Welcome!

RightsCity.org is a media project of the BC Civil Liberties Association. RightsCity.org launched as a policing blog in May, and in the future will expand to encourage community discussion on on other important issues. The long term vision is for RightsCity.org to become an online community that monitors and discusses civil liberties and human rights issues, creating a voice for change and a platform for action to ensure democratic values thrive in Canada.

RightsCity.org is an ambitious project for a small organisation. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to show your support and fund development. In the meantime, visit the site, leave a comment, subscribe to our RSS newsfeed, and tell a friend.

Many thanks,
Jesse Lobdell
Administrator, RightsCity.org
Caseworker, BC Civil Liberties Association

Submission Criteria

• Comments on articles should be civil and respectful, and must not violate Canadian law or be defamatory.
• Links to news articles that discuss Canadian police and policy, law reform, or civil liberties can be submitted to info@rightscity.org.  Please put “RightsCity submission” as the email subject.  You may submit commentary to explain the article with appropriate excerpts from the source article. When possible, please avoid linking to source articles that are only posted for a short period of time (e.g. The Globe and Mail). The full text of news articles will not be posted.
• Editorials can be pitched to info@rightscity.org. Please put “RightsCity pitch” as the email subject line.
• Not all submissions will be accepted, and some may be edited for content or grammar. In return for consideration for publication, all submissions to RightsCity become the property of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and may be republished with attribution to the original author, but without notice or compensation, at the complete discretion of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. We will try to respond to all submissions, but may not be able to do so.