BCCLA reacts to national security report of public safety committee
(Le français suit) For immediate release VANCOUVER (May 2, 2017) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) reacted this morning to report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and […]
Justice for Hassan Diab
Justice for Hassan Diab: Why has a Canadian professor been abandoned in a French jail and what can we do about it? Hear: Mr. Diab’s Canadian lawyer Don Bayne […]
Border rights: what you need to know
Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my rights at the border. In light of reports that numerous Canadians have been refused entry to the United […]
Over 200 Canadian Children Housed in Toronto Immigration Detention Facility since 2011
New report urges Canada to implement alternatives to detaining children, family separation (Ottawa, February 23, 2017) — Since 2011, Canada has housed more than two hundred Canadian children in detention […]
MP Breakfast Connections – “Public Safety and Civil Liberties: Opposites or Complements”
Please join MP Joyce Murray at her Friday, February 24, 2017 MP Breakfast Connections with special guest Micheal Vonn: “Public Safety and Civil Liberties: Opposites or Complements?” The Canadian […]
Canada must suspend “safe third country” refugee agreement with U.S.
Vancouver, BC (Coast Salish Territories) –The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association joins many other civil society and refugee-serving organizations in calling on the Government of Canada to suspend the “Safe […]
National Security Accountability – Making it Real
National security accountability – everyone says they want it. But not everyone means the same thing when they use the language of “accountability”. The dangers of ‘faux accountability’ are always […]
The urgent need to end Canada’s complicity in torture — how you can help
The government’s national security consultation Green Paper has been criticized for failing to be explicit about the human rights consequences of abuses in the national security realm. There are an […]
Updated: Our National Security Consultation series
A Different Shade of Green Paper: What the government forgot to mention The federal government recently announced the launch of the much-anticipated National Security Consultation. This is an unprecedented opportunity […]
MP Town Hall on National Security and Civil Liberties
Our very own Micheal Vonn, BCCLA Policy Director, will be speaking at a town hall hosted by MP Joyce Murray on national security and civil liberties. More information: “Due to […]