News Releases

Posted on June 9, 2015

News Release RELEASE: Canadian human rights organizations urgently call for Bill C-51 to be withdrawn

Posted on March 30, 2015

News Release Avis aux médias: Les organisations canadiennes de défense des droits humains lancent un appel urgent pour le retrait du Projet de loi C-51

Posted on March 30, 2015

News Release RELEASE – Spying on protesters: new allegations added to BCCLA’s complaint against CSIS

Posted on March 26, 2015

News Release Advisory regarding Protest Canada website

Posted on March 16, 2015

News Release RELEASE: Canadian rights groups decry limited Parliamentary Committee hearings for Bill C-51, proposed major national security reforms

Posted on February 26, 2015

News Release Avis aux médias: Les groupes canadiens de défense des droits humains dénoncent la courte période d’audiences du comité parlementaire pour l’étude du Projet de loi C 51 et des principales réformes proposées concernant la sécurité nationale

Posted on February 26, 2015

News Release Avis aux médias: Des groupes de défense des droits de la personne accueillent favorablement la déclaration d’éminents Canadiens et Canadiennes demandant des mécanismes de contrôle et d’examen des activités de sécurité nationale

Posted on February 19, 2015

News Release RELEASE: Rights groups welcome statement from eminent Canadians calling for review and oversight of national security activities

Posted on February 19, 2015

News Release RELEASE – One year after Lucía Vega Jiménez’s death, rights organizations condemn federal failure to make CBSA accountable

Posted on February 12, 2015

News Release RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to sweeping new anti-terror bill

Posted on January 30, 2015

News Release BCCLA reacts to proposals for expanded powers for CSIS and to spy review body’s critique of CSIS accountability failures

Posted on October 27, 2014

News Release Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to rule on right to a civil remedy for torture victims

Posted on October 9, 2014

News Release BCCLA reacts to Coroner’s verdict in Lucía Vega Jiménez inquest

Posted on October 8, 2014

News Release Lucia Vega Jiménez referred for mental health assessment while detained, never got one

Posted on September 30, 2014

News Release SCC to hear case about Foreign State Immunity in torture cases

Posted on March 17, 2014

News Release Supreme Court of Canada rules warrant required for computer and cell phone searches

Posted on November 7, 2013

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