News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 15 indictments charging 17 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing on longstanding deficiencies at the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DC VAMC), titled “Ensuring Quality Health Care for Our Veterans."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Scott Brochu, 47, of Essex, was charged yesterday by Indictment with unlawfully transporting child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1), and possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and the right of all individuals to freely profess, practice, and propagate religion; mandates a secular state; requires the state to treat all religions impartially; and prohibits discrimination based on religion. It also states citizens must practice...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion and bans religious groups from undertaking actions inciting religious hatred. It establishes the separation of religion and state and prohibits pursuit of political goals by religious groups. The law requires all religious groups to register...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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 State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits political parties based on religious affiliation. The law states that the country has no national religion, but by decree and practice, the government gives preference to the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed Church of Equatorial...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution states there shall be “absolute freedom of conscience" and guarantees the free exercise of religious rites for all religious groups provided they do not disturb the public order. The constitution also states there shall be a “just and equitable balance" in the apportionment of cabinet...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and affirms the state does not support any particular religion. Legal statutes prohibit discrimination based on religion. The government launched an interagency, computer-based system to monitor and report on issues of discrimination, including discrimination...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but stipulates followers of religions other than Islam are free to exercise their faith within the limits of the law. Conversion from Islam to another religion is considered apostasy, which is punishable by death, imprisonment, or confiscation...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution states that while the official religion is the Shafi’i School of Islam, all other religions may be practiced “in peace and harmony." A partially implemented Sharia Penal Code (SPC) has operated in parallel with the existing common law-based criminal justice system since 2014 and primarily...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Gloucester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to bank robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited GA&L Construction Corp. Inc. and The Rinaldi Group of Florida LLC for failing to protect employees from fall hazards at a construction worksite in Miami, Florida. The two companies face $87,327 in penalties.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for the free exercise of religion and religious worship and prohibits the establishment of religion by law. On July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which the government said would address the aspirations of Muslim and other separatist groups...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Washington - Farmers and ranchers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts may now re-enroll in certain CRP continuous signup practices or, if eligible, select a one-year contract extension. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) also is accepting offers from those who want to enroll for the first time in one of the country’s largest conservation programs. FSA’s 52nd signup for CRP runs from June 3 to August 23.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion or belief and separation of government and religion. In May the parliament approved a religious freedom “roadmap" to implement all twelve of the recommendations of UN Special Rapporteur on Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed. It simplified rules for registering...
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 State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others. Religious and civil society groups reported the government occasionally monitored...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution states that the country is secular, prohibits religious discrimination, provides for freedom of religion, bans the use of religion for political ends, and stipulates impositions on freedom of conscience stemming from “religious fanaticism" shall be punishable by law. The government continued to grant Christians and Muslims access to public facilities for special religious events.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides protections for religious freedom with “reasonable restrictions" to ensure public order and the rights of other individuals. The constitution provides for the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and belief and to the free exercise of religion. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim...
