#News: An Indonesian mother has been jailed for protesting a palm oil factory built next to schools in #Sumatra. The factory’s #pollution threatens children’s #health, sparking outrage over the criminalising environmental activism. 🌍 #BoycottPalmOil https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/indonesian-mother-imprisoned-for-protesting-palm-oil-factory-next-to-school/
Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school
Gustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra sentenced her to more than five months in prison for speaking out against the environmental damage caused by a nearby palm oil mill.Philip Jacobson (Conservation news)