News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thirteen individuals alleged to be members and associates of MS-13 were arrested in Central Ohio and Indiana this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Jason Marvets, age 30, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child, enticement of a minor, extortion, destruction of evidence, and distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on August 8, 2017 in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion, requires citizens to be Muslim, and requires public office holders, including the president, to be followers of the Sunni school of Islam. The constitution provides for limitations on rights and freedoms “to protect and maintain the tenets of Islam."...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the freedom to worship, teach, and practice one’s religion. It grants the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus the exclusive right to regulate and administer its internal affairs and recognizes the Vakf, an Islamic institution that manages land...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion, but stipulates followers of religions other than Islam are free to exercise their faith within the limits of the law. Conversion from Islam to another religion is apostasy, which is punishable by death, imprisonment, or confiscation of property...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for “freedom of conscience and religion," prohibits discrimination based on religion, and mandates the separation of the activities of state and religious institutions. The law requires religious institutions to register with authorities and broadly describes registration procedures,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, including the right to public religious practice and to manifest religious opinions. It provides for regulation of relations between the state and religious groups via legal conventions. Under previous conventions, the state participated in the appointment...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Reports on Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet are appended at the end of this report.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has entered a plea of guilty to charges of food stamp fraud and theft or conversion of government funds, and in the process causing a loss to the federal food stamp program of $85,000, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. In the course of the proceeding Imran also indicated that he had entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States and had agreed to make restitution of $85,000.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The 2016 constitution continues to provide for freedom of religious belief and worship to all, consistent with law and order, and prohibits religious discrimination in employment. It emphasizes that religious tolerance is fundamental to the nation’s unity, national reconciliation, and social cohesion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for downloading sexually explicit videos and images of children to his home computer, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for the right to choose, practice, and change one’s religion. In December Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi brought a constitutional amendment to parliament which would establish Christianity as the official state religion. Parliament had not discussed the amendment...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Matthew P. Charo, 36, of Saratoga, New York, pled guilty yesterday to distributing a controlled substance, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant, who was Convicted of Trafficking 105.6 Pounds of Cocaine and 11.55 Pounds of Heroin, was Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship, and the law prohibits religious discrimination. Religion and state are officially separate. The National Office of Religious Affairs (ONAR), a government agency within the executive office, is charged with facilitating communication between...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution establishes Nepal as a “secular state" but defines secularism as “protection of the age-old religion and culture and religious and cultural freedom." It provides for the right to profess and practice one’s own religion. The constitution prohibits converting people from one religion to...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and practice, as long as it is not prejudicial to good morals or public order, and protects the right to form religious associations. It names the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) as the state church, and the government provides it with financial ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of thought, freedom to practice religion, and freedom from oaths contrary to one’s beliefs. Rastafarians continued to disagree with the government’s prohibition of marijuana use and said they were subjected to scrutiny from police and immigration officers.
