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News Release Indigenous Youth Condemn VPD Brutality and Charges Laid for Peaceful Sit-In; Call on Canada to End Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

Posted on February 22, 2021

News Release Human Rights Complainants Give New VPD Street Check Audit a Failing Grade in Annotated Response; Call on Vancouver Police Board to Ban Street Checks

Posted on February 18, 2021

News Release BCCLA Reacts: Privacy Investigation Finds Law Enforcement Agencies in Canada Used Illegal Mass Surveillance Software Tool

Posted on February 3, 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 Media Advisory: BCCLA to Question Witnesses on Civil Asset Forfeiture at Cullen Commission

Posted on December 10, 2020

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

Posted on December 7, 2020

News Release PRESS RELEASE: RCMP Commissioner Sued by Civil Liberties Group for Preventing Release of Watchdog Report into Police Spying

Posted on November 10, 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 Supreme Court of Canada to Fight for Youth Right to Appeal

Posted on November 5, 2020

News Release Rights Groups File Complaint Against Sitting Judge Accused of Meddling in UofT Hiring, Cite Anti-Palestinian Racism

Posted on October 27, 2020

News Release Media Advisory: Civil Liberties Group to Argue that Money Laundering Inquiry Must Consider Civil Liberties and Human Rights

Posted on October 23, 2020

News Release Press Release: Father of Police Shooting Calls on Provincial Party Leaders to Prioritize Immediate Police Reform

Posted on October 21, 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 BCCLA celebrates important legal victory upholding freedom of expression for frontline healthcare workers

Posted on October 7, 2020

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

Posted on October 6, 2020

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