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    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.  

    Continuing to Hold Hundley is a Direct Violation of the Inter-American Human Rights Court

    June 29, 2014

    Continuing to hold Pat Hundley in prison is a violation of the standards of the Human Rights Court, of which Costa Rica is a founding member and host country.

     

    The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José,...

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    US Details Multiple Costa Rican Human Rights Violations in Prisons and Judicial System

    June 26, 2014

    The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor issued a scathing report on Costa Rica's judicial system for the 2013 year.  The US bureau noted that Costa Rica was violating human rights in the areas of harsh prison conditions, harsh treatment of inmates, and delay...

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