BCCLA supports public hearing for Wu complaint
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has announced a public hearing will review Mr. Yao Wei Wu’s complaint against two Vancouver Police officers for an alleged assault when the […]
Police and advocates push for sobering centres
NOTE TO EDITORS: This is a by-invitation only event, but it is open to the media. Meeting is December 9, 2010 from 9 a.m. to noon at Simon Fraser University’s […]
Military police commission to hear key witnesses in torture hearings
The inquiry by the Military Police Complaints Commission into whether military police failed to investigate if commanders illegally ordered the transfer of detainees to a known risk of torture in […]
BCCLA tells Canada to defend citizens’ rights against secret US travel watchlists
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association November 24, 2010 For immediate release Civil Liberties Group Tells Canada to Defend Citizens’ Rights Against Secret US Travel Watchlists Vancouver, B.C. The BCCLA is […]
BCCLA discovers secret provincial audit of the RCMP
The BCCLA has discovered that the province of B.C. completed a secret audit of the RCMP’s performance under the controversial untendered 20-year policing contract signed in 1990. As the province […]
BCCLA joins hearing to call for end to discriminatory polygamy law
The BCCLA is calling Canada’s polygamy law discriminatory and an inappropriate use of the criminal law as it launches its participation in B.C.’s historic constitutional reference. “The key for us […]
BCCLA Executive Director receives prestigious human rights award
David Eby, the Executive Director of the BCCLA, has been awarded the Renate Shearer award by the B.C. Human Rights Coalition and the United Nations Association in Canada. The award […]
Community Leaders Demand Accountability for Taser-Involved Death of Aboriginal Man
Vancouver – Representatives of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, along with an independent pathologist and a local writer will be gathering at UBCIC headquarters […]
RCMP confirm that B.C. has more than twice as many police deaths
The RCMP released figures yesterday that confirm the B.C. Civil Liberties Association’s findings that B.C. has more than twice as many police deaths as Ontario. RCMP figures show that on […]
BCCLA announces province-wide death in custody lectures
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has set dates and locations for three province-wide speaking events to launch their report on Deaths in Custody. Professor David MacAlister will be speaking with […]