News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Marquise McCants, a/k/a Digga, age 26, of Baltimore, to life in prison for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF). In January 2018, McCants was convicted by a federal...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for the free practice of religious beliefs and self-governance by religious groups without government interference. By law, all faith-based organizations must register with the government to acquire legal status as an association. The government restarted a lapsed campaign to...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution and other laws prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religion and worship. In September the government enacted a new law requiring faith-based organizations (FBOs) to obtain legal status before beginning operations. It also calls for legal representatives of FBOs...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the right to choose, practice, or change one’s religion. A hate crime law punishes some expressions of disrespect for religious beliefs. The Council of Religious and Life Stance Communities (STL), an umbrella organization for religious...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the newly submitted draft greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions guidance by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 17, 2019, Mardino Nathaniel George, 33, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 15 years’ imprisonment. George had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal weapons possession in violation of the National Firearms Act.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief. In October a parliamentary committee suspended consideration of a new law on “religious autonomy" after criticism it would put religions above the law. Domestic service workers and caretakers are not covered under the labor standards law and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Andrew T. Maliska, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, pled guilty on Monday, June 17 to cyberstalking in the District of Columbia following an investigation into the creation and circulation of doctored images, related postings, and the personal information of the victim.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits incitement of religious hatred. All religious communities have the same religious protections under the law, and are free to worship, proselytize, own property, and import religious literature. The government has ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Rafael Enrique Rodriguez for engaging in health care fraud, announced Special Agent in Charge Christopher Cave of the United States Postal Service Office and United States Attorney John F. Bash.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution grants freedom to practice, worship, and assemble for religious services. The law does not require registration of religious groups. A religious group, however, must register to be eligible for specific benefits such as recognition of clergy as marriage officers and tax exemptions. The constitution requires the Sabbath, which the government defines as Sunday, be “kept holy" and prohibits commercial transactions on Sunday, except as permitted by law.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Going-to-the-Sun Road remains closed to vehicle traffic between Avalanche Creek and Jackson Glacier Overlook due to weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Ravi Babu Kolla, 47, an Indian foreign national residing in Panama City, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to commit marriage and visa fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, 55, for criminal conspiracies involving heroin and marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship. The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and prohibits state institutions from behaving in a manner incompatible with Islam. The law grants all individuals the right to practice their religion as long as they respect public...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution states that all people have freedom of belief and religion. The law provides for significant government control over religious practices and includes vague provisions that permit restrictions on religious freedom in the stated interest of national security and social unity. The 2016...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to worship and to change religion. It prohibits discrimination based on belief. A colonial-era law criminalizing the practices of Obeah and Myalism remains in effect, but it is not enforced. In August the Supreme Court ruled that...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The U.S. government estimates the total population at 19.7 million (July 2018 estimate). According to the 2006 census, 61 percent of the population is Muslim, predominantly Sunni, 19 percent is Roman Catholic, 4 percent belong to various Protestant groups, and 15 percent maintain exclusively indigenous...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution establishes the separation of religion and state and the responsibility of the state to respect and protect legally recognized religious groups. The governor of Gabu Region expressed concerns about signs of “stricter" Islamic practices and recommended the central government take action.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, 55, for criminal conspiracies involving heroin and marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
