News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: FBI Cleveland Seeks the Public's Assistance to Identify Individuals Who May Have Been Involved in Criminal Violations.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution declares Islam to be the religion of the state but declares freedom of belief is “absolute." It declares the state will protect the freedom to practice one’s religion, provided such practice does not conflict with established customs, public policy, or morals. The constitution declares...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Ghasan Awad (58, Safety Harbor); Ahmad Al Saleh (56, Tampa); and Bassam Al Saleh (63, Tampa) with conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA") and making false statements...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion on the condition its practice does not violate public morality, decency, or public order. Roman Catholic and evangelical Protestant leaders stated the de facto Maduro government and its aligned groups disrupted church services, attacked churchgoers, and...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship. According to media, security officers combating Anglophone separatists in the Northwest and Southwest Regions killed Christians and clergymen and attacked places of worship.
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 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. In May the government...
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 Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, MONTANA -- Reclamation's June forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Twelve defendants are in custody after a DEA operation led to several arrests this morning as part of a federal drug investigation. Operation Mad Hatter has resulted in the identification of multiple drug traffickers and the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for guarantees freedom of religion, prohibits discrimination based on religion, and permits only such limitations of those rights as necessary to maintain public order under the law. It states that while no religion shall have a “state character," the government shall consider...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for the right to choose, practice, and change one’s religion, and it defines the country as a Christian nation. By August cases against all 39 pastors from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS), who had been charged for not filing their tax returns or paying taxes,...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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. As of year’s end, the Constitutional Review Committee had not finalized...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees every citizen “the right to freely profess and practice religion subject to public order, morality, or health and to the other provisions of this Constitution." The law prohibits speech or acts insulting or defaming any religion or religious beliefs. As during previous years,...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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, and establish charitable institutions. Unlike in the previous year, there were no reported incidents of government forces targeting religious communities.
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 country’s constitution, in effect since Feb. 25, contains written provisions for religious freedom and prohibitions against discrimination based on religious grounds. According to human rights advocacy organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and religious leaders, however, the Cuban...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution grants individuals freedom to profess and practice any religious belief but prohibits religious activities directed against the sovereignty of the state, its constitutional system, and “civic harmony." The law recognizes the “determining role" of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC)...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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. In August media quoted Human Rights Secretary for the Presidential Office Nelson Villarreal stating his concerns about the increasing...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
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 it protects the right to form religious associations. It names the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) as the state church, to which the government provided financial ...
