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Indonesian farmers walk 1,800 kilometres to protest against evictions

Farmers North Sumatra protest

Jakarta, IndonesiaThomson Reuters Foundation More than 100 Indonesian farmers gathered outside the presidential palace in Jakarta on Monday, having walked about 1,800 kilometres from the island of Sumatra to protest against forced evictions from their lands. About 170 farmers began the trek from Deli Serdang in northern Sumatra on 25th June to raise awareness of […]