News from June 2019
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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 State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. The government, via the High Commission for Migration (ACM), sponsored activities to promote religious tolerance and acceptance, published religious texts, and organized education for...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of worship as well as the right to practice and change one’s religion. The government decriminalized marijuana and publicly apologized to the Rastafarian community for previous discrimination. During the year the government started subsidizing private Rastafarian-run schools not requiring vaccinations for school entry.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and its public expression and prohibits compelling participation in religious ceremonies. Roman Catholicism is the state religion and state ceremonies often include Catholic rituals. Religious groups have to apply to the government to build a public place...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion as well as the right to change one’s religion. It specifies there is no state religion and guarantees equality and freedom for all religious communities. The law prohibits religious discrimination and hate speech. Religious groups, particularly the Serbian...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution protects the right of individuals to practice their religion and states religious groups are autonomous and independent from the state. The law, however, recognizes the “exceptional importance" of Orthodox Christianity. Minority religious groups and others reported the government continued ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is increasing fire restrictions at Lake Berryessa during Red Flag Warnings. Reclamation is prohibiting the use of charcoal or wood fires, even in established fire rings and grills, during Red Flag Warnings at Lake Berryessa. A Red Flag Warning, the highest wildfire alert, means that potentially dangerous weather conditions (hot/dry/windy) may result in extreme fire behavior within 24 hours.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for “freedom of conscience and religion," prohibits discrimination based on religion, and mandates the separation of the activities of state and religious institutions. The law requires religious institutions to register with authorities but provides little detail on registration...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides every person the right to “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion," and specifies the separation of church and state. By law, eight “traditional" religious groups receive rights and privileges other groups do not. Three new religious groups registered during the year.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion on the condition its practice does not violate public morality, decency, or public order. Roman Catholic Church and evangelical Protestant leaders stated President Nicolas Maduro used a 2017 antihate law to persecute clergy who espoused views challenging...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: In February 2014, Russian military forces invaded and occupied Crimea. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 adopted on March 27, 2014, and entitled Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, states the Autonomous Republic of Crimea remains internationally recognized as within Ukraine’s international borders. The U.S. government does not recognize the purported annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and considers that Crimea remains a part of Ukraine.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution, laws, and policies provide for religious freedom, subject to restrictions relating to public order, public health, and morality. The government continued to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (Unification Church). The government restricted...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution accords individuals the right to choose, change, and freely practices their religion and prohibits religious discrimination. It specifically recognizes the right of indigenous communities to express their religion freely. The constitution states the relationship between the state and...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and each of the country’s two entities - the Federation of BiH (the Federation) and Republika Srpska (RS) - provide for freedom of religious thought and practice, prohibit religious discrimination, and allow registered religious organizations to operate...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion, requires citizens to be Muslim, and requires public office holders, including the president, to be followers of Sunni Islam. The constitution provides for limitations on rights and freedoms “to protect and maintain the tenets of Islam." The law...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: On June 14, 2019 at approximately 2:50 p.m., the Glen Canyon Communications Center dispatched National Park Service Rangers from the Halls Crossing and Bullfrog Districts to the report of a vessel accident on Lake Powell with multiple persons injured, in the vicinity of buoy 97. A vessel had run hard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Little Rock man was sentenced Thursday for possessing and distributing child pornography that showed children as young as one year old being sexually abused. Kenneth Laren Harvey, 49, of Little Rock, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James M. Moody, Jr. The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Cody Hiland, announced today’s sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., is proud to announce that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Erin Blondel was one of 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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 freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. In February soldiers on Manus Island allegedly attacked three asylum seekers from Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, which required the victims to seek medical attention. There was no public information...
