sentences:  The award is given out annually by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the oldest and most active civil liberties organization in Canada whose mandate is similar to the American Civil Liberties Union.Kuebler is the first non-Canadian to receive the award.On Thursday, April 2, 2009, Kuebler addressed the Lord Reading Law Society in Montreal and mentioned that "up till now" he had not faced serious pressures from within the military concerning his work.