Civil Liberties and Human Rights Complainants Oppose VPD Street Check Recommendations; Disagree with Key Findings of Street Check Review
For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Civil Liberties Association, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Black Lives Matter-Vancouver are highly concerned about the key findings of a Vancouver Police […]
PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA and UBCIC Highly Alarmed at Increasing Police Powers in Wet’suwet’en; File Complaint about RCMP Exclusion Zone
For Immediate Release Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are highly alarmed at the at the expanding nature of […]
MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Leadership, BCCLA, UBCIC and Legal Coalition file complaint about RCMP Checkpoint and Exclusion Zone
January 29, 2020 For Immediate Release WHAT: A coalition is calling on the Chairperson of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP to initiate a policy complaint and […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA to Respond to VPD Policy on Street Checks
For Immediate Release What: BCCLA media scrum to comment to VPD’s Conducting and Documenting Street Checks and Police Stops Policy When: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST Where: […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA argues in Supreme Court of Canada case about the Charter rights of corporations.
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 21, 2020 OTTAWA – On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association will make oral arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Conference on Legal Complaints Filed Against RCMP Exclusion Zone in Wet’suwet’en
Indigenous, Civil liberties, Human Rights & Labour Groups Condemn Exclusion Zone For immediate release VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs, BC Civil Liberties Association, British […]
Media Advisory: Rights group to appear at Supreme Court of Canada to argue for strong anti-SLAPP legislation
For immediate release On November 12, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear two appeals concerning freedom of expression on matters of public interest in lawsuits that aim to […]
Press Release: Rights groups continue the fight to end indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement in Canada
For Immediate Release (le français suit) Vancouver, B.C. – The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC) have responded to the federal government’s […]
Press Release: Civil liberties watchdog files access to information request seeking transparency on BC’s Community Safety Act
The BCCLA has filed an access to information request with the BC government seeking transparency on the projected costs of the proposed Community Safety Act (“the Act”). The law was […]
Press Release: BCCLA supports expansion of voting rights in UBCM vote next week
VANCOUVER — xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), SkwxwĂş7mesh (Squamish) & sÉ™lilĚ“wÉ™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories – Next week at the 2019 Convention of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), councillors and mayors from across the […]
