BCCLA Demands Coroner Call Inquest Into Boyd Death
The BCCLA is demanding that the Coroner call an inquest into the death of Paul Boyd at the hands of the Vancouver Police Department. Recent media reports have suggested that […]
CBC Frees Airwaves for Political Ads After BCCLA Intervenes
The CBC has reversed course and will now allow political advertisements on its airwaves outside of election periods. Advocacy by the BCCLA, combined with a recent Supreme Court of Canada […]
2009 Mary McDonald Contest Winners and New Essay Contest Announced
The BCCLA announced the winners from their first-ever Mary McDonald student essay contest. The contest awards the best post-secondary student essay on a human rights or civil liberties topic that […]
BCCLA Calls On VANOC To Remove Artist Contract “Propaganda Clause”
The BCCLA is calling on the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) to withdraw a clause in its artist contract that limits free expression. The clause requires artists to “refrain from […]
RCMP Agrees to Release Videotape of Willey Death
VANCOUVER – The RCMP has agreed to release the videotape and investigation file of the in-custody, Taser-related death of Clayton Alvin Willey, following a public demand by the BCCLA and […]
VPD Disables Sonic Gun in Response to BCCLA Objections
The Vancouver Police Department has responded to BCCLA demands that it refrain from using their newly acquired LRAD sonic gun as a weapon against protesters by disabling the device’s weapons […]
Community Demands Release of Videotape of In-Custody Death
Representatives of a leading aboriginal and civil society group, along with a forensic pathologist and a journalist gathered yesterday to demand the release of security footage taken in an RCMP […]
Omar Khadr – Supreme Court – Return
Vancouver, B.C. — On November 13, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association will argue in the Supreme Court of Canada that the government must obey a Federal Court order to bring […]
CJB Says No Need for Trial in Police Shooting of Paul Boyd
Vancouver, B.C. – The Criminal Justice Branch has announced that it will not be advancing any criminal charges against a VPD officer who shot mentally ill man Paul Boyd eight […]
BCCLA Demands Policy for VPD Olympic Sonic Gun
Vancouver, B.C. – A representative for the Vancouver Police Department confirmed to the BCCLA last week that the VPD has acquired an LRAD (Long Range Acoustical Device) crowd control weapon […]
