BCCLA welcomes international human rights award winner
This year’s recipient of the prestigious International Gruber Prize for Justice will be in Vancouver for a talk on the public benefit of human rights. The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby, […]
Commission to resume inquiry into transfer to torture
The Military Police Complaints Commission is set to resume its inquiry into the conduct of the military police in transferring detainees captured by Canadian forces into Afghan custody in the […]
BCCLA calls for independent review of three police deaths in ten months
The BCCLA is seeking an independent review into how three men could die in a period of just ten months in police cells in Saskatoon, a city of 257,000 residents. […]
RCMP must fix women’s rights violations in Kamloops jail
Following news of allegations of voyeuristic activities by male RCMP and civilian guards at the RCMP lockup in Kamloops, the BCCLA is calling for improved conditions in the women’s cells […]
Canada must ensure that rights of migrants are protected
With a boatload of up to 500 Tamil migrants expected to land in British Columbia today, the BCCLA is calling on the Canadian government to ensure that their fundamental human […]
Don’t tie drunk people to chairs, BCCLA tells RCMP
The BCCLA is asking the Williams Lake detachment of the RCMP to stop tying intoxicated prisoners to chairs when those prisoners don’t follow directions. The organization is questioning why when […]
BCCLA supports calls for missing women inquiry
With the conclusion of the Pickton criminal trial, the BCCLA is renewing its call for a public inquiry into the missing women of Vancouver and Highway 16 in Northern B.C. […]
Supreme Court approves of extreme police tactics, rules Calgary police did not use unreasonable force
Ottawa – Today the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the case R. v. Cornell that the Calgary Police Department did not use unreasonable force when they broke down the […]
Supreme Court to rule on whether Calgary police used unreasonable force
Ottawa – On Friday, July 30, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Cornell. The Court will determine if the Calgary Police Department used unreasonable […]
BCCLA declares victory on child sex testing
The BCCLA declared victory for children in B.C. after the province announced the cancellation of the penile plethysmograph research program at the Youth Forensic Psychiatric Service of B.C., a branch […]