Free Speech Faces Olympic-Sized Threat, says BCCLAIn the wake of UBC forbidding students from posting signs and posters on dorm buildings or in dorm windows “visible from the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre” and VANOC urging cities to prohibit political leafleting or signs during the Olympic torch run, the BCCLA has come to the troubling conclusion that free speech is not welcome at the Olympics.

BCCLA Says Police “Body-Worn” Video Cameras Not About Police Accountability Would you like your privacy invasion super-sized? Not only is the Victoria Police Department implementing a policy of unlawful mandatory searches for alcohol during Canada Day celebrations, they have announced they will be invading your privacy with warrantless recordings as well. 

BCCLA Condemns Unlawful Canada Day Searches BC Transit and the Victoria Police Department to implement a policy of unlawful mandatory searches during Canada Day celebrations.

Security Certificate Detainee to Speak Out in VancouverAdil Charkaoui, the lead litigant in the successful constitutional challenge of Canada’s security certificate and secret trial regime at the Supreme Court of Canada is coming to Vancouver. The BCCLA, in partnership with No One Is Illegal and other local organizations will be welcoming Mr. Charkaoui to speak about his experiences at a public forum this Friday.

BCCLA Demands Assurances RCMP Disclosing All Relevant Materials at Braidwood InquiryThe Braidwood inquiry was thrown into an uproar today after a Department of Justice lawyer, representing the RCMP, made a late disclosure of an email exchange between two senior RCMP officers just as closing submissions were about to begin. The BCCLA is a participant at the inquiry.