The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its concern about the serious acts of violence that occurred during a demonstration on July 8, 2010, in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama...workers from banana plantations...called a general strike beginning July 2, 2010, to protest the approval of Law 30...The information available indicates that on July 8, a demonstration—organized as part of a protest against certain aspects of the law related to labor union rights and the right to strike—was suppressed by security forces, leaving several persons dead, more than a hundred injured, and another hundred detained...The Inter-American Commission reminds the Panamanian State of its duty to control demonstrations within the framework of respect for inter-American human rights standards.