By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: In the one hundred days since Russian President Putin ordered his forces to further invade Ukraine, the world has seen the courage and determination of the people of Ukraine as they fight for their country. Since Feb. 24, the United States has provided more than 6.3 billion dollars of security, humanitarian ...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The 2008 constitution, drafted by the military, guarantees every citizen “the right to freely profess and practice religion subject to public order, morality, or health and to the other provisions of this Constitution." The law prohibits speech or acts insulting or defaming any religion or religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: 2:17 p.m. EDT. MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Quite a crowd today. You have picked a good day to turn up at the State Department, and I say that because we have a special guest, as you can see. It is my pleasure to introduce Rashad Hussain. Ambassador-at-Large Hussain is our ambassador-at-large for international...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: Following their takeover in August, the Taliban did not establish a clear and cohesive legal framework, judicial system, or enforcement mechanisms. The Taliban conveyed that those laws enacted under the former government of Afghanistan that were in effect prior to their takeover remained in effect unless...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The unwritten constitution, comprised of several basic laws, provides the right to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private. The law prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of June.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: West Bank and Gaza Strip residents are subject to the jurisdiction of separate authorities, with different implications for the fabric of life. Palestinians in the West Bank are subject to Jordanian and Mandatory statutes in effect before 1967, military ordinances enacted by the Israeli military commander...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution establishes the country as a “secular state" but defines secular as “protection of religion and culture handed down from the time immemorial." It provides for the right to profess and practice one’s own religion. The constitution prohibits converting persons from one religion to another...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to change religion. The law recognizes four religions: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. The constitution and other laws accord Buddhism the “foremost place" among the country’s religious faiths...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), as well as other laws and policies, state that residents have freedom of conscience, freedom of religious belief, and freedom to preach, conduct, and participate in religious activities in public. The Bill of Rights Ordinance incorporates...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a special pleasure for me to welcome my friend Jeppe, the foreign minister of Denmark, and his entire team here to the State Department and to the United States. One of the very first trips that I took in this job was to Denmark, and it really in ...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, freedom to change one’s religion or belief, and freedom to express one’s religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice, and observance. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion. In January and October, the National Evangelical...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for individual freedom of “religious or traditional beliefs," with the preamble to the constitution referring to “traditional Melanesian values, faith in God, and Christian principles." There is no official state religion. The law makes discrimination a crime, including on the...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which cites the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections for religious practice to “normal religious activities," without defining “normal." The government...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits religious organizations from exercising any political authority or receiving privileges from the state. According to the Japan Uyghur Association (JUA), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) continued to have police officials in the PRC intimidate...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. From April to June, Prime Minister James Marape conducted a nationwide poll on a proposed constitutional amendment defining the country as Christian. The government did not release the...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship. According to media reports and religious leaders, most abuses involving religious freedom occurred in the predominantly English-speaking Northwest and Southwest Regions,...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution states Buddhism is the state religion, which is promoted by the government through holiday observances, religious training, Buddhist instruction in public schools, and financial support to Buddhist institutions. The law provides for freedom of belief and religious worship, provided such...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2022
Release: The constitution “prohibits discrimination based on religious belief" and protects religious liberty, as long as the exercise of religious freedom is not “harmful to the security of the State." The law officially recognizes five religious groups: Buddhists, Muslims, Brahmin-Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians.
