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Harvard Grad Student Arrested for Cannabis in Bali Dies in Custody Due to Police Brutality

On the 11th of August 2022, a 32-year-old Peruvian Harvard Kennedy School student, Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, was pronounced dead at a hospital in Denpasar, Indonesia, while in police custody. According to reports, Rodrigo was earlier arrested over cannabis possession and was allegedly discriminated against and maltreated by the police.

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