Advisory: BCCLA 2010 Olympic media opportunities

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is pleased to announce the following unique media opportunities during the 2010 Olympics.

Press briefings will be announced by media advisory.

Legal Observer Program – Special Media Opportunities – February 9-28, 2010

The nearly 400 citizen Legal Observers trained by the BCCLA will be in the streets throughout the Olympic period at venues and demonstrations. Opportunities include ride alongs with Observer teams on shift, tours of the sophisticated grassroots Observer office, and interviews with observers (various languages available by request).

Interviews with executive and staff (English, French, Hindi, Urdu, German, Korean)

BCCLA spokespeople include lawyers, privacy experts, and legal policy experts available to comment on all aspects of Canadian law as it relates to civil liberties and the Olympics.

For more details, including how to access legal observer video footage, online video of media briefings, registration for media briefings and registration for special opportunities, visit http://bccla.org/temp/media.html or e-mail media@bccla.org .