News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and both the constitution and the penal code prohibit discrimination based on religion. Any violation may be brought before a court of justice. Religious groups seeking financial support from the government are required to register with the Ministry...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a north Alabama man for a February bank robbery in Huntsville, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic, and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria" and official interpretation of sharia. The constitution states citizens shall enjoy human, political,...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Local third-grade students shared their research about animals, climates, and cultures from assigned countries to employees visiting from the DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) last week.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of faith and conscience, and, along with the penal code, prohibits discrimination against any religion or religious adherents. The constitution delegates regulation of the relationship between government and religious groups to the 26 cantons. In a referendum, Glarus ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion. Based on a constitutional provision, the law makes blasphemy a punishable offense. The government confirmed it would schedule a constitutional referendum on this issue in 2018. The government continued...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. Domestic service workers and caretakers are not covered under the labor standards law and are therefore not legally guaranteed a weekly rest day. Due to this exclusion, many domestic workers were not able to attend religious services. Authorities...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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
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...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The Interim National Constitution (INC) provides for freedom of religious creed and the rights to worship, assemble, and maintain places of worship. Some laws and government practices are based on the government’s interpretation of a sharia system of jurisprudence, which human rights groups state does...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was sentenced today to 162 months in prison on multiple counts of illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of worship as well as the right to practice and change one’s religion. Rastafarians continued to express concern that some government practices - prohibition of marijuana use, required vaccination for entry to public schools, and headdress restrictions at the airport...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: International Hacker-For-Hire Who Conspired With and Aided Russian FSB Officers Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Employees with the DOE Idaho Operations Office and EM cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho joined other volunteers to teach some 1,500 elementary school students about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at an event at the local zoo.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: The provisional federal constitution (PFC) provides for the right of individuals to practice their religion, makes Islam the state religion, prohibits the propagation of any religion other than Islam, and stipulates all laws must comply with the general principles of sharia. The federal government had...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: Historical and modern constitutional and legal documents provide for freedom of religious belief and affiliation and prohibit religious discrimination. The law bans public incitement to hostile acts against religious groups if perceivable by a larger number of persons. The law divides recognized religious...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and guarantees freedom of religion and religious expression. It provides for equality before the law for all individuals regardless of religious belief. Five religious groups are cited by name in the constitution; other religious groups may register ...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2018
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 DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment and eight years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
