News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that GRAHAM ALLEN HELMS, age 29, of Durant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to two counts of BANK ROBBERY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states the state is secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for the right of individuals to choose and profess their religion. The Secretariat of Religious Affairs (SRA) issues weekly themes for inclusion in Friday sermons at mosques and Sunday sermons in churches.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Although a popular vote approved a new constitution in August, the interim constitution enacted by leaders of a 2014 military coup continued to be in effect at year’s end, while the new constitution was pending royal endorsement. The interim constitution does not specifically address either religious...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution declares the country a Christian nation while prohibiting religious discrimination and providing for freedom of conscience, belief, and religion. On Oct. 27, the parliament created a Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs, whose role beyond directing national prayers...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to worship and to change religion. It prohibits discrimination based on belief. A colonial-era law criminalizing the practices of Obeah and Myalism remains in effect, but is not enforced. Rastafarians stated acceptance of their...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced today that DOE would issue a Notice of Sale for the sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in late August 2017.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution, laws, and decrees provide for freedom of religion and worship, and prohibit discrimination based on religion. The constitution recognizes Catholicism as the religion of the majority of citizens but not as the state religion. Public schools are required to teach Catholicism but parents...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on creed and provides for religious freedom, including the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religious beliefs. The government grants subsidies to six religious groups, including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Seventh-day...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. In accordance with the constitution, the government continued to offer the Catholic Church privileges not available to other religious groups. Following enactment in August ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Colten Nicholas Curley, 20, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to theft by an employee of a gaming establishment, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez. Curley was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on April 18, 2017.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The interim constitution, known as the Transitional National Charter, and the new constitution, which came into effect on March 30, provide for freedom of religion and equal protection under the law regardless of religion. They prohibit all forms of religious intolerance and “religious fundamentalism."...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. The Constitutional Review Commission shelved a parliamentary proposal to prohibit the worship of non-Christian faiths on the grounds that the proposed ban would be a violation of religious...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of religious profession and religious worship and prohibits the establishment of religion by law. President Rodrigo Duterte approved a “strategic peace roadmap" which the government said would address the aspirations of Muslim and other separatist groups...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. In accordance with the constitution, the government continued to offer the Catholic Church privileges not available to other religious groups. Following enactment in August...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief. A concordat with the Holy See designates Catholicism as the official religion and extends to the Catholic Church special privileges not granted to other religious groups. Non-Catholic religious groups may register as nongovernmental organizations...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution specifies the state is secular and protects the rights of all citizens to exercise their religious beliefs, consistent with the nation’s laws. Religious groups other than Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims must register with the government. The procedure includes providing the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 15, 2017, Andrew Harville, 29, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in east Tennessee.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and protects freedom of religion, conscience, and belief. It also mandates the separation of church and state. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious affiliation and inciting hatred or “disaffection" against any religious group. Religious...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of conscience and religion. It prohibits political parties from preaching religious violence or hate. During the year, government officials and Catholic Church representatives exchanged words publicly...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides every person the right to practice any religion, as long as doing so does not impinge on the rights of others or on the national interest. The constitution prohibits religious discrimination, the establishment of a state religion, and religiously-based political parties. On...
