News Releases

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 PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA raises serious concerns about privacy rights at B.C.’s public inquiry into money laundering

Posted on February 26, 2020

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 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 to Respond to VPD Policy on Street Checks

Posted on January 23, 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 Media Advisory: Rights group to appear at Supreme Court of Canada to argue for strong anti-SLAPP legislation

Posted on November 12, 2019

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

Posted on September 18, 2019

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