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MODETEAB Condemns Repression Against Indigenous Communities Amid Ongoing Social Mobilization in Panama

June 3, 2025Valle de Agua ArribaAnnexed area to the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca(Province of Bocas del Toro)Panama – URGENT STATEMENT – The Movement for the Defense of Territories and Ecosystems of Bocas del Toro (MODETEAB) strongly denounces the police repression taking place in various regions of Panama. This repression has intensified in recent weeks, especially in numerous Indigenous communities, including those in …

STATEMENT ON POLICE REPRESSION IN PANAMA

PANAMA, MAY 15, 2025 TO: Regional and international human rights organizations and authorities The Movement for the Defense of the Territories and Ecosystem of Bocas del Toro, as an organization that upholds the human rights of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, publicly denounces the repressive situation currently being experienced by the Panamanian people who are legitimately protesting following the approval …

Supporting Indigenous Rights in Panama: Accountability for IFC’s Transmission Line Project

Published August 15, 2024 by CIEL By Carla García Zendejas, Director of CIEL’s People, Land, and Resources Program, and Lani Furbank, Communications Campaign Specialist. Hundreds of kilometers from the urban center of Panama, Indigenous Ngäbe, Buglé and Campesino peoples live in some of the world’s last intact tropical forests, a place they have called home for generations. This ancestral homeland has been …

UN Warns of Violations of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Panama

By CIEL UN Treaty Bodies express concern about Panama’s Fourth Electrical Transmission Line Project, call on Panama to respect Indigenous peoples’ right to free, prior & informed consent April 11, 2023 (español aquí) GENEVA (CH) — In March, two United Nations bodies issued their findings about the situation of human rights in Panama, revealing that the Panamanian government has failed to …

Indigenous Communities in Panama Succeed in Holding World Bank to Account

Following a historic investigation of a transmission line project in Panama, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation must address its failures to ensure Indigenous Peoples’ right to free, prior, and informed consent   CIEL PRESS RELEASEJune 16, 2022 In a historic investigation published Friday, the independent accountability mechanism of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), found that …

Panama Must Consult with All Indigenous Communities Affected by Infrastructure Project

Any negotiation with the Ngäbe and Buglé Indigenous peoples over Panama’s Fourth Transmission Line must comply with Panamanian and international law CIEL Press Release November 24, 2021 Last Wednesday, Panama’s state-owned Electrical Transmission Company (ETESA) announced that it had reached an agreement with certain Indigenous authorities to allow Panama’s Fourth Electrical Transmission Line to cross the territory of the Ngäbe and Buglé …

Panama Transmission Line IV Threatens Indigenous Land Rights

By CIEL Last updated July 2018 CIEL supports the Territorial Organization of Ngäbe, Buglé and Campesinos of the Northern Region of Santa Fe, the Movement for the Defense of the Territories and Ecosystems of Boca del Toro (MODETAB), and the Alliance for Conservation and Development (ACD) in raising concerns about the lack of consultation with indigenous communities on the Transmission Line IV …