News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. In accordance with the constitution, the government continued to offer the Catholic Church privileges not available to other religious groups. The government permitted ritual...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 must register with the Ministry of Government in order to enter into...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - The BLM is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Analysis (EA) for the I-90 Corridor Comprehensive Travel and Transportation Management Plan which will designate an appropriate and sustainable system of routes for motorized travel that provide a quality recreational experience. The EA addresses only roads on BLM-administered surface within the I-90 corridor.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on creed and provides for the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religious beliefs. The government grants subsidies to six religious groups: Hindus, Roman Catholics, Muslims, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Seventh-day Adventists...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Enjoy Shoshone stories and learn about the Applegate Trail at the California Trail Interpretive Center during June.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and states that all are equal before the law. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. The constitution grants automatic official recognition to the Roman Catholic Church and states that other religious groups may also apply for official recognition...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of religious profession and religious worship and prohibits the establishment of religion by law. The government continued to implement the “strategic peace roadmap," which it said would address the aspirations of Muslim and other separatist groups in Mindanao.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Kissimmee, Florida, man was convicted at trial today of tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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 | May 29, 2018
News 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
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 provided it with financial ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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. The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) and municipal antidiscrimination boards continued to address...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship, and of religious instruction. Religious organizations may register with the government under the regulations provided for nonprofit corporate bodies. Religious groups continued to report incidents in which civil servants rejected marriage...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution protects “the freedom to practice one’s religion alone or in the company of others" and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government facilitated revenue collection for 17 religious groups through the taxation system and distributed publicly funded grants to 42 applicant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Eric Lynn Garman, age 35, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession Of Certain Material Involving The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2), punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jason J. Delcol and co-defendants Stevedore Crawford, Jr., Carlos Carvalho and Benjamin J. Owings pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a drug-trafficking ring.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and worship, consistent with law and order, and prohibits religious discrimination in employment. It emphasizes that religious tolerance is fundamental to the nation’s unity, national reconciliation, and social cohesion. It forbids speech that...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for “freedom of conscience and religion," prohibits discrimination based on religion, and mandates the separation of the activities of state and religious institutions. The law requires religious institutions to register with authorities and broadly describes registration procedures,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bridgeport, West Virginia man has admitted to his role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Based on a draft approved in a 2016 national referendum, the new constitution endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn in April specifically prohibits discrimination based on religious belief and protects religious liberty. Insurgent violence continued in the Malay Muslim-majority Deep South, where there...
