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Colombia: hip-hop artist assassinated —again

Community activist and hip-hop artist Marcelo Pimienta Sánchez AKA “MC Chelo,” 23, was shot dead by unknown assailants near his home in the conflicted Comuna 13 district of MedellĂ­n.

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Venezuela: indigenous protest at supreme court

Over 80 indigenous Yukpa people are maintaining a permanent vigil at the Venezuelan supreme court to demand the right to try three men accused of violence related to land conflicts under indigenous law.