Civil Liberties Group Heads to Court to Fight for Police Accountability
For Immediate Release (le français suit) September 9, 2021 – Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – The BCCLA is headed to court this month to litigate a critical issue […]
Coalition Submits Complaint for the Cancellation of the VPD Trespass Prevention Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, Territories of the xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m, sÉ™lĚ“ĂlwÉ™taʔɬ and Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh Nations — Today 8 legal and community-based organizations submitted a formal Service and Policy complaint regarding the Vancouver Police […]
Press Release: Civil Liberties Group and Legal Observers Condemn RCMP Actions at Fairy Creek
For Immediate Release (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – May 21, 2021: The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has written to the provincial government and RCMP Commissioner […]
Vancouver Police Endanger Indigenous Women and Child on MMIWG Day of Awareness
((XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – May 7, 2021) The Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (“the Coalition”) is appalled that on May 5th, […]
Civil Liberties, Indigenous Rights, and Community Groups Respond to BC Travel Restrictions Order
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER/ (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, April 23, 2021 –  Civil Liberties, Indigenous and Community organizations are responding to the Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order […]
BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court of Canada Dismisses Police Entrapment Case
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories – The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal concerning police entrapment in an oral ruling from the bench on April 13, 2021. The BC Civil Liberties […]
Press Release: Civil Liberties Group Files Argument in RCMP Commissioner Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (le français suit) April 1, 2021 – Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed its written argument in its […]
Indigenous Youth Condemn VPD Brutality and Charges Laid for Peaceful Sit-In; Call on Canada to End Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2021, (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – On Friday February 19, Indigenous youth with the group Braided Warriors were violently removed and […]
Human Rights Complainants Give New VPD Street Check Audit a Failing Grade in Annotated Response; Call on Vancouver Police Board to Ban Street Checks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2021, (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – A coalition of organizations is giving the Vancouver Police Department’s first annual audit of street […]
BCCLA Reacts: Privacy Investigation Finds Law Enforcement Agencies in Canada Used Illegal Mass Surveillance Software Tool
For immediate release In light of today’s report from four privacy commissioners regarding the illegal practices of Clearview AI, the BC Civil Liberties Association reiterates its call for a ban […]
