News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Charges Include Firearm Possession, Failure To Register As Sex Offender, And Drug Trafficking Crimes.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and affiliation and states the country is not bound to any particular faith. Registration requirements for religious groups include the need to present a petition with signatures of at least 50,000 adherents. Members of some religious groups said ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution recognizes equality for all regardless of religion, subject to considerations of public safety or health or the rights of others, and it stipulates the independence of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) from the state. The constitution recognizes the “outstanding role" of the GOC in ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious worship, and prohibits religious discrimination. The constitution establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion and mandates Catholic religious teaching in state schools, from which students may opt out. In May parliament enacted...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to change religion. The law recognizes four religions: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. The constitution and other laws accord Buddhism the “foremost place" among the country’s religious faiths...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution grants freedom to practice, worship, and assemble for religious services. The constitution requires the Sabbath, which the government defines as Sunday, be “kept holy" and prohibits commercial transactions and many recreational activities on Sunday, except as permitted by law. The law...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship. The law prohibits religious discrimination and provides civil remedies to victims of discrimination. Religion and state are officially separate. The National Office of Religious Affairs (ONAR), an executive government agency, is charged...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. In September police filed a defamation suit against Catholic Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Rolando Crisostomo Santos after he denounced what he said was police abuse of power. The Constitutional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Mims Jacquez Gray III, 22, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 60 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Gray was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 recognizes six groups as religions: Hindus, Roman Catholics, Muslims, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Seventh-day Adventists. Other...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and guarantees freedom of conscience, religion, and worship. The law requires religious groups to seek government recognition by meeting legally established criteria and allows the government to shutter the premises of...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 10, 2020
Release: The constitution declares there is no state church and protects the freedom of individuals to practice their religion. It prohibits the incitement of religious hatred, violence, or discrimination. The law establishes registration of religious associations and religious societies and regulates their activities.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Executive Summary Title. On Aug. 17, following the April ouster of President Omar al-Bashir after months of popular protests and a military takeover, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition coalition, known as the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC), signed an interim constitutional...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Republic of Cyprus →. Since 1974, the southern part of Cyprus has been under the control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part, administered by Turkish Cypriots, proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (“TRNC") in 1983. The United States does not recognize ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion and the right to practice religion freely. In September police filed a defamation suit against Catholic Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Rolando Crisostomo Santos after he denounced what he said was police abuse of power. The Constitutional...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion or belief and separation of government and religion. A religious freedom “roadmap" approved by parliament in 2018 to implement all 12 of the recommendations of UN Special Rapporteur on Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed simplified rules for registering...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, equal rights irrespective of religious belief, and the right to worship and profess one’s religion. The law states government officials may prohibit the activity of a religious association for violating public order or engaging in “extremist activity." ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of faith and conscience, and it and the penal code prohibit discrimination against any religion or its members. The constitution delegates regulation of the relationship between government and religious groups to the 26 cantons. A law in the canton of St. Gallen entered ...
