Media Advisory: BCCLA to Defend Human Rights in Closing Submissions at Cullen Commission
For Immediate Release What: BCCLA to provide closing oral submissions at Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in BC When: Closing submissions for participants are scheduled for October 15, […]
Press Release: Rights Group Sues to Stop Wardens from Placing Prisoners in Long-term Solitary Confinement
(le français suit) October 13, 2021, Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) filed a lawsuit to stop the wardens at federal prisons […]
MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Rights group to announce initiative to stop solitary confinement in prisons
For immediate release (le français suit) Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – On October 13, 2021, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will host a press conference to announce […]
Civil Liberties Group Heads to Court to Fight for Police Accountability
For Immediate Release (le français suit) September 9, 2021 – Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – The BCCLA is headed to court this month to litigate a critical issue […]
BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court Upholds Law that Undermines Jury Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory): The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is disappointed by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in R. v. Chouhan, a critical […]
Coalition Submits Complaint for the Cancellation of the VPD Trespass Prevention Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, Territories of the xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m, sÉ™lĚ“ĂlwÉ™taʔɬ and Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh Nations — Today 8 legal and community-based organizations submitted a formal Service and Policy complaint regarding the Vancouver Police […]
BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court of Canada confirms that protecting personal privacy can justify limits on the open court principle
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory): The BC Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Sherman Estate v. Donovan, released today, which provides strong support […]
BCCLA Reacts: Federal Court of Appeal Rules that Site-Blocking Orders are ConstitutionalÂ
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory): the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is disappointed by the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision in Teksavvy v. Bell Media Inc. The Court determined that […]
Press Release: Civil Liberties Group and Legal Observers Condemn RCMP Actions at Fairy Creek
For Immediate Release (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – May 21, 2021: The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has written to the provincial government and RCMP Commissioner […]
Vancouver Police Endanger Indigenous Women and Child on MMIWG Day of Awareness
((XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – May 7, 2021) The Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (“the Coalition”) is appalled that on May 5th, […]
