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News Release Rights groups celebrate appeal victory affirming end to indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement

Posted on June 24, 2019

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Issues Open Letter to BC Solicitor General Opposing the Community Safety Act

Posted on May 23, 2019

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: Supreme Court of Canada to release judgment in case on migrant detainees’ rights to challenge their incarceration

Posted on May 9, 2019

News Release Media Advisory: Family seeks justice and accountability for death of Soleiman Faqiri at correctional facility

Posted on February 21, 2019

News Release RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court decision striking down mandatory victim surcharge law that results in poor people being imprisoned because they are poor

Posted on December 14, 2018

News Release Release: Assisted dying – Supreme Court rejects bid to fast-track assisted dying trial

Posted on December 13, 2018

News Release Release – Solitary confinement: rights organizations fight against federal government attempt to overturn solitary confinement victory

Posted on November 13, 2018

News Release Press Release: Rights groups challenging solitary confinement react to new bill

Posted on October 16, 2018

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: 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

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