BCCLA Condemns Unlawful Canada Day Searches
The BC Civil Liberties Association condemns BC Transit and the Victoria Police Department for implementing a policy of unlawful mandatory searches during Canada Day celebrations. In 2008, the BC Civil […]
Security Certificate Detainee to Speak Out in Vancouver
Adil Charkaoui, the lead litigant in the successful constitutional challenge of Canada’s security certificate and secret trial regime at the Supreme Court of Canada is coming to Vancouver. The B.C. […]
BCCLA Demands Assurances RCMP Disclosing All Relevant Materials at Braidwood Inquiry
The Braidwood inquiry was thrown into an uproar today after a Department of Justice lawyer, representing the RCMP, made a late disclosure of an email exchange between two senior RCMP […]
With Cell Phone Video Recovery Inconclusive, BCCLA Calls on VPD to Release Surveillance Video
Two months of effort by three different data recovery companies to recover an allegedly deleted cell phone video of a police shooting has ended in a frustratingly inconclusive result. The […]
BCCLA Condemns CBC Ban on Political Ads
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) condemned the CBC for its refusal to run political advertisements outside election periods. The policy came to light when the public broadcaster refused […]
BCCLA Launches Police News Blog
Today the BC Civil Liberties Association formally launched RightsCity.org, Canada’s first blog focused exclusively on Canadian police accountability, and the first blog of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. “The BCCLA […]
BCCLA Shares Cell Phone Video Recovery Results
Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Civil Liberties Association will hold a news conference in Vancouver to announce the results of attempts to recover a cellphone video of the shooting of […]
BCCLA Demands Immediate Repatriation of Abousfian Abdelrazik
In light of today‟s Federal Court judgment, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association demanded the immediate repatriation of a Canadian citizen who has been living in the Canadian embassy in Khartoum, […]
Decision by the Supreme Court to Dismiss Leave to Appeal Afghanistan Prisoners’ Case Puts Protection in Limbo
The decision by the Supreme Court today to dismiss leave to appeal of the case of how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canada’s international human rights obligations […]
Right to Water
Access to clean water is increasingly being seen as a human right and an civil liberties issue. The BCCLA recognizes the right to adequate supplies of clean drinking water as […]