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News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA to make opening statement to Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, urging that the civil liberties and privacy rights of everyday Canadians be taken into account

Posted on February 22, 2020

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Civil liberties watchdog launches survey on federal election law “chill factor”

Posted on October 23, 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 Press Release: BCCLA supports expansion of voting rights in UBCM vote next week

Posted on September 19, 2019

News Release PRESS RELEASE: Secret Documents from Spying Complaint Reveal CSIS Kept Tabs on Community Groups and Protestors, says Human Rights Group

Posted on July 8, 2019

News Release Media Advisory: Spying on Protestors – Press Conference Announcing Release of Secret Documents from CSIS Spying Complaint

Posted on July 5, 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 BCCLA REACTS: Supreme Court upholds expat voters’ rights

Posted on January 11, 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 Advisory: Supreme Court to rule on mandatory victim surcharge law that results in poor people being imprisoned because they are poor

Posted on December 13, 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: BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court of Canada ruling on lawyer incivility

Posted on June 1, 2018

News Release BCCLA demands public inquiry into Canada’s treatment of Hassan Diab

Posted on May 2, 2018

News Release Media Advisory: Supreme Court to hear Charter challenge to mandatory victim surcharges

Posted on April 17, 2018

News Release Press Release: BCCLA to make oral arguments at Supreme Court of Canada in non-resident voter case

Posted on March 21, 2018

News Release Révocation de la citoyenneté- Les groupes de droits appuient la modification de la loi sur la révocation de la citoyenneté au Sénat du Canada

Posted on April 4, 2017

News Release Citizenship Revocation – Rights Groups Applaud Amendment to Citizenship Revocation Bill in Senate

Posted on April 4, 2017

News Release Canada: Civil Society Calls for Access to Information Law Reform

Posted on April 4, 2017

News Release Court Challenges Program – BC Civil Liberties reacts / Programme de contestation judiciaire – Réaction de l’Association des libertés civiles de la C.-B.

Posted on February 7, 2017

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