By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship. The law prohibits religious discrimination and provides civil remedies to victims of discrimination. Religion and state are officially separate. The National Office of Religious Affairs (ONAR) is charged with facilitating communication...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious worship and prohibits religious discrimination. The constitution establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion and mandates Catholic religious teaching in state schools, from which students may opt out. The government did not introduce ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution grants individuals the right to choose, practice, and change religions; it prohibits discrimination based on religion. The constitution also states secular ethics are the basis for public service and the legal system. The law requires all religious groups to register with the government;...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. It names two co-princes - the President of France and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain - as joint heads of state. In accordance with the constitution ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion and requires all provisions of the law to be consistent with Islam. The constitution states, “Subject to law, public order, and morality, every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice, and propagate his religion." It also states, “A person...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and individuals’ right to change, manifest, and propagate the religion of their choosing. It grants religious groups the right to establish and maintain schools and provide religious instruction. The law requires religious groups with more than 250 members...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution prohibits religious persecution and recognizes equality for all regardless of religion, subject to considerations of public safety or health or the rights of others. It stipulates the independence of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) and recognizes the GOC’s “outstanding role" in the ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The United States remains fully committed to imposing costs on the Iranian regime for its support to terrorist proxies that destabilize the Middle East. To that end, today the United States is designating an international oil smuggling and money laundering network, led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution states that everyone has freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. It recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) as the national church and preserver of national identity but also establishes separation of religious organizations and the state. The law prohibits, but does not ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s meeting today with His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Washington, D.C. The Secretary and Deputy expressed strong support for the UN-negotiated...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: In the absence of a written constitution, the law establishes the Church of England as England’s state church and the Church of Scotland as Scotland’s national church. The law prohibits “incitement to religious hatred," as well as discrimination on the grounds of religion. In March, the Scottish Parliament ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: For over 50 years, people around the world have come together to celebrate Pride Month, when we recognize the beautiful diversity of LGBTQI+ communities while acknowledging that the movement to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons has been one of both struggle and progress. Pride Month commemorates ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public. In June, the Flemish government resumed accepting applications for recognition from houses of worship after suspending them in 2017.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
All Hands-on Deck: Youth Participation for Green Technology grant opened on June 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution states freedom of religious conscience is inviolable and provides for freedom of worship, with some restrictions. It recognizes Greek Orthodoxy as the “prevailing religion." On July 1, national police arrested and jailed Christos Pappas, the fugitive former deputy leader of Golden Dawn ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and religious expression. It grants equality before the law for all individuals regardless of religious belief. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and other government ministries discussed amendments to the 2007 law governing ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. (Inaudible.) Good afternoon again. It’s very good to be here with the foreign minister from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Minister, welcome. Bienvenue. Very good to see you again.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 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 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief. A concordat with the Holy See designates Roman Catholicism as the official state religion and extends special privileges to the Catholic Church not granted to other religious groups. These include funding for church expenses, including administration...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
News Release: As Ambassador David Satterfield prepares to step down from the role, I am announcing that Ambassador Mike Hammer will succeed him as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. I am grateful to Ambassador Satterfield for the experience and determination he brought to the role, and I look forward to the ...
