News from June 2019
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship, including the right to choose and change one’s religion. The government continued its policy to limit the number of visas for foreign representatives of religious groups based on historical trends, the relative size of the group, and the...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom and prohibits discrimination based on religion. On June 28, the Constitutional Court overturned its previous 2004 and 2011 rulings and found unconstitutional a provision of the law that calls for up to three years in prison for those who refuse to serve...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and conscience. Religious groups may worship without registering, but registered groups receive benefits. The constitution recognizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the country’s “traditional" religion, and the law exempts the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace. Other laws protect individual religious freedom against abuses by government or private actors. The government began implementation of the nationality law passed in 2017,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa -On June 19, 2019, Jeffrey W. Voorhees, age 75, of Waukee, Iowa, was sentenced by United States Southern District of Iowa Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt to two years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Voorhees pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2018, to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Voorhees was ordered to pay $416,440 in restitution and a fine of $25,000.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and conscience. Religious groups may worship without registering, but registered groups receive benefits. The constitution recognizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the country’s “traditional" religion, and the law exempts the Bulgarian Orthodox Church...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Louis Brent Ladner, 41, of Kiln, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 92 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of religion. The religious freedom law requires religious groups to seek government recognition by meeting legally established criteria. There are 81 recognized religious groups and more than 1,000...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and protects freedom of religion, conscience, and belief. It also mandates the separation of religion and state. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious affiliation and inciting hatred or “disaffection" against any religious group. Religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for the separation of religion and state and stipulates all persons are entitled to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, except as required by law to protect public safety, order, health, or morals, or the rights of others. It also provides for equal protection under...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides citizens with “the right and freedom to believe or not to believe in religion." The government officially recognizes four religious umbrella groups - Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha’i Faith - and generally requires other religious groups to affiliate with one of...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination on any grounds as well as laws establishing any religion. It provides for freedom of religion, including the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religion. Through the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Act, the government continues...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief. During the year, international NGOs, media, and religious organizations reported the government subjected religious organizations and leaders, most prominently Catholic, to intimidation, arbitrary...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), announced the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable titled, “Examining the Role of Mobility on Demand (MOD) ...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) appeared on Fox News’ “Your World" with Neil Cavuto and Fox Business’ “Making Money" with Charles Payne to discuss Iran. Key highlights below...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to provide religious instruction. The government denied more than 100 applications for registration...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The Interim National Constitution 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 not...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for identity theft, aggravated identity theft, theft of public money, and illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution bars discrimination based on religious affiliation or belief and provides for freedom of conscience and religion, either individually or in association with others. It provides for the separation of religion and state but also recognizes the historic importance of the Roman Catholic...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and worship, consistent with law and order, and prohibits religious discrimination in employment. It emphasizes that religious tolerance is fundamental to the nation’s unity, national reconciliation, and social cohesion. It forbids speech that...
