BCCLA calls on B.C. to implement Ontario sex work ruling
Following a court ruling from Ontario that found the Criminal Code prohibitions on sex work are unconstitutional, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association called on B.C. to abide by the ruling […]
Conflict between RCMP and aboriginal community in Williams Lake must be investigated and resolved, says BCCLA
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is pointing to three videos of problematic encounters between aboriginal people and Williams Lake RCMP, a local business owner’s complaint about racism that […]
BCCLA welcomes international human rights award winner
This year’s recipient of the prestigious International Gruber Prize for Justice will be in Vancouver for a talk on the public benefit of human rights. The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby, […]
Canada’s man for the job
Disturbing testimony continued to emerge from the Afghan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission, as John Davison, a Department of Foreign Affairs official who was stationed in […]
Some news from down south
In related news, earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States sided with the Obama administration’s arguments for a wide-sweeping application of the so-called state […]
Today at the MPCC: Torture is a “real conversation killer”
After a long summer hiatus, the Afghan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission resumed today, with Major General Mike Ward of the Canadian Forces taking the stand […]
Ongoing torture of Afghan prisoners?
In today’s online edition of the Toronto Star, Murray Brewster of The Canadian Press is reporting that an Afghan intelligence officer with the National Directorate of Security (NDS) boasted to […]
Commission to resume inquiry into transfer to torture
The Military Police Complaints Commission is set to resume its inquiry into the conduct of the military police in transferring detainees captured by Canadian forces into Afghan custody in the […]
MPCC back in action
The Afghan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission will be back in session starting next Thursday, so tune in for our commentary on the testimony and local […]
BCCLA calls for independent review of three police deaths in ten months
The BCCLA is seeking an independent review into how three men could die in a period of just ten months in police cells in Saskatoon, a city of 257,000 residents. […]
