News from June 2019
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution declares Islam to be the official religion and sharia to be a principal source for legislation. It provides for freedom of conscience, the inviolability of places of worship, and freedom to perform religious rites. The constitution guarantees the right to express and publish opinions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Casey Lipps, 26, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to committing contempt of court by impermissibly leaking secret grand jury information. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution grants individuals the right to choose, practice, and change religions; it prohibits discrimination based on religion. The constitution also states secular ethics are the basis for public service and the legal system. The law requires all religious groups to register with the government;...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and practice, as long as it is not prejudicial to good morals or public order, and protects the right to form religious associations. It names the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) as the state church, which the government provided with financial ...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religious belief and protects religious liberty. The law officially recognizes five religious groups: Buddhists, Muslims, Brahmin-Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians. The Ministry of Justice allows the practice of sharia as a special legal process, outside...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and provides for freedom of religious thought, expression, and practice. All religious groups must register with the government. In February and March President Patrice Talon met with leaders of the Catholic Church, the Protestant Methodist Church of Benin (EPMB), the Islamic Union of Benin (UIB), and the Group of the Evangelical Church Association of Benin (CAEEB) to discuss government reforms and ways to defuse social discord.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Luis Alberto Preza-Mendez, 31, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Mr. Trey Lund, Acting Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations in New Orleans.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of individuals to manifest their religion or belief and prohibits religious discrimination. It names two co-princes - the president of France and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain - as joint heads of state. In accordance with the constitution ...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution states that “freedom of belief is absolute" and “the freedom of practicing religious rituals and establishing worship places for the followers of divine (i.e. Abrahamic) religions is a right regulated by law." The constitution states that citizens “are equal before the Law," and criminalizes...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. -A major arrest operation took place Wednesday morning in West Memphis where 22 were arrested as part of a federal drug investigation. Assistant Special Agent in Charge Justin King of the DEA Little Rock Field Office and United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Cody Hiland announced the arrests.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion. In an October 26 constitutional referendum, 65 percent of voters approved the removal of blasphemy as a punishable offense from the constitution, paving the way for it to be formally removed as a...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: According to the 1992 Basic Law of Governance, the country’s official religion is Islam and the constitution is the Quran and Sunna (traditions and practices based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad). The legal system is based largely on sharia as interpreted within the Hanbali School of Sunni Islamic...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Democrats, led by House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17), today introduced legislation to provide humanitarian assistance for migrants at the southern border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Contraband cell phones inside the prison were used to orchestrate the deals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Louisiana teacher was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for child enticement related offenses.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Charles S. Leis (48, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for attempted enticement of minors to engage in sexual activity and for possessing child pornography. The court also ordered...
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 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
News Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to worship, alone or in community with others, and to change religion or belief. Although the law requires new religious groups to register, unregistered groups were...
