Supreme Court: First Nation ski resort dispute – BCCLA argues freedom of religion cannot be ignored by BC government
For immediate release OTTAWA – Tomorrow, December 1, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in Ktunaxa Nation v. Minister of Forests, a case concerning a proposed ski […]
Coalition Calls Federal Plan for National Inquiry too Vague
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – August 3, 2016) Today a Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls responded to the Federal Government’s announcement of the national Inquiry. The […]
BCCLA Statement on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
As organizations and human rights experts, we are deeply concerned by the draft Terms of Reference for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, […]
Open Letter on BC’s Failure to include all Family Members in Event to Remember BC’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
“Honouring murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls cannot simply be a photo opportunity – any true honouring must be done with full involvement and of family members and a […]
26th Annual February 14th Women’s Memorial March
Organized and led by women in the Downtown Eastside, the march is an annual event hosting family members, frontline workers, close friends and loved ones of women, in particular Indigenous […]
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 […]
Complaint against RCMP and CSIS spying moves to the next level
By Jenny Uechi/Vancouver Observer Published on March 28, 2014 Â Two complaints filed by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security […]
Mentally ill inmates increasingly held in solitary confinement at Canadian prisons
By Travis Lupick  / The Georgia Straight http://www.straight.com/news/602746/mentally-ill-inmates-increasingly-held-solitary-confinement-canadian-prisons Published March 6, 2014 This article is the second in a three-part series. Part one is available here: “Deaths in solitary […]
BCCLA reacts to announcement by premiers of support for national missing and murdered women inquiry
VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories – The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association reacted today to the announcement that provincial and territorial premiers backed the creation of a national commission of inquiry […]
First Nations leaders in Prince Rupert to discuss concerns about unsolved deaths
 By VancouverSun.com Published on May 3, 2013  PRINCE RUPERT – Grieving Prince Rupert-area aboriginal families meet with legal and First Nations representatives in Prince Rupert to share concerns […]