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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Thousands of Indonesian students protest over haze and demand emergency declared

People display a poster that reads "Declare the wildfires as national disaster," during a rally protesting the Indonesian government's response to haze from forest fires that has blanketed multiple cities, in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -

Thousands of students have staged protests across Indonesia over the government's response to the haze that has spread across Southeast Asia, demanding that president Prabowo Subianto declare a national disaster.

More than 500 protesters gathered on Friday outside the Central Kalimantan governor's office in Palangkaraya, the provincial capital on Borneo island, where many of the fires are burning.

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