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News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene on the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement and refugee human rights

Posted on October 6, 2022

News Release BCCLA celebrates important decision protecting the right of public interest organizations to challenge unconstitutional laws

Posted on June 23, 2022

News Release Press Release: BCCLA welcomes Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that stacking of parole ineligibility periods is unconstitutional

Posted on May 30, 2022

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA at Supreme Court to Oppose Unreasonable Parole Ineligibility Periods

Posted on March 23, 2022

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to Argue Against Limits on Conditional Sentencing

Posted on March 22, 2022

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to Fight Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Posted on March 21, 2022

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to defend right to challenge unconstitutional laws

Posted on January 10, 2022

News Release Press Release: Rights Group Sues to Stop Wardens from Placing Prisoners in Long-term Solitary Confinement

Posted on October 13, 2021

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Rights group to announce initiative to stop solitary confinement in prisons

Posted on October 12, 2021

News Release Press Release: Civil Liberties Group and Legal Observers Condemn RCMP Actions at Fairy Creek

Posted on May 21, 2021

News Release Vancouver Police Endanger Indigenous Women and Child on MMIWG Day of Awareness

Posted on May 7, 2021

News Release BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court Rules that Law Restricting Youth Appeal Rights is Constitutional

Posted on May 7, 2021

News Release BCCLA Response to New BC Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order No. 2

Posted on April 30, 2021

News Release Civil Liberties, Indigenous Rights, and Community Groups Respond to BC Travel Restrictions Order

Posted on April 23, 2021

News Release Coalition of Organizations Call for End to Vancouver Police Department Trespass Prevention Program

Posted on January 28, 2021

News Release Press Release: Alberta Court of Appeal Denies Benefits to Young Adults Raised in Government Care

Posted on January 27, 2021

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Civil Liberties Group Calls for BC to Revise Policy that Separates Care Home Residents from Loved Ones

Posted on December 17, 2020

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Civil Liberties Group and Advocates Condemn RCMP Spying; Cite Unconstitutional Chilling Effect across Canada

Posted on December 15, 2020

News Release In Memory of Joseph J. Arvay (1949 – 2020)

Posted on December 7, 2020

News Release Press Release: Prisoner Challenges Law that Authorizes Extreme Form of Solitary Confinement

Posted on November 9, 2020

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