Press Release: Rights Group Sues to Stop Wardens from Placing Prisoners in Long-term Solitary Confinement
(le français suit) October 13, 2021, Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) filed a lawsuit to stop the wardens at federal prisons […]
MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Rights group to announce initiative to stop solitary confinement in prisons
For immediate release (le français suit) Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – On October 13, 2021, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will host a press conference to announce […]
Press Release: Prisoner Challenges Law that Authorizes Extreme Form of Solitary ConfinementÂ
For Immediate Release Halifax, Nova Scotia (November 9, 2020): Lisa Adams, a mother from New Brunswick, is in Court on Monday to challenge a law that saw her held unlawfully for […]
Rights Groups Conclude Solitary Confinement Cases at Supreme Court of Canada
(le français suit) For Immediate Release Vancouver and Toronto: Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC), and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) […]
Rights Groups Pleased with Government Decision to Abandon Solitary Confinement Appeal
For Immediate Release Today the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC) react to the federal government’s decision to abandon its fight against a […]
Press Release: Supreme Court of Canada Decides to Hear Solitary Confinement Case
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Today, the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it will hear the case about the constitutionality of prolonged, indefinite solitary confinement: Attorney General of […]
Press Release: Rights groups continue the fight to end indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement in Canada
For Immediate Release (le français suit) Vancouver, B.C. – The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC) have responded to the federal government’s […]
Rights groups celebrate appeal victory affirming end to indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement
(le français suit) For immediate release VANCOUVER – Today, June 24, 2019, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision affirming the unconstitutionality of the federal government’s laws that […]
Media Advisory: Family seeks justice and accountability for death of Soleiman Faqiri at correctional facility
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – On Sunday, February 24, 2019, the family of Soleiman Faqiri (“Justice for Soli”), No One is Illegal (“NOII”), and the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”), […]
Justice for Soleiman Faqiri: West Coast Speaking Tour
Soleiman Faqiri was a 30-year-old Canadian-Muslim man struggling with mental health who was killed while in custody at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario on December 15, 2016. […]
