I feel like we have been falling flat with our Jason Puracal efforts.

Any ideas of what we could do for our monthly letter writing campaign?

Two ideas I have:
1. Get the address for the largest newspapers or the the writers who have written about the case in the past and send in mass.

2. Get the address for the State Dept in Niciragua and mail letters directly to them.


What do you all want to do? Any other ideas?

Lets not let Jason down. He is an official featured case for Injustice Anywhere.

He is an innocent man in one of the worlds worst and most dangerous prisons. His LIFE is literally in danger every day that he is in that place. We have help get him out of there!

I'm not sure what to do about it but I really feel that Jason's case is not getting enough attention. I think we need to bring this to the attention of the large newspapers.

The following is an address (email and snail mail) for the U.S. embassy in Nicaragua as well as a draft letter I will send to Robert Downes, Chargé d'Affaires. The letter itself is shamelessly plagiarized from FreejasonP.com, with a paragraph added to update for the recent petition filed on Jason’s behalf with the United Nations. (see: http://freejasonp.com/united-nations-petition/)

consularmanagua@state.gov

Robert Richard Downes
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Embassy of The United States - Nicaragua
Kilómetro 5 1/2 (5.5) Carretera Sur, en Managua, Nicaragua.

Subject: Jason Puracal

Dear Mr. Downes,

I am writing this letter on behalf of Jason Puracal, a United States citizen from Seattle, Washington. Jason has been wrongfully imprisoned in Nicaragua since November 11, 2010. The prosecution charged Jason with drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime. He was held for over nine months before he even went to trial.

The trial was conducted by a political appointee of the Sandinista government who was neither a judge nor a licensed attorney. At trial, the prosecution did not present a single gram of drugs as evidence. All of Jason's bank records were seized, yet no illegal activity was found and not a single record was offered at trial. Jason was declared guilty along with ten other people, none of whom he knew before the arrest.

Jason was wrongfully convicted without evidence on August 29, 2011, and has been sentenced to 22 years in a Nicaraguan prison for crimes he did not commit.

Prior to trial, the Judge in Jason’s case refused to rule on a motion that would decide whether Jason was being wrongfully detained in violation of the Nicaraguan Constitution. That same Judge was supposed to be deliberating privately on that motion when he was instead meeting with the Police Commissioner who had Jason arrested.

On January 18, 2012 Jason filed the petition in the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The petition urges the Working Group to find that Jason's detention is arbitrary and in violation of Nicaraguan and international laws.

Our Congress, State Department, and President must encourage the Nicaraguan courts toward a swift and fair review of Jason's appeal. 

Jason has repeatedly declared his innocence, and his family is working hard to secure Jason’s release.

Congressman Adam Smith has issued a public statement expressing his concern about Jason’s case: http://adamsmith.house.gov/News/Documen ... tID=239643

You can access the full details of Jason’s case at http://www.freejasonp.com

Please tell me right away what is being done by your office and the US government to secure Jason’s release.

Thank you.


Sincerely

Hey guys, thanks for your continued support of Jason. As you know, I work with the family, and we had the Today Show cover the case yesterday. This is an important piece - as it is our largest news market to date.

One thing that could help is spreading the Today Show segment to other blogs or individuals that might be interested in learning about the case: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/ ... 9#46380329

Thanks again. Your writing, advocacy and constant support is the kind of attention we need to really move the needle for Jason!

Excellent! This is what is needed.