Panama Indians seek release of detained protesters

Baku-APA. Indigenous groups in Panama are demanding the release of anti-mining protesters detained when police used tear gas to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway, APA reports quoting Associated Press.
The Coalition of Indigenous Peoples and Farmworkers is also demanding police withdraw from an Indian enclave after Sunday’s clashes, which left a protester dead, 40 people injured and 44 people arrested.
Coalition leader Liborio Miranda said Monday the demands are a prerequisite for opening talks with the government.
Sympathy protests blocked highways in other parts of the country Monday.
The blockades were set up by members of the Ngobe-Bugle tribe who fear mining projects and dams will affect watersheds on their land in western Panama.
The Coalition of Indigenous Peoples and Farmworkers is also demanding police withdraw from an Indian enclave after Sunday’s clashes, which left a protester dead, 40 people injured and 44 people arrested.
Coalition leader Liborio Miranda said Monday the demands are a prerequisite for opening talks with the government.
Sympathy protests blocked highways in other parts of the country Monday.
The blockades were set up by members of the Ngobe-Bugle tribe who fear mining projects and dams will affect watersheds on their land in western Panama.
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