End Preventia in Costa Rica
The issue: Every person has the right to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty. However, the opposite happened when Mr. Patrick Hundley was arrested and thrown in a Costa Rican prison without evidence under the concept of Preventia (preventive detention). It was as if he had been found guilty in a trial, but there was no trial.
He was arrested under false pretenses, he was not presented any evidence, he was not given a hearing on the facts of the case and he was assigned an unlawfully high bail. This abuse of law through Preventia is an injustice and a violation of human rights.
During his 6 months in prison, Mr. Hundley had two options to get out of prison: agree to the demands of a business partner or post an unreasonable bail.
Pat Hundley would now like to bring attention to and hopefully change the Costa Rica systems that allow these injustices to occur.
"The concept of Preventia is an Abortion of Justice"
Read Mr. Hundley's letter after being released from jail here.
Hundley was asked to come in to present his side of a business dispute in Costa Rica. What happened? He was asked a few personal questions then he was arrested. His translator couldn't explain what was happening and no evidence has been provided to his attorney. He was brought in under false pretense and wrongly arrested.
Pat Hundley has helped to revitalize Jaco Beach in Costa Rica. He's a respected businessman and employer to 100s of Costa Ricans. Let him have his day in court.
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From deceiving Pat Hundley at the time of arrest to denying due process and reasonable bail, this situation leaves Hundley without basic rights.
Inter-American Human Rights Court
Continuing to hold Pat Hundley in prison is a vioation of the standards of the Inter-American Human Rights Court of which Costa Rica is the host country.
A Letter from Pat Hundley
Mr. Hundley has written a letter to the people of Costa Rica calling for a discussion on terrible prison conditions in Costa Rica and Preventiva.
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