Assalamu alaikum - Environmental catastrophe in Tunisia: thousands demand the chemical plant be shut down
Assalamu alaikum. In Tunisia on Wednesday thousands of people took to the streets to protest, demanding the closure of an old chemical plant - locals say its emissions are ruining nature and destroying people's health. The police stepped in and tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas, from which some people lost consciousness. Hundreds of people pulled back, but several groups of young people kept chanting slogans and reciting du'a for the sick.
In recent weeks many people in the industrial city of Gabes have ended up in hospitals. Doctors say the worsening health of 122 people is linked to air pollution and poor environmental conditions.
Residents blame the plant for a rise in cancer and respiratory illnesses. "This has to stop. Three of my children have asthma, my husband and my mother died of cancer," said 52-year-old Lamia ben Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them), who took part in the protest.
"We just want to breathe," demonstrators shouted. Many called the situation in the city an ecological disaster and even "genocide" that "is happening before the eyes of the authorities" and, they say, with their silent consent.
An AFP correspondent reported that about 2,000 people first took to the streets, but the number quickly grew to several thousand.
The plant, owned by Tunisian Chemical Group, has been producing phosphate fertilizers since 1972. It was promised to be closed back in 2017, but nothing has been done so far.
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