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News Release Media Advisory: Vancouver Police Board to respond to VPD report on street checks

Posted on September 25, 2018

News Release Press Release: Civil liberties watchdog asks Supreme Court of Canada for speedier trial on assisted dying

Posted on August 28, 2018

News Release Press Release: BCCLA reacts to Vernon City Council Plan to Regulate Shopping Carts

Posted on August 23, 2018

News Release Media Release: Death of man in CBSA custody after altercation on plane requires independent investigation, rights watchdogs say

Posted on August 10, 2018

News Release Press Release: BCCLA launches electronic devices handbook to protect privacy at the border

Posted on August 1, 2018

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA launches electronic devices handbook to protect privacy at the border

Posted on July 31, 2018

News Release Press Release: Rights groups tell Justice Minister that Hassan Diab external review is not enough

Posted on July 19, 2018

News Release Press Release: Civil Liberties and First Nations groups file amendment to complaint on VPD street checks; concern with over representation of Indigenous women in new numbers released.

Posted on July 12, 2018

News Release Press Release: BC Court of Appeal rejects speedier trial in assisted dying law challenge, BCCLA vows to continue to fight for rights of suffering Canadians

Posted on June 28, 2018

News Release Press Release: Rights groups fight government’s appeal of historic solitary confinement ruling

Posted on June 19, 2018

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA press conference on government’s defense of solitary confinement

Posted on June 18, 2018

News Release RELEASE: Civil liberties and First Nations groups launch complaint on discriminatory police stops; call for investigation

Posted on June 14, 2018

News Release UBCIC & BCCLA React: Supreme Court rules Corrections breached obligation to Indigenous prisoners

Posted on June 13, 2018

News Release Media Advisory: Supreme Court to rule on validity of risk assessment tests for Indigenous prisoners

Posted on June 12, 2018

News Release National inquiry six-month extension “too little, too late,” say coalition members

Posted on June 11, 2018

News Release Press Release: BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court of Canada ruling on lawyer incivility

Posted on June 1, 2018

News Release Release: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies role of courts when reviewing decisions of private religious associations

Posted on May 31, 2018

News Release Press Release: BCCLA asks B.C. Court of Appeal to accelerate trial on assisted dying legislation

Posted on May 29, 2018

News Release Press Release: Press freedom – BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to Argue for Rigorous Test to Compel Information from Press

Posted on May 23, 2018

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to Argue for Rigorous Test to Compel Information from Press

Posted on May 22, 2018

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