News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to provide religious instruction. The government again denied some applications for registration...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for the right to practice or not to practice religion freely and prohibits discrimination based on religion. These and other rights may temporarily be suspended or restricted only in the event of a declaration of a state of war, siege, or emergency. The constitution prohibits...
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association Kansas City Chapter (SMACNA-KC) have signed an alliance to protect sheet metal and air conditioning employees from industry-specific hazards.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to change religion. The constitution and other laws give Buddhism the “foremost place" among the country’s religious faiths and commit the government to protecting it while respecting the rights of religious...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution stipulates the state is independent of religion and provides for “freedom of thought, spirituality, religion, and cult, expressed individually or collectively, in public and in private." The constitution and other laws give educational institutions the right to teach religion, including...
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Wichita roofing contractor Jose Barrientos for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards. Barrientos faces proposed penalties totaling $191,071 for two willful and six serious violations.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits incitement of religious hatred. All religious communities receive the same religious protections, and are free to worship, proselytize, own property, and import religious literature. The government has written agreements ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Mexican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, equal rights irrespective of religious belief, and the rights to worship and profess one’s religion. The law states government officials may prohibit the activity of a religious association for violating public order or engaging in “extremist activity." ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution and other laws provide for freedom of religion, including the freedom to change one’s religion, and prohibit discrimination based on religious belief. Rastafarians said they continued to oppose the government requirement for their children to be vaccinated in order to enter school and...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but mandates equality for persons of all faiths. The government maintained its authority over all Islamic matters and institutions, including assets and personnel of all mosques. Non-Muslim groups register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution protects the right of individuals to practice their religion and states religious groups are autonomous and independent from the state. The law, however, recognizes the “exceptional importance" of Orthodox Christianity. Minority religious groups and others reported the government continued...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Seth Adam Depiano, 37, formerly of Clovis, was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 12 years and seven months in prison following his guilty pleas to mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering charges, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. In October the new speaker of parliament announced that he would implement a 2016 national court order to reinstall indigenous cultural artifacts to the parliament house. The reinstallation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Four people were sentenced to prison for taking federal money earmarked for job training and instead using the money to pay for personal expenses, including vacations, investments, real estate purchases and salaries for people who did not work at the company.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution protects freedom of religion and states the government shall consider the religious beliefs of society and form cooperative relations with the Roman Catholic Church and other religious faiths. The government has a bilateral agreement with the Holy See that grants the Roman Catholic Church...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 formally recognizing churches, religious denominations, religious federations and confederations, and associations...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion; provides for freedom of belief, religion, and worship; and states no one “shall be obligated by coercive measures to declare his or her ideology or beliefs." Catholic and evangelical Protestant leaders stated the government made selective application...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public. The Wallonia and Flanders regional governments passed laws, scheduled to take effect in 2019, banning the ritual slaughter of animals without ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 based on religion. The government does not require religious groups to register, but those that do receive tax-exempt status.
