PRESS RELEASE: Civil Liberties Group and Advocates Condemn RCMP Spying; Cite Unconstitutional Chilling Effect across Canada
For Immediate Release December 15, 2020 – Ottawa, ON (Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) condemns the actions of the RCMP spying on Indigenous and climate […]
Press Release: Rights Groups Call for Names of VPD Officers Engaged in Misconduct during Street Check Review Ride-Alongs
August 6, 2020, (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lĚ“ilwÉ™taʔɬ/selĚ“Ălwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/ Vancouver, BC) – BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), and Hogan’s Alley Society are releasing […]
Civil Liberties and Human Rights Complainants Oppose VPD Street Check Recommendations; Disagree with Key Findings of Street Check Review
For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Civil Liberties Association, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Black Lives Matter-Vancouver are highly concerned about the key findings of a Vancouver Police […]
Rights Talk: Youth and Civil Liberties Conference
The BCCLA’s 14th annual Youth and Civil Liberties Conference brings together hundreds of high school students for an all-day conference featuring workshops that tackle issues ranging from anti-oppression, migrant justice, […]
A Decade’s Ordeal: The Case of Dr. Hassan Diab and the Need for Reform in Canada’s Extradition Law
As I write this, we await the decision of France’s Court of Appeal, which is set to determine whether legal ordeal that has upended the lives of Dr. Hassan Diab, […]
Media Advisory: Vancouver Police Board to respond to VPD report on street checks
For immediate release VANCOUVER – Tomorrow, September 26, 2018, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (“UBCIC”) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) will be available for comment on the […]
Should there be a Provincial Policy on Street Checks?
During the public dialogue on street checks in Vancouver, the BCCLA has been asked, “What can be done about the practice of street checks?” We believe that the provincial government […]
What is a Street Check?
In our previous blog, we unpacked part of the public dialogue that has been taking place in Vancouver on street checks. In this blog, we wanted to detail some of […]
RELEASE: Civil liberties and First Nations groups launch complaint on discriminatory police stops; call for investigation
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER / xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m, SkxwĂş7mesh & sÉ™lilĚ“wÉ™taʔɬ territories (June 14 2018) – This morning, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (“UBCIC”) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) […]
Media Advisory: Supreme Court to rule on validity of risk assessment tests for Indigenous prisoners
For immediate release OTTAWA – Tomorrow, June 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Ewert v. Canada, a case challenging the use of prisoner risk […]