News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal grand jury indicted 60-year-old James Matthew Bradley, Jr., for his role in a smuggling operation which resulted in the deaths of ten undocumented aliens last month announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to smuggle chemicals into the United States from the People’s Republic of China, which were used to manufacture synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to as K2.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A South Texas federal grand jury indicted the tractor trailer driver Wednesday for his role in a smuggling operation which resulted in the deaths of 10 illegal aliens on July 23.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected four projects to move on to a second phase of research in their efforts to advance recovery of rare earth elements (REE) from coal and coal byproducts. DOE will invest $17.4 million to develop and test REE recovery systems originally selected and designed under phase 1 of a prior funding opportunity announcement through DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE).
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution specifies Islam is the state religion but proclaims equality of rights and obligations for all regardless of religious belief. A law establishes Sunni Islam under the Shafi’i doctrine as the “official religious reference." Proselytizing for any religion except Sunni Islam is illegal,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution states that the country is secular, prohibits religious discrimination, provides for freedom of religion, bans the use of religion for political ends, and stipulates impositions on freedom of conscience stemming from “religious fanaticism" shall be punishable by law. A government decree...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits political parties based on religious affiliation. The law also states that the country has no national religion. By decree and practice, however, the government gives preference to the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed Church...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states all persons are free to profess their chosen religious beliefs and to engage in ceremonies and acts of worship. The legislature may not enact laws that establish or prohibit any religion. The constitution provides for the separation of religion and state and defines the country...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, guaranteeing equal rights irrespective of religious belief and the right to worship and profess one’s religion. The law states government officials may prohibit the activity of a religious association for violating public order or engaging in “extremist...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: In September the country’s Council of Elders adopted a new constitution which, like the previous one, guarantees the freedom of religion. It provides for the right of individuals to choose their religion, to express and disseminate their religious beliefs, and to participate in religious observances...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution defines the country as a secular state; it provides for freedom of conscience, religious belief, conviction, expression, and worship; and prohibits discrimination based on religious grounds. Religious matters are coordinated and governed by the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution stipulates everyone is free to choose his or her faith. It makes the state responsible for “protecting the religious…interests of the People" and Roman Catholicism the state religion with full protection from the state. It stipulates other religions may practice their faith within the ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitutions of the union government and of the semiautonomous government in Zanzibar both prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religious choice. Three individuals were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the arson of a church in Kagera. A Christian bishop in...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of worship and the free expression of all beliefs. The constitution recognizes the distinct legal personality of the Catholic Church. Non-Catholic religious groups are required to register with the Ministry of Government in order to...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination “without an acceptable reason," and provides for the right to profess and practice a religion, to express one’s convictions, and to decline to be a member of a religious community. The law prohibits breaching the sanctity of religion, including blaspheming ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the state religion, and the state is required to contribute to its maintenance. The constitution prohibits the state from impeding the free exercise of religions that do not impugn “universal morality or proper behavior." It provides opportunity for redress...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides citizens with “the right and freedom to believe or not to believe in religion." The prime minister in August issued Decree 315, with the stated intent of clarifying rules for religious practice, extending registration requirements to Buddhism, the most widely practiced religion,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states there shall be absolute freedom of conscience and guarantees the free exercise of religious rites for all religious groups provided the public order is not disturbed. The constitution states there shall be a “just and equitable balance" in the apportionment of cabinet and high...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution and other laws protect the right of individuals to choose, practice, profess, and change their religion. The law provides for freedom of religion and worship and provides for equal rights in accordance with the constitution and international law. The government grants privileges to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of a Manhattan apartment where she had suffered...
