Foreign Radical: a theatrical game and panel
Theatre Conspiracy presents a mobile interactive theatre experience for 20 participants per showing to explore the issues of surveillance, security, terrorism, profiling, privacy, and freedom of expression. Participants are invited to team up, debate, […]
C-51: Panel discussion on the anti-terror bill
On March 24th, a panel of legal experts and political scientists will explore the ramifications of Bill C-51, anti-terror legislation currently making its way through the House of Commons. […]
RELEASE – One year after LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez’s death, rights organizations condemn federal failure to make CBSA accountable
Immigration detainees still at risk, say groups VANCOUVER and MONTRÉAL (February 12, 2015) – A year after Canadians learned of the death of LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez in immigration detention, human […]
BCCLA and Pivot respond to Civilian Monitor report on the IIO’s Gregory Matters shooting death investigation
“In the Matters case, it is impossible now to make things completely right,” says Civilian Monitor appointed to review the Gregory Matters investigation [Civilian Monitor quotes in italics] VANCOUVER – […]
BCCLA reacts to revelations of CBSA deaths in custody
VANCOUVER – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to reports that at least nine individuals have died in the custody of the Canada Border […]
UBCIC and BCCLA react to video of Robert Wright’s brutal take-down while in Terrace RCMP cells
VANCOUVER – Coast Salish Territory – Nearly two years after the BCCLA and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs called for the public release of the cellblock videotape of an […]
Distressed, Afraid and Alone: Tragic story slowly unfolds at LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez Inquest
Distressed, afraid, and alone, LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez hanged herself in a cellblock several storeys below Vancouver International Airport, in the early morning of December 20, 2013. She was a 42-year-old […]
Lucia Vega Jiménez referred for mental health assessment while detained, never got one
VANCOUVER – September 30, 2014 – This afternoon, evidence was given at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Lucia Vega JimĂ©nez that a nurse in the Alouette correctional facility […]
BCCLA reacts to Independent Investigations Office appointing civilian review of Matters case
VANCOUVER – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted this afternoon to the appointment of a civilian monitor to review its investigation of the shooting death […]
BCCLA argues for border police oversight at Senate committee in Ottawa
Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, is in Ottawa today to argue for independent oversight of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The BCCLA is testifying […]