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News Release Rights Groups Conclude Solitary Confinement Cases at Supreme Court of Canada

Posted on May 27, 2020

News Release Thirty-Eight Rights Groups Call on BC’s Chief Coroner to Direct Immediate Public Inquest into Death in Corrections Custody

Posted on April 28, 2020

News Release Rights Groups Pleased with Government Decision to Abandon Solitary Confinement Appeal

Posted on April 21, 2020

News Release Rights Groups React to Prisoner Death in Custody; Call for Public Inquest and Immediate Release of Prisoners to Stop Dangerous Spread of COVID-19

Posted on April 17, 2020

News Release Refugee, Human Rights, and Legal Organizations Call for Border to be Reopened to Refugees in Lead Up to Refugee Rights Day

Posted on April 2, 2020

News Release Civil Liberties Organization Reacts to Prime Minister Trudeau Examining ‘Emergency Measures’

Posted on March 17, 2020

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and UBCIC Release Explosive Letter Revealing BC Solicitor General Authorizing RCMP Deployment, Contradicting Public Statements

Posted on March 6, 2020

News Release BCCLA reacts: New MAID legislation a mixed bag for patients’ rights and compassionate care

Posted on March 4, 2020

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA and UBCIC Release CRCC Chairperson Response Regarding RCMP Exclusion Zone

Posted on February 19, 2020

News Release Civil Liberties and Human Rights Complainants Oppose VPD Street Check Recommendations; Disagree with Key Findings of Street Check Review

Posted on February 18, 2020

News Release Press Release: Supreme Court of Canada Decides to Hear Solitary Confinement Case

Posted on February 13, 2020

News Release PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA and UBCIC Highly Alarmed at Increasing Police Powers in Wet’suwet’en; File Complaint about RCMP Exclusion Zone

Posted on February 10, 2020

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Leadership, BCCLA, UBCIC and Legal Coalition file complaint about RCMP Checkpoint and Exclusion Zone

Posted on January 29, 2020

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA argues in Supreme Court of Canada case about the Charter rights of corporations.

Posted on January 21, 2020

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Conference on Legal Complaints Filed Against RCMP Exclusion Zone in Wet’suwet’en

Posted on January 14, 2020

News Release Press Release: Rights groups continue the fight to end indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement in Canada

Posted on November 5, 2019

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA at Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Prison Needle Exchange Program case

Posted on November 1, 2019

News Release Press Release: Civil liberties watchdog files access to information request seeking transparency on BC’s Community Safety Act

Posted on October 3, 2019

News Release RELEASE: B.C. Supreme Court adjourns B.C. Civil Liberties Association’s assisted dying case

Posted on September 18, 2019

News Release Media advisory: Civil liberties group and woman with chronic illness announce legal development in assisted dying case

Posted on September 17, 2019

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