Press Release: BCCLA reacts to Vernon City Council Plan to Regulate Shopping Carts
For Immediate Release The BCCLA reacted this morning to Vernon City Council’s plan to implement a new bylaw that will ban shopping carts on public lands in the municipality. On […]
Reflections on the MMIWG Police Hearings
This June, BCCLA Policy Director, Micheal Vonn, and I participated in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1] Families of missing and murdered […]
Media Release: Death of man in CBSA custody after altercation on plane requires independent investigation, rights watchdogs say
CBSA the only police force in Canada without independent accountability For immediate release Ottawa (August 10, 2018) – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers […]
Press Release: Civil Liberties and First Nations groups file amendment to complaint on VPD street checks; concern with over representation of Indigenous women in new numbers released.
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER / xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m, SkxwĂş7mesh & sÉ™lilĚ“wÉ™taʔɬ territories (July 12, 2018) – This morning, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (“UBCIC”) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) […]
Press Release: BC Court of Appeal rejects speedier trial in assisted dying law challenge, BCCLA vows to continue to fight for rights of suffering Canadians
For immediate release VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today, the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected a bid by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) to fast-track its lawsuit which argues the […]
Canadian Government Denies Experiential Truth of Solitary Confinement
Today I find myself questioning the power of speaking truth to government. Incarcerated people bravely stepped forward and spoke the truth of their lived experiences in our recent solitary confinement […]
Press Release: Rights groups fight government’s appeal of historic solitary confinement ruling
For immediate release (le français suit) VANCOUVER – Today, June 19, 2018, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC) filed its response to […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA press conference on government’s defense of solitary confinement
For immediate release VANCOUVER – Tomorrow, June 19, 2018, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will host a press conference following the filing of its response to the federal government’s […]
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”) […]
UBCIC & BCCLA React: Supreme Court rules Corrections breached obligation to Indigenous prisoners
For immediate release OTTAWA – Today, June 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Ewert v. Canada, a case challenging the use of prisoner risk assessment […]