BC Civil Liberties Association Update February 2010

 

The Right to the City:
The Economics of the 2010 Olympics

 



Following a call from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association for an external investigator to be appointed in the beating of Yao Wei Wu by Vancouver Police officers, the VPD has appointed the Delta Police Force to conduct an investigation of the matter.


Canada Violated Omar Khadr’s Charter Rights: Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Canada decides that the Government of Canada violated the Charter rights of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr.


BCCLA Thanks Transit Police for Correcting Olympic Publication

The BCCLA thanked the transit police for revising an Olympic security publication that was distributed to businesses along Skytrain lines that appeared to equate free expression activities with criminal activity worthy of police investigation.


Activists Call Off Olympic Free Speech Lawsuit

Activists backed by the BCCLA in a lawsuit to protect their free speech rights against Olympic bylaws passed by the City of Vancouver have officially withdrawn their case as a result of amendments made to the bylaw by the City of Vancouver.


BCCLA Condemns Violence as Protest Tactic

The BCCLA condemned violence as a protest tactic following an incident where a PETA protester apparently threw a “tofu cream pie” hitting the federal fisheries minister squarely in the face.


Make Government Compensate Victims for Charter Violations

The BCCLA argues in Supreme Court of Canada that being wrongly jailed and strip-searched requires compensation.


Court Keeps Supervised Injection Site Open

The future of Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, was revealed by the BC Court of Appeal on January 15, 2010. The Court upheld the decision of the BC Supreme Court, finding that the constitution does not permit the government to criminalize the use or operation of Insite.


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