News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution bars discrimination based on religious affiliation or belief and provides for freedom of conscience and religion, either individually or in association with others. It provides for the separation of church and state, but recognizes the historic importance of the Catholic Church. New...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for separation of religion and state. It guarantees freedom of conscience and states everyone has the right to profess or not to profess any religion. The law provides for freedom of worship and freedom from religious persecution, but provides for restricting religious activities...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief, opinion, expression, and the right to equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination on the basis of religion. Religious groups are not required to register, but those that do receive tax-exempt status. In October...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News 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 State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and grants individuals freedom of religion in conformity with the law. The law criminalizes abuses against religious freedom. Terrorist groups used violence and launched attacks against civilians, security forces, peacekeepers, and others they reportedly...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular and affirms the separation of religion and state. It provides for freedom of religion and equality before the law without distinction as to religion. It prohibits “denominational propaganda" that inhibits national unity. The government maintained its...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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 provides for freedom of conscience and, after an amendment enacted in February, for freedom of worship. The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and prohibits state institutions from behaving in a manner incompatible with Islam. The law grants all individuals the right...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Cannizzo, 54 of Irondequoit, NY, pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay a tax before U.S. District Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others. Religious and civil society groups reported the government continued to target...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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 establishes a secular state and provides for freedom of religious thought, expression, and practice. All religious groups must register with the government. There were five deaths following the intervention of security forces in a dispute concerning the control of a mosque in Semere.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states, “every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice." It gives citizens the right to manifest their religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, in public...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the freedom of individuals to profess their religion or belief. It is a crime to engage in public speech inciting religious hatred. In August Freedom Party (PVV) leader and opposition parliamentarian Geert Wilders presented an election ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution states that Buddhism is the state religion and is promoted by the government through holiday observances, religious training, Buddhist instruction in public school, and financial support to Buddhist institutions. The law provides for freedom of belief and religious worship, provided...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, freedom of religious practice, and state recognition of religious organizations, provided they do not contradict the constitution or the law. The government extended special benefits to nine “traditional" religious groups and more limited benefits to...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, which includes freedom of thought and religion, subject to the interests of defense, public safety, order, morality, and health; and to the protection other persons’ rights and freedoms. Additionally, national laws prohibit religious discrimination...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News 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 Basic Law (the constitution) prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of faith and conscience and the practice of one’s religion. Some state governments continued not to recognize the Church of Scientology (COS) and other religious groups, which made these groups ineligible for...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News 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...
