with the government of President Prabowo Subianto, which marked its second year on Tuesday. They railed against perceived ineptitude and corruption during protests in the capital Jakarta, but also in Bandung and Yogyakarta elsewhere on Java island, as well as Pekanbaru in Sumatra and Makassar in South Sulawesi. Many pointed particularly to an inability to put out the fires that ha…
JAKARTA: Indonesians held demonstrations in several cities on Tuesday to protest forest fires and toxic haze that have sickened thousands for weeks in a crisis that has gripped Southeast Asia. The demonstrations were organized by students to voice their dissatisfaction with the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, who completed two years in office on Tuesday. They denounced ...
Protesters have taken to the streets in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities out of anger over the wildfires and the resulting poor air quality. Over the past few months, hundreds of thousands of people have developed respiratory problems.
'I have the right to breathe': Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze
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