'How is it possible?': Students protest Indonesian haze
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — Hundreds of students protested late Friday in Indonesia's Palangkaraya, demanding the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis that has shrouded their city and the wider region in toxic haze for months. The students, many wearing surgical masks, gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility and waved banners urging authorities to declare a…
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — Amid ongoing wildfires causing a haze that has enveloped their city and the region for months, hundreds of students held a protest on Friday night in Palangkaraya, Indonesia, urging their government to take more decisive action. Decked in surgical masks due to the poor air quality, the students gathered beneath an unusually orange sky with limited visibility, holding up banners demanding the declaration of a national emergency to facilitate increased aid.
One protest banner, attached to a wall outside the Central Kalimantan governor's office, read, "The officials are morons, but they get fantastic perks while the lives of the common people are tragic." The demonstrators, while singing the national anthem, engaged in minor confrontations with law enforcement. No injuries or arrests were recorded, and as the night wore on, the protesters picked up their discarded items and left the area peacefully.
They appealed to the Central Kalimantan provincial government to openly acknowledge its inability to control the disaster, thereby allowing the situation to be addressed effectively.
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