News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Edward Leonard Wells, Jr. (34, North Carolina) to two years and eight months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft. On April 18, 2019, Wells’s estranged wife, Alcira Mercedes Wells (34...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion; provides for freedom of belief, religion, and worship; and states no one “shall be obligated by coercive measures to declare his or her ideology or beliefs." The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reported “serious human rights...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution recognizes Roman Catholicism as the state religion; the law requires the state to contribute to the Catholic Church’s maintenance. The constitution prohibits the state from impeding the free exercise of religions that do not impugn “universal morality or proper behavior" and provides...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits the government from taking any action to compel, prohibit, or hinder the exercise of religion. On Jan. 11, the government commemorated the National Day of Prayer that “welcomes all expressions of religion, no matter of his or her choosing without reservation or reproach." The government invited all faiths and denominations to the Capitol for a program of prayers and singing praises.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Six Gangster Disciples, including the "Enforcer" for the State of Tennessee, have pled guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty pleas today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to willfully filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Ismael Mangual, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 137 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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. Most areas of the country...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, JAMIE PAUL EARLY, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to forty-one months of imprisonment for violating federal law by committing a bank robbery on July 27, 2018 at the Capital One Bank at 3001 Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. Additionally, EARLY must serve (3) years of supervised release and pay a !00.00 special assessment fee.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion. It states religion is a personal choice, and all churches and religious organizations have equal rights. A concordat with the Holy See defines relations with the Roman Catholic Church. Statutes and agreements determine relations between the government...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of all religions. The law establishes the conditions for recognition and practice of religious groups. The government continued to provide the Roman Catholic Church with funds and privileges other religious groups did not receive. The Ministry of Foreign...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of thought, freedom to practice one’s religion, and freedom from oaths contrary to one’s beliefs. Rastafarians said they continued to press the government to legalize marijuana use. Representatives of the Rastafarian community reported...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A Tunisian national with ties to ISIS was removed from the U.S. Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) after serving a federal prison sentence resulting from an investigation conducted by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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. Jewish and Muslim groups launched legal challenges against laws, scheduled to take effect in 2019 in Wallonia and Flanders, banning the...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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. In June the government enacted a ban of face coverings in schools and some public spaces and expected to...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: WASHIINGTON, D.C.- Today Secretary Perry and Under Secretary Dabbar issued the following statements regarding the release of the Trump Administration’s National AI R&D Strategic Plan: 2019 Update.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Aaron Bohannon, age 52, of Utica, New York, was charged today with distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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 | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion. Religious groups with memberships equal to or greater than 2 percent of the population are required to register with the government.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and grants individuals freedom of religion in conformity with the law. The law criminalizes abuses against religious freedom. On Jan. 31, the government adopted a new national Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) strategy that included interfaith efforts...
