Abby Deshman, Author at CCLA

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Indigenous People Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity Unreasonable Search & Seizure

Ontario Government Revokes Emergency Order

The Ontario government has ended police access to a COVID-19 database after CCLA and partners…

Abby DeshmanAugust 17, 2020

Conditions of Confinement Cruel & Unusual Punishment PRESS RELEASES Strip Searches

Class Action Launched re Illegal Strip Searches

A major class action is being launched today on behalf of Canadians illegally strip searched…

Abby DeshmanJuly 7, 2020

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Indigenous People Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Race, Religion & Ethnicity

Coalition Calls on Government to Release COVID Information on Ontario Jails

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…

Abby DeshmanJuly 7, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Detasking Police EQUALITY Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

Stay Off the Grass: COVID-19 and Law Enforcement in Canada

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…

Abby DeshmanJune 23, 2020

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Deescalation & Use of Force Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

CCLA to Winnipeg Police: Police, and Target Practice in Our Neighbourhoods

We have been contacted by Gabriela Aguero, a local resident who was understandably panicked by…

Abby DeshmanJune 3, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Indigenous People Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability PRIVACY Race, Religion & Ethnicity Unreasonable Search & Seizure

CCLA and Partners Question Government on Decision to Share COVID-19 Test Results with Police

Last week police services across Ontario quietly got access to a new database – a…

Abby DeshmanApril 23, 2020

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

Letter to Correctional Service of Canada

We express our deep concern regarding the health and well-being of the inmates and staff…

Abby DeshmanApril 22, 2020

COVID-19 Freedom of Association Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Mobility

CCLA to Northwest Territories Chief Public Health Officer

We are concerned in particular with the prohibitions on public and private outdoor gatherings contained…

Abby DeshmanApril 20, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa

Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…

Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Decriminalization

Police and Pot: Let Them Smoke, Vape, and – Yes – Eat Cake (or Brownies!) Too

Police leaders are violating the civil liberties of their own ranks and perpetuating a culture…

Abby DeshmanDecember 7, 2018

Abby Deshman

Ontario Government Revokes Emergency Order

Class Action Launched re Illegal Strip Searches

Coalition Calls on Government to Release COVID Information on Ontario Jails

Stay Off the Grass: COVID-19 and Law Enforcement in Canada

CCLA to Winnipeg Police: Police, and Target Practice in Our Neighbourhoods

CCLA and Partners Question Government on Decision to Share COVID-19 Test Results with Police

Letter to Correctional Service of Canada

CCLA to Northwest Territories Chief Public Health Officer

Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa

Police and Pot: Let Them Smoke, Vape, and – Yes – Eat Cake (or Brownies!) Too

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