News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for “complete freedom of religion," separation of church and state, and equality for all regardless of religion. It prohibits persecution on the basis of religion. Laws and policies grant the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) privileges not accorded to any other religious group ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, a supplementary document to the constitution, guarantees the freedom of religious conviction and states every individual has the right to change religion, to abstain from religious belief, and to freely practice religion. Four new registration applications...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We write with continued concern about your plans for enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability. Many of us wrote to you on May 10, 2017 about...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: FBI Investigating First Bank & Trust Robbery Located at 1320 S. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, Louisiana.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution states that freedom of religion is a fundamental right, with individuals having the right to practice freely the religion of their choice or to practice no religion at all. Discrimination based on religion is prohibited. Practice of Obeah is illegal and violators may be sentenced to three months in prison. Christian prayer accompanied government events and government figures frequently referenced Biblical texts in their speeches.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm that was used in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl five days earlier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Virtual Kidnapping Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Robert Tjepkema, 53, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 3 years in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for failure to register as a sex offender. In addition to his prison term, Tjepkema will be required to serve 8 years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution stipulates the separation of state and religion and equality of all religions. It also protects the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs and carry out religious rituals, provided these do not violate public order or public morality. The law prohibits the government...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Case 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
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Philadelphia-area, Pennsylvania men and two Wheeling, West Virginia man were indicted by a federal grand jury on August 9, 2017 on drug distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom, including the freedom to change religions, proselytize, and establish religious schools. These rights may restricted by laws “reasonably required" to achieve certain listed public goals.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion. It stipulates there is no official religion, says the state is neutral in matters of belief, recognizes the equality and independence of religious groups, and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government has agreements with...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution provides for the freedom to change religion or belief and the freedom to show and spread religious belief through worship, teaching, observance, or practice. The law designates the Congregational Christian Church as the state church and allows it to conduct “special services on major events." Traditional island councils reportedly discouraged public meetings of several minority religious groups, and religious bans by traditional leaders remained in place.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service is actively working to remove graffiti from the Lincoln Memorial that was discovered at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday (August 15). The graffiti, which appears to have been done with red spray paint, appears to state “[expletive] law." An additional act of undecipherable vandalism in silver spray paint was also discovered on a Smithsonian wayfinding sign in the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: On the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2017, National Park Service Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch received a report of a cliff jumping accident at Anchovy Point on Lake Powell in Coconino County, Arizona. Anchovy Point is a popular area for swimming and fishing and can be accessed from shore.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and states religion is a personal choice, and all churches and religious organizations have equal rights. Relations with the Roman Catholic Church are determined by an agreement with the Holy See that grants privileges not accorded to other religious ...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious worship and prohibits religious discrimination. It establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion and mandates Catholic religious education in state schools, but allows students to opt out of such classes. Through an amendment to ...
