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  A Costa Rican court has sentenced a man to 22 years behind bars for the murder of an Indigenous land rights defender in 2020, in a case which stoked decades-old tensions between native communities and farmers over disputed territory.
  In 1977, legislation granted land ownership to Indigenous communities with historical ties to 24 legally recognised territories.
  The ruling represents the first sign of justice for Indigenous communities after more than 40 years of occupation by non-Indigenous Costa Ricans, which has led to "Systematic violence" by some farmers, the United Nations has said.
  
  
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