News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious beliefs. Despite the constitutional guarantee, the 2014 report of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Human Rights Situation of the DPRK concluded there was an almost complete denial by the government of the right to freedom of thought, conscience,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution grants individuals freedom to profess and practice any religious belief but prohibits religious activities directed against the sovereignty of the state, its constitutional system, and “civic harmony." The law recognizes the “determining role" of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC),...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. Domestic service workers and caretakers are not covered under the labor standards law and are therefore not legally guaranteed a weekly rest day. Due to this exclusion, many domestic workers were not able to attend religious services. In February...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and sharia the source of all legislation. It provides for freedom of thought and expression “within the limits of the law," but omits mention of freedom of religion. The law prohibits denunciation of Islam, conversion from Islam to another religion,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution and other laws provide for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion, and freedom to change one’s religion or beliefs. Smaller churches found the 750-member requirement for registration difficult to meet, although religious groups stated they could conduct most normal functions without registration.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and the right to profess one’s religious beliefs. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is responsible for legally recognizing churches, religious denominations, religious federations and confederations, and associations...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of faith and conscience, and it and the penal code prohibit discrimination against any religion or religious adherents. The constitution delegates regulation of the relationship between government and religious groups to the 26 cantons. The canton of Ticino’s ban on...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination on any grounds as well as laws establishing any religion. It provides for freedom of religion, including the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religion. The government bars religious groups from owning radio or television stations...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution and other laws guarantee freedom of religion and include provisions for the protection of religious minority groups. Religious denominations recognized in law or registered as religions receive state support and access to the army, hospitals, retirement homes, penitentiaries, and orphanages.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Elshinawy Received Money from ISIS to be used for “Operational Purposes" in the United States.
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
News Release: The constitution grants everyone the rights of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. In establishing freedom of worship, the constitution stipulates the separation of religious organizations and the state. It recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) as the national church and preserver...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for the separation of religion and state and stipulates all persons are entitled to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, except as required by law to protect public safety, order, health, or morals, or the rights of others. It also provides for equal protection under...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The law prohibits religious discrimination, prevents restrictions on religious freedom, and includes provisions for prosecuting religious hate crimes. Catholic religious instruction is offered in all public schools, but the law guarantees the right of nonparticipation without penalty. Taxpayers may designate ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution states that while the official religion is the Shafi’i school of Islam, all other religions may be practiced “in peace and harmony." The government permitted Shafi’i Muslims and members of non-Muslim religious minorities to practice their faiths, but has banned several religious groups...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News 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. A judge sentenced two men, who...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former mayor of Lawrence was sentenced Tuesday to ten months in federal prison for embezzling thousands of dollars from a food bank in Douglas County, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. The defendant was ordered to pay $81,446 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Pedro Bautista Hernandez, 28, of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (33 days in jail), for illegally re-entering the United States.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: In February 2014, armed forces of the Russian Federation seized and occupied Crimea. In March 2014, Russia announced Crimea had become part of the Russian Federation. A UN General Assembly resolution declared continued international recognition of Crimea’s inclusion within Ukraine’s international borders.
