News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged Travis E. Walker, 35, of Miami Township, Ohio, with producing, distributing and possessing child pornography in a six-count indictment returned here.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution states freedom of conscience and belief is inviolable, and free exercise of religious beliefs is guaranteed. The constitution prohibits federal, state, and local governments from either supporting or hindering any specific religion. In September the Supreme Court ruled in favor of authorizing...
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Last week, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s executive session to mark up legislation reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, which ensures...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits restrictions on freedom of conscience and belief, as well as forcing an individual to espouse a religious belief contrary to the individual’s convictions. It stipulates all religions are independent from the state and have the freedom to organize “in accordance with their own ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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 State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, which includes freedom of thought and religion, subject to the interests of defense, public safety, order, morality, and health, and to the protection of other persons’ rights and freedoms. National laws prohibit religious discrimination and allow...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to three months in jail on his conviction of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits political parties based on religious affiliation. The law states that the country has no national religion, but by decree and practice, the government gives preference to the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed Church of Equatorial...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged Travis E. Walker, 35, of Miami Township, Ohio, with producing, distributing and possessing child pornography in a six-count indictment returned here.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom, including the right to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private. The law prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. In May the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation on his conviction of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution states that while the official religion is the Shafi’i school of Islam, all other religions may be practiced “in peace and harmony." The government permitted Shafi’i Muslims and members of non-Muslim religious minorities to practice their faiths, but has banned several religious groups...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar toured key cleanup sites and met with the EM workforce at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) last week.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution declares the country a Christian nation while prohibiting religious discrimination and providing for freedom of conscience, belief, and religion. On Oct. 18, the country commemorated its third National Day of Prayer and Fasting coordinated by the Ministry of National Guidance and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An eight-count indictment was unsealed on Tuesday following the arrest of Loretta Darlene Stewart-Cabrera, 52, of Sacramento, for her role in a scheme to defraud beneficiaries of a trust she administered as a professional fiduciary, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and affirms the state supports no religion. Legal statutes prohibit discrimination based on religion. The government (the Supreme Court, the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) together with the Latin American Jewish Congress...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution states Islam is the state religion and sharia shall be “a main source" of legislation. The constitution guarantees the freedom to practice religious rites in accordance with “the maintenance of public order and morality." Religious groups must register with the government to acquire...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs in public and private. It declares all religious communities shall enjoy equal rights and prohibits the incitement of religious hatred or intolerance. The law does not require religious groups...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution states Buddhism is the state religion and is promoted by the government through holiday observances, religious training, Buddhist instruction in public school, and financial support to Buddhist institutions. The law provides for freedom of belief and religious worship, provided such...
