News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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, abstain from religious belief, and freely practice religion. Two registration applications by religious...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides citizens with “the right and freedom to believe or not to believe in religion." The government officially recognizes four religious umbrella groups - Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahai Faith - and generally requires other religious groups to affiliate with one of these...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the state religion; the state is required by law to contribute to its maintenance. The constitution prohibits the state from impeding the free exercise of religions that does not impugn “universal morality or proper behavior" and provides for redress in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Francisco Nuno-Urenda, 41, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today to 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking scheme that brought distribution quantities of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin into Oregon. Nuno-Urenda was also ordered to pay $75,000 and will be on supervised release for five years at the conclusion of his prison sentenced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution protects freedom of conscience, including freedom of thought and religion. The criminal code prohibits the publishing and sale of blasphemous language; however, the code is not enforced. The government continued to fund public schools administered by long-established Christian groups,...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution bars the federal government from making any law that imposes a state religion or religious observance, prohibits the free exercise of religion, or establishes a religious test for a federal public office. A Melbourne court affirmed the right of a Sikh student to wear a religious turban...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace. Other laws protect individual religious freedom against abuses by government or private actors. In January the government promulgated a law amending the nationality code...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for the right, individually or jointly with others, to adhere to any religion or to no religion, and to participate in religious customs and ceremonies. The constitution says religious organizations shall be separate from the state and “shall not interfere in state affairs."...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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. Five followers of the Baname Church died on January 28 from asphyxiation in the Department of Oueme after the church leadership...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The Basic Law declares Islam to be the state religion but prohibits discrimination based on religion and protects the right of individuals to practice religious rites as long as doing so does not “disrupt public order or contradict morals." According to the law, it is a criminal offense to “defame" any...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, belief, and thought. An investigation by the Malawi Human Rights Commission regarding a 2016 case of religious discrimination against a Rastafarian student for wearing dreadlocks remained unresolved...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution guarantees the freedom of religion and provides for the right of individuals to choose their religion, express and disseminate their religious beliefs, and participate in religious observances and ceremonies. The constitution maintains the separation of government and religion, stipulating...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - EM officials focused on small business opportunities in the cleanup program and greater DOE at the Department's 17th-annual Small Business Forum & Expo last week.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Area high school science and engineering students were looking for a real-life way to test the robot they created - in an environment like no other. A deputy project manager with the EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) management and operations contractor had the answer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An El Salvador citizen has admitted to his role in a cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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. Five followers of the Baname Church died on January 28 from asphyxiation in the Department of Oueme after the church leadership...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government and the Communist Party, through the Communist Party’s Office of Religious Affairs (ORA), continued to control most aspects of religious life. Observers noted the government continued to use...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits religious organizations from exercising any political authority or receiving privileges from the state. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) reported that in 2016 (latest statistics available), its human rights division received 274 inquiries related...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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...
