RELEASE: BCCLA files to appeal campus free speech decision of the BC Supreme Court
VANCOUVER (13 February 2015) – The BC Civil Liberties Association is asking the BC Court of Appeal to hear its lawsuit challenging restrictions on campus free speech. The BCCLA and […]
RELEASE – One year after Lucía Vega Jiménez’s death, rights organizations condemn federal failure to make CBSA accountable
Immigration detainees still at risk, say groups VANCOUVER and MONTRÉAL (February 12, 2015) – A year after Canadians learned of the death of Lucía Vega Jiménez in immigration detention, human […]
Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to release death-with-dignity decision; BCCLA & plaintiff’s family to be available in Ottawa
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 For immediate release OTTAWA – On Friday morning, February 6, 2015, at 9:45 am Eastern, the Supreme Court of Canada will release reasons for judgment in […]
Avis aux médias : Aide médicale à mourir – la Cour suprême du Canada rendra sa décision
OTTAWA (3 février 2015) – Le vendredi, 6 février, 2015, à 09h45 HE, la Cour suprême du Canada rendra sa décision dans l’appel Carter c. Canada – le procès de […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to sweeping new anti-terror bill
January 30, 2015 VANCOUVER – This morning the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) – the organization that is currently suing the federal government over allegations of warrantless electronic surveillance of […]
New legislation needed to protect free expression from SLAPP suits
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) represent a real and present danger to the exercise of free expression in this province of British Columbia, and across Canada. British Columbians know […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to international investigation on murdered & missing Indigenous women
VANCOUVER (Coast Salish Territories) – Today the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released the results of its investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls in British […]
Bulletin from Bangkok: Protest Rights and Extractive Industry
The BCCLA has been invited by the United Nations to a special meeting of experts, held in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the treatment of the rights of communities and demonstrators […]
CBSA secrecy laid bare in Lucía Vega Jiménez case, say BCCLA and CARL
VANCOUVER (December 4, 2012) – Months after the inquest into the tragic suicide death of Lucía Vega Jiménez, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) finally released documents under the Access […]
BCCLA reacts to injunction decision on Burnaby Mountain protest
VANCOUVER – Carmen Cheung, senior counsel at the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the judgment from the BC Supreme Court granting an injunction in relation to the protest […]
