News from June 2019
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News 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 prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship consistent with public order, social peace, and national unity. It provides for the separation of state and religion and prohibits religiously affiliated political parties. The government prohibits full-face...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that David Lombard, 51, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 87 months in prison for possession of child pornography. After his release from prison, Lombard will serve 10 years of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution defines the country as a secular state. It provides for freedom of conscience, religious belief, conviction, expression, and worship and prohibits discrimination based on religious grounds. The Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), a state institution, governs and coordinates religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution provides for religious freedom, including the freedom to change religions, proselytize, and establish religious schools. Laws “reasonably required" to achieve certain listed public goals may restrict these rights. In 2017 parliament passed a motion to explore the possibility of amending...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
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 prohibits discrimination based on creed and provides for the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religious beliefs. The government grants subsidies to six religious groups: Hindus, Roman Catholics, Muslims, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Seventh-day Adventists...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution guarantees the right of individuals to worship according to their beliefs. It establishes the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) as the national church, which has privileges not available to other religious groups. Other religious groups must register with the government to receive tax ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 17, 2019, Mardino Nathaniel George, 33, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 15 years’ imprisonment. George had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal weapons possession in violation of the National Firearms Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Tingling, 39, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, one kilogram or more of heroin, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $10,000,000.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious belief and practice, including worship. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. Laws prohibit actions that incite religious hatred and violence. In September the High Court repealed the law that had criminalized same-sex sexual...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Marcos Martinez-Jimenez, 39, 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 the right to practice or not to practice religion freely and prohibits discrimination based on religion. These and other rights may temporarily be suspended or restricted only in the event of a declaration of a state of war, siege, or emergency. The constitution prohibits...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The constitution and other laws prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religion and worship. In September the government enacted a new law requiring faith-based organizations (FBOs) to obtain legal status before beginning operations. It also calls for legal representatives of FBOs...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the National Utility Contractors Association of South Florida (NUCA of South Florida) to reduce employee exposure to trenching and excavation hazards. OSHA signed the alliance to coincide with Trench Safety Stand-Down Week, June 17-21, 2019. Learn more about the stand-down.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic, and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria" and an official interpretation of sharia. The constitution states citizens shall enjoy human, political,...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
Release: The new constitution adopted in August specifies Islam is the state religion and defines the national identity as being based on a single religion - Sunni Islam - but proclaims equality of rights and obligations for all regardless of religious belief. The constitution also specifies that the principles...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert Eugene Huff, 69, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 1 year in prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for interstate transportation in aid of racketeering. In addition to his prison sentence, Huff will be required to serve 2 years on supervised release. Huff also forfeited $149,746.00 in cash and a 2016 Ford F-350 truck.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: The transitional constitution stipulates separation of religion and state, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides religious groups freedom to worship and assemble, organize themselves, teach, own property, receive financial contributions, communicate and issue publications on religious matters,...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement today slamming proposed guidance issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) that agencies are not required to consider long-term climate impacts in environmental assessments of federal projects.
