News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, including the right to public religious practice and to manifest religious opinions, and prohibits compulsory participation in religious services or observance of religious groups’ days of rest. Although, pursuant to 2016 legislation reorganizing the relationship...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and belief and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. The government does not require religious groups to register; however, registered groups receive tax-exempt status. In June the High Court ruled that public schools could not promote one...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted an Alabama couple on child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The art display entitled, Earth in Black & White, will feature the ceramic works of Barbara Ellard, and photographs by Michael Plyler. Both artists have a deep understanding of the southwest and in particular Zion National Park.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution states there shall be “absolute freedom of conscience" and guarantees the free exercise of religious rites for all religious groups provided they do not disturb the public order. The constitution also states there shall be a “just and equitable balance" in the apportionment of cabinet...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution states freedom of religious conscience is inviolable and provides for freedom of worship with some restrictions. The constitution recognizes Greek Orthodoxy as the “prevailing religion." The law prohibits offenses against “religious peace," including blasphemy and religious insult, punishable ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom of individuals to change their religion. The government prohibits the use of marijuana, including for religious reasons. Rastafarians continued to state they disagreed with the government’s ban on marijuana, stating it was integral...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 23, 2018, the United States District Court in the District of South Carolina entered judgment for the United States in the amounts of $111,109,655.30 against defendants LaTonya Mallory, Floyd Calhoun Dent III and Robert Bradford Johnson, and for an additional $3,039,006.56 against...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution designates Islam as the official religion. It guarantees freedom of worship as long as it does not conflict with public policy or morals. It states all persons are equal before the law. The law prohibits blasphemy, proselytizing by non-Muslims, and conversion from Islam. An antidiscrimination...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that MAALIK ALIM JONES was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to al Shabaab, a designated...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, including the right to public religious practice and to manifest religious opinions, and prohibits compulsory participation in religious services or observance of religious groups’ days of rest. Although, pursuant to 2016 legislation reorganizing the relationship ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to teach their religion. Religious groups must register with the government.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s cleanup contactor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) for the Aug. 30, 2017-Feb. 28, 2018 performance period, according to a recently released scorecard.
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the release of a Harvard University study estimating the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico at 4,645...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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 DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mason County man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Conrad D. Berkley, II, 37, of Gallipolis Ferry, previously pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CARLOS DJEMAL NEHMAD was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $20 million in tax refunds from the government of Mexico by creating the appearance...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and University of Cincinnati recently developed a method to measure a form of the radioactive element technetium-99 in nuclear waste stored in the underground tanks at the Hanford Site.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News 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...
