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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

News Release Press release: Supreme Court Rules Corporations Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Be Free from Cruelty

Posted on November 5, 2020

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Alberta Court of Appeal to Protect Benefits for Young Adults Leaving Government Care

Posted on October 20, 2020

News Release BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court of Canada Rules Law Abolishing Peremptory Challenges is Constitutional

Posted on October 8, 2020

News Release Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to Fight for Jury Diversity

Posted on October 6, 2020

News Release Civil Liberties organization goes to court against Alberta legislation giving government sweeping new powers without legislative oversight

Posted on September 14, 2020

News Release Civil Liberties and Indigenous Rights Groups Call on CRCC to Immediately Take Conduct of Investigation into Wet’suwet’en Land Defender’s Police Complaint

Posted on August 27, 2020

News Release Press Release: Rights Groups Call for Names of VPD Officers Engaged in Misconduct during Street Check Review Ride-Alongs

Posted on August 6, 2020

News Release Media Advisory of Press Conference: Bill 22 Stands to Increase the Opioid Crisis and Youth Deaths; Bill 22 Must be Withdrawn

Posted on July 24, 2020

News Release Press Release: Lack of Planning in Bill 22 Would See Increased Drug Fatalities for Indigenous Youth in the Midst of Opioid Crisis

Posted on July 22, 2020

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

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