BCCLA Calls on VPD to Ask Another Force to Investigate Beating
Following unsubstantiated allegations by representatives of the Vancouver Police Department that a man beaten by VPD officers in a case of mistaken identity had “resisted,” and then a retraction of […]
BC Court of Appeal to Hear Arguments on Sex Workers’ Right to Challenge Prostitution Laws
Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will appear in the BC Court of Appeal on Thursday, January 21 and Friday, January 22, 2010, to intervene on behalf […]
Make Government Compensate Victims for Charter Violations
Make government compensate victims for Charter violations, BCCLA argues in Supreme Court of Canada Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional […]
Court set to rule on future of supervised injection site
Vancouver, B.C. – The future of Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, will be revealed by the BC Court of Appeal on Friday. The Court will release its decision in two […]
BCCLA Hosting Police-Involved Deaths Talk at Vancity Theatre
Vancouver, B.C. – The BCCLA is welcoming national and international experts in policeinvolved and in-custody deaths to Vancouver for a free public forum on in-custody deaths January 21, 2010 from […]
Security Measures for Vancouver 2010
Vancouver, B.C. – The BCCLA is endorsing the statement of Canadian and International researchers who study “mega-event” security. Surveillance and privacy experts have called on Canada to “moderate the escalation […]
BCCLA Releases the Best and the Worst
HOTTIES: Richard Colvin For courageously bringing relevant evidence before the parliamentary committee on Afghan detainees; for speaking the truth to a hostile government that is playing mean and dirty to […]
Police Reserve the Right to Take Over Activist Groups for 2010
Vancouver, B.C. – In a letter promising that undercover police officers and agents will not provoke others into violence, the head of the 2010 Olympic police force has refused to […]
BCCLA Launches National Security Blog
For years, the BC Civil Liberties Association has been at the centre of Canadian national security issues. The BCCLA’s new National Security blog (http://nationalsecurity.bccla.org) now brings you updates on the […]
City Orders Anti-Olympic Mural Removed From Gallery
The City of Vancouver has shut down the public art space that has existed, uninterrupted since 2003, in front of the Crying Room gallery at 157 East Cordova Street following […]