News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging MATTHEW LEE RUPERT, 28, with civil disorder, rioting, and arson. RUPERT, who was initially charged in a federal criminal complaint on June 1, 2020, will be arraigned before a Magistrate Judge in U.S. District Court at a later date. RUPERT has been ordered to remain in detention pending further proceedings.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution, which cites the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, states that citizens have freedom of religious belief but limits protections for religious practice to “normal religious activities" and does not define “normal." Despite...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and religious expression. It provides for equality before the law for all individuals regardless of religious belief. The constitution cites by name five religious groups that automatically receive tax exemptions ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a series of frequently asked questions and answers regarding the use of masks in the workplace.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public. On March 7, the Court of Assizes in Brussels (the highest criminal court) convicted French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche of murder in the killings ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion. Throughout the year, Shia Muslims, under the auspices of the Islamic Movement of...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 must apply to the government to build a public place...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions. On Nov. 27, a Special Tribunal convicted and sentenced to death seven of eight defendants accused in the 2016 killings...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Crimea →. In February 2014, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 32-year-old Christopher Ernest Martinez to a statutory-maximum 80 years in federal prison for producing and distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of conscience, thought, and religion, including the freedom to change religion or belief and to manifest and propagate one’s religion. The government continued to provide extensive support for schools operated by religious groups, including paying and certifying all teachers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A former high school Spanish teacher from Huntington, West Virginia pled guilty to traveling across state lines to have sex with one of her students, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Amy Adkins, 30, pled guilty to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and distribution of Adderall.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on Malachy McAllister being taken into custody for removal from the United States...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: BAKER, NV - Beginning June 29, 2020 and continuing through July 2, 2020 Wheeler peak Scenic Drive will be closed to public traffic from Upper Lehman Creek Campground to the Wheeler Peak Day Use Parking area.
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 prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to provide religious instruction. The government continued to report a trend of local actors using...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and laws provide for freedom of religion and the right to profess freely one’s faith. The constitution provides the government will grant the Roman Catholic Church preferential legal status, but there is no official state religion. Several religious groups expressed frustration that...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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." In April the government implemented the second and third phases of the Sharia Penal Code (SPC), which includes offenses punishable by corporal and capital...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states that all individuals have the right to freedom of belief and religion. The law provides for significant government control over religious practices and includes vague provisions that permit restrictions on religious freedom in the stated interest of national security and social...
