Afghan Detainees
The BCCLA and Amnesty International went to court to protect Afghan detainees who are transferred by Canadian troops to Afghanistan jails from the possibility of torture. As reported by the Globe and Mail, a filing just minutes before the hearing was to start, requesting an injunction halting future detainee transfers, revealed that the government had struck a new transfer deal.

"Mr. Justice Micheal Kelen revealed key elements, and before adjourning, said he believed the government wouldn't have acted without the challenge brought by Amnesty International and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, who asked the court to review the constitutionality of transferring prisoners into a system rife with abuse and torture. He said: "This wouldn't have happened if this court case hadn't been happening."

Afghan Detainee Documents
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BCCLA & Amnesty v. Chief of Defence
Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces, Minister of National Defence and Attorney General of Canada, Court File Number T-324-07.

>Crown's argument with respect to the BCCLA and Amnesty International motion regarding the transferring of Afghan detainees.

BCCLA Appears at Supreme Court of Canada in Two Groundbreaking Constitutional Rights Cases
Political advertising on public transit and Canada’s complicity in the proceedings of Omar Khadr.
March 25, 2008

BCCLA Legal Argument: Omar Khadr
The question raised by the appeal is what constitutional duties Canada owes Omar Khadr under the Charter in light of flagrantly illegal conduct of the American government.
March 3, 2008

Federal Court Ruling Powerfully Lays Out Human Rights Failings In Canada’s Afghan Prisoner Policy
Federal Court Justice Anne Mactavish has ruled today that she will not grant a temporary injunction prohibiting Canadian Forces from transferring detainees into Afghan custody. 
February 7, 2008

Afghan Detainee Transfers
Letter revealing end to prisoner transfers.
January 24, 2008

Government Ceases Afghan Detainee Transfers
The Government of Canada has informed the BC Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty International Canada that it has ordered the Canadian Forces to cease all transfers of detainees into Afghan custody due to allegations of torture, effective November 5, 2007
January 23, 2008

Torture Documents
Government was aware of torture of Afghan detainees.
News release
Torture documents
Nicholas Gosselin transcript
January 21, 2008

Canada Needs an Anti-Torture Act
Tom Sandborn argues for acceptance of anti-torture legislation.
January 15, 2008

Proposed New Law Fails to Provide a Fair Hearing
The BCCLA has added its voice to the growing, national-wide call for Parliament to reject Bill C-3 which provides for the continued use of secret evidence in deportation hearings under the security certificates process.
November 15, 2007

Iaccobuci Inquiry
BCCLA letter to John Laskin informing the Commission of the withdrawal of the BCCLA as an intervenor.
Letter to John Laskin
News Release

Iacobucci Inquiry
Questions the public needs answered in the El Maati, Almalki and Nureddin case.
October 9, 2007

Letter to Prime Minister Harper
Organizations with Intervenor Status at the Iacobucci Inquiry have written an open letter to Prime Minister Harper urging him to help open up the Inquiry process by encouraging the release of documents and the holding of public hearings.
October 9, 2007

News Release
Intervenors call on PM to help open up the Iacobucci Inquiry.
October 9, 2007

Almalki, Abou-El Maati and Nureddin
Application for judicial review concerning Canadian officials in relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin.
June 21, 2007

Almalki, Abou-El Maati and Nureddin:
Procedures to be Followed
Submission by International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and BCCLA.
June 4, 2007

Chronology of Events Prepared by Abdullah Almalki
Based on what Abdullah and his family remembers about their encounters with law enforcement or security officials in Canada, the United States and Malaysia, and Abdullah’s detention, interrogation and torture in Syria.

Agreement Regarding Afghan Detainees
Board member Shirley Heafey's commentary on the new agreement between Canada and Afghanistan.
May 7, 2007

Benamar Benatta
He was beaten. He was abused. He was held in conditions that the United Nations described as torture.

Transferring Afghan Prisoners
BCCLA president Jason Gratl's co-authored article (published in the May 3rd edition of the Globe and Mail) explains why the BCCLA is in court to temporarily halt the transfer.
May 3, 2007

Preventive Detentions
BCCLA calls for sunsetting of anti-terrorism powers on preventive detentions and investigative hearings.
February 26, 2007

Security Certificates
BCCLA celebrates landmark Supreme Court decision.
February 23, 2007

Afghan Detainees Must Not Face Torture
Rights groups call for a judicial review.
February 21, 2007

Jaballah, Mahjoub and Almrei
Hunger Strikes
Stockwell Day urged to appoint the Correctional Investigator of Canada to undertake a review and make recommendations regarding the concerns expressed by Mr. Jaballah, Mr. Mahjoub and Mr. Almrei that has prompted their hunger strikes at the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre.
February 9, 2007