Proposed Police Act Amendments Target Watchdogs
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association blasted proposed changes to the British Columbia Police Act saying that the changes target watchdogs and limit their participation, force complainants to sit […]
BCCLA Calls for Review of RCMP Actions on Taser Tests
Vancouver – After issuing a press release saying that all Tasers tested by the RCMP had met manufacturer specifications, this week the police force released documents to the BCCLA that […]
BCCLA Wants Vancouver 2010 Police Out of City Hall
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has released an open letter to the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU) asking them to stay out of City Hall for intelligence […]
Omar Khadr Military Lawyer Wins Civil Liberties Award
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has selected U.S. Lieutenant-Commander William Keubler as the 2009 recipient of their annual Reg Robson Award for protecting civil liberties. Two years ago, […]
Free to Speak Campaign Takes on Unfair BC Election Law
Vancouver – A non-partisan coalition, ranging from the BC Civil Liberties Association to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, has come together to warn British Columbians that it is not just big […]
Concerns Expressed About VPD Business Plan
The BCCLA, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Youthco Aids Society, the Asian Society for the Intervention of Aids, BC Persons With AIDS Society, the B.C. Positive Women’s Network and […]
Advocacy Groups Send Open Letter to VPD and Police Board
An ad hoc coalition of organizations concerned with issues of access to basic healthcare for people living with HIV, or at risk of infection from the disease, are releasing an […]
BCCLA Calls for Charges to be Dropped in Polygamy Cases
Vancouver – The BC Civil Liberties Association today calls for charges to be dropped in the recently laid polygamy cases in Bountiful. Early in January, charges were laid against Winston […]
Court Rules That Government Must Compensate Individual For Inadvertently Infringing His Charter Rights
The BCCLA applauds the British Columbia Court of Appeal judgment released last week in Ward v. Province of British Columbia and Ward v. City of Vancouver, which holds that damages […]
RCMP Report Suggests Taser Use on Nine Non-Combative Subjects
Vancouver – In their latest report on Taser use in Canada released last week, the RCMP appear to have acknowledged that between January and March of 2008, officers used Tasers […]
