David House Agents had the high honor of delivering their client into his mother’s arms last night at Los Angeles International Airport. He had been wrongfully locked up abroad in sub-human conditions since last year. The case was kept out of the media due to the sensitive nature of the matter.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Jailed Businessman Freed by The David House Agency
“After nearly two years of fighting the wrongful conviction of American Jason Puracal, the charges against him have been vacated and he was released. He is back in the USA with his family.
The David House Agency managed complex legal, political, communications and cultural issues on this case – and we’re very pleased that the outcome is a happy one. It’s been a privilege working with the talented team of professionals that brought Jason home.”
– Eric Volz, managing director, The David House Agency
Jason Puracal is Free, Reunited with his Family
Jason Puracal speaks to Anderson Cooper on AC360 on Monday, September 17th, 2012.
United Nations Calls for Immediate Release of Puracal
Washington, DC (May 30, 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the Government of Nicaragua’s detention of David House Agency client, Jason Puracal, is in violation of international law and he should be released immediately. Puracal, an American citizen from the Seattle/Tacoma area, has been illegally detained since November 2010 in Nicaragua’s infamous La Modelo prison. Under Opinion No. 10/2012 – which was issued by renowned experts from Chile, Norway, Pakistan, Senegal, Ukraine – the United Nations urged immediate action. Puracal’s appeal hearing has been delayed for nine months and remains unscheduled.
There are more than 3,000 U.S. citizens detained worldwide for various alleged and actual offenses. Puracal is the only American currently being detained even though there is an independent finding that the detention is unlawful.
Opinion No. 10/2012 is available here:http://freejason.squarespace.com/storage/UNWGAD%20Opinion%20No.%2010-2012%20ENG.pdf
Iran ‘Hikers” case: Relief after Tireless Effort
Post by DHA Managing Director, Eric Volz
This past April I gave a lecture at the 2011 International Innocence Network Conference, and brought along my dear friend, Sarah Shroud.
At the time, Sarah had been recently freed from an Iranian prison where she had been held hostage for 14 months. Though released, her fiance, Shane Bauer, and dear friend, Josh Fattal remained in prison in Iran. We took this photo along with other exonerees who were at one time wrongfully imprisoned in high profile, international cases: José Antonio Zuñiga (México), Ron Dalton (Canada) and Toshikazu Sugaya (Japan). We held our arms open, holding a place for both Shane and Josh.
On September 21st, Shane and Josh, “the Hikers”, were freed. It was a beautiful moment to see their families reunited after almost two years of being wrongfully detained by the Iranian regime.
This past weekend, I was able to attend a celebration for the families and friends of Sarah, Shane and Josh. Here we are, with our arms around them – just as we had imagined months prior.
Welcome home, guys.
