By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and affirms the state does not endorse any specific religion. Legal statutes prohibit discrimination based on religion. The government’s official commitment to secularism continued to generate controversy between religious groups and political leaders.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I offer my warm wishes to the people of Yemen on their 32nd National Unity Day on May 22. The United States welcomes the work of the Presidential Leadership Council and its efforts to support peace.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to have Foreign Minister Osmani here. We are welcome - welcome to the State Department, welcome to Washington - our newest NATO Ally, but also I am very pleased that we’ve initiated the Strategic Dialogue, which I think will only serve to deepen cooperation, coordination, collaboration between North Macedonia and the United States. We’re very, very pleased to do that.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion or belief and separation of government and religion. NGO representatives said the government continued the severe physical abuse of some persons arrested and jailed on suspicion of religious extremism or of participating in Islamic activity not approved...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. According to Protest and evangelical Christian religious groups, the government made concrete efforts to promote religious tolerance and freedom. Religious groups were generally supportive of government COVID-19 mitigation efforts, and during the year, Prime Minister Timothy Harris praised the cooperation of religious groups in addressing the pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of all religions. Any religious group seeking official recognition must obtain it through a multistep registration process with the Bureau of Worship (BOW), a unit within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The government has a special relationship with...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution and other laws provide for freedom of religion, including the freedom to change one’s religion, and prohibit discrimination based on religious belief. The government does not require religious groups to register and grants religious groups the right to establish and maintain private...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom of individuals to change their religion. Religious organizations may register as nonprofit religious institutions with the government or register as corporations, the latter option requiring an application to parliament. On August...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and each of the country’s two entities - the Federation of BiH (the Federation) and Republika Srpska (RS) - provide for freedom of religious thought and practice, prohibit religious discrimination, and allow registered religious organizations to operate ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Hizballah continues to exploit the private sector and commercial activity to fund its illicit and destabilizing activities. The United States is committed to protecting the international financial system from Hizballah’s abuses and to supporting legitimate businesses in Lebanon, Iraq, and the broader...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, subject to limitations to ensure public order, health, and safety or to protect the rights of others. The law does not provide a means for religious groups to acquire legal status. A draft bill to grant them such ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: Crimea. In February 2014, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 adopted on March 27, 2014, and entitled Territorial Integrity of Ukraine states the Autonomous Republic of Crimea remains internationally recognized as within Ukraine’s ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The Fundamental Law, the country’s constitution, provides for freedom of religion, including freedom to choose, change, or manifest religion or belief, cites “the role of Christianity" in “preserving nationhood," and values “various religious traditions." The Law prohibits religious discrimination and ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion; provides for freedom of belief, religion, and worship; and states no one “shall be obligated by coercive measures to declare his or her ideology or beliefs." According to media reports, the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and progovernment...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits discrimination based on religion. According to the most recent data, in 2020 the government granted citizenship to 20,892 descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Inquisition and rejected 163 applicants; 54,160 applications ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution provides every person the right to “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion," and it specifies the separation of church and state. By law, eight “traditional" religious groups (seven Christian groups and Jews) receive rights and privileges other groups do not. On Nov. 10, the ...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2022
Release: The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the state religion; the law requires the state to contribute to the Catholic Church’s maintenance. The constitution prohibits the state from impeding the free exercise of religions that does not impugn “universal morality or proper behavior," and it provides...
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2022
News Release: Ambassador Marcia S. Bernicat was sworn in today as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent. A career member of the Foreign Service for 41 years, she was Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) until ...
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to congratulate all Samoans on the 60th anniversary of your independence on June 1.
