News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution provides for the free practice of religious beliefs and self- governance by religious groups without government interference. The government requires registration of religious and other groups, and provides funding for Islamic and Christian schools and pilgrimages. In June a court in...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - Through shared conservation stewardship and local community support, the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office aims to enhance recreation opportunities in northwest Wyoming during its next National Public Lands Day event on Saturday, Aug. 26. Volunteers are needed for a workday to make the Hogan and Luce Recreation Area more accessible and enjoyable for our neighbors and visitors with disabilities.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and stipulates individuals are free to profess and practice their religion. Registration is required for religious groups to have legal status. Muslim leaders reported some publicly-funded Christian mission schools forced female Muslim students to remove...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The Occupied Territories, which include the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, are subject to the jurisdiction of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), with the division of responsibilities overlapping in much of the territory. The PA Basic Law, which serves as an interim constitution,...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a convicted sexual predator Monday who was wanted in the United Kingdom for the sexual assault of a minor.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution declares Islam to be the religion of the state and freedom of belief “absolute." It declares the state will protect the freedom to practice one’s religion, provided such practice does not conflict with established customs, public policy, or morals. Defamation of the Abrahamic faiths...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: According to the 1992 Basic Law of Governance, the kingdom’s official religion is Islam and the constitution is the Quran and Sunna (traditions and practices based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad). The legal system is based on sharia as interpreted within the Hanbali School of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution grants freedom to practice, worship, and assemble for religious services. The law does not require registration of religious groups. A religious group, however, needs to register in order to be eligible for specific benefits such as recognition of clergy as marriage officers and tax...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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 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.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of belief and the right to practice, profess, and promote any religion. In July nine South African Muslims were deported from the southern part of the country for allegedly engaging in “religious work" without having been admitted...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Man Robs Albuquerque Bank, Flees on Bicycle.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
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
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion or traditional belief. The preamble to the constitution refers to traditional Christian values, but there is no state religion. In April the minister of internal affairs suggested amending the constitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced Robert Louis Winecoff, 37, of Huntersville, N.C. to 51 months in prison for operating an investment fraud scheme involving bogus investment products, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Winecoff was also ordered to serve two years under court supervision after he is released from prison and to pay more than $175,000 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Eric M. Dillon, 28, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Philip P. Simon for Armed Robbery and Use of a Firearm to Cause Death during a Crime of Violence.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic, and specifies Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria" and official interpretation of sharia. The constitution states citizens shall enjoy human, political, economic,...
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
Release: The constitution states no law may be passed respecting the establishment of a state religion or impairing the free exercise of religion. Government assistance may be provided to religiously affiliated schools for nonreligious purposes. The Ahmadi Muslim community in Kosrae State continued to face incidents of discrimination in receiving public services, such as water delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Derek I. Hunt, 28, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a one-year term of probation for his conviction on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and criminal damage to property.
