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Virtual Panel – No One Left Behind: Reflections on human rights and civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Wednesday, June 23 2021 7:30pm – 8:30pm PST / 10:30pm – 11:30pm EST Watch the recording on YouTube The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a flashpoint for human rights […]

BCCLA Response to New BC Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order No. 2

We are supportive of measures taken to reduce travel and enable people and communities to stay safe from COVID-19. Our major concern with this new order is related to its […]

Civil Liberties, Indigenous Rights, and Community Groups Respond to BC Travel Restrictions Order

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER/ (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, April 23, 2021 –  Civil Liberties, Indigenous and Community organizations are responding to the Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order […]

PRESS RELEASE: Civil Liberties Group Calls for BC to Revise Policy that Separates Care Home Residents from Loved Ones

For Immediate Release December 16, 2020  – (xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC – The BCCLA is supporting a call for changes to BC […]

Civil Liberties organization goes to court against Alberta legislation giving government sweeping new powers without legislative oversight

For immediate release Calgary, AB: Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) announces that it is applying to intervene before the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in a case challenging […]

Thirty-Eight Rights Groups Call on BC’s Chief Coroner to Direct Immediate Public Inquest into Death in Corrections Custody

For Immediate Release  VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories – Today, 38 human rights, health, prisoner rights, and legal organizations are calling on BC’s Chief Coroner and BC’s Solicitor General to direct […]

Rights Groups React to Prisoner Death in Custody; Call for Public Inquest and Immediate Release of Prisoners to Stop Dangerous Spread of COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories – Prisoner rights, human rights, Indigenous and civil liberties groups are reacting to the horrific news of a death in Correctional Service of […]

Refugee, Human Rights, and Legal Organizations Call for Border to be Reopened to Refugees in Lead Up to Refugee Rights Day

For Immediate Release In the lead up to Refugee Rights Day, refugee, human rights, legal and civil liberties organizations are renewing their call for the Government of Canada to reopen […]

Civil Liberties Organization Reacts to Prime Minister Trudeau Examining ‘Emergency Measures’

For Immediate Release VANCOUVER/ March 17, 2020 – As part of the federal government’s response to COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated today that the federal government is examining the […]

BCCLA reacts: New MAID legislation a mixed bag for patients’ rights and compassionate care

For Immediate Release VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) reacts to the legislation the federal government tabled to amend Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law, Bill […]

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