News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states the country is a secular state, and both it and other laws provide for the right of individuals to choose and change their religion and to practice the religion of their choice. Religious-based attacks, targeted killings, and kidnappings continued in the Sahel Region and spread...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to worship and to change one’s religion. It prohibits discrimination based on belief. A colonial-era law criminalizing the practices of Obeah and Myalism remains in effect, but it is not enforced. Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states that everyone has freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. It recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) as the national church and preserver of national identity but also establishes separation of “religious organizations" and the state. The law prohibits, but does not...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Brothers Victor Smith, 43, and Michael Smith, 42, of Hattiesburg, were sentenced today for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, including the right to practice it in public and manifest religious opinions, and prohibits compulsory participation in religious services or observance of religious groups’ days of rest. The judiciary upheld a ruling that appointed an external administrator ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states Islam is the state religion and sharia shall be “a main source" of legislation. The constitution guarantees the freedom to practice religious rites in accordance with “the maintenance of public order and morality." The law punishes “offending" Islam or any of its rites or beliefs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tony J. Liesenfeld, age 50, of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 8, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to a term of imprisonment of one year and one day for wire fraud.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) grants residents freedom of religious belief, freedom to preach and participate in religious activities in public, and freedom to pursue religious education. The law protects the right of religious assembly and the rights of religious organizations...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution stipulates everyone is free to choose his or her faith. It makes the state responsible for “protecting the religious…interests of the People" and establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion. It stipulates other religions may practice their faith within the bounds of morality...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion as well as the right to change one’s religion. It specifies there is no state religion and stipulates equality and freedom for all religious communities. The law prohibits religious discrimination and hate speech. Religious groups, particularly the Serbian...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that a Portland home healthcare company and its owner have agreed to pay $111,200.46 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The provisional federal constitution (PFC) provides for the right of individuals to practice their religion, makes Islam the state religion, prohibits the propagation of any religion other than Islam, and stipulates all laws must comply with the general principles of sharia. Most areas of the country...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and other laws protect the right of individuals to choose, practice, profess, and change their religion. The law provides for freedom of religion and worship and provides for equal rights in accordance with the constitution and international law. The law requires religious groups to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ricky J. Bilyou, age 28, of Catskill, New York, pled guilty today to failing to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion. It stipulates there is no official religion and that the state is neutral in matters of belief, recognizes the equality and independence of religious groups, and prohibits discrimination based on religion. The government has distinct agreements ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom of worship and the free expression of all beliefs. The constitution recognizes the distinct legal personality of the Roman Catholic Church. Non-Catholic religious groups must register with the Ministry of Government to enter into contracts...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and worship, consistent with law and order, and prohibits religious discrimination. It emphasizes that religious tolerance is fundamental to the nation’s unity, national reconciliation, and social cohesion. It forbids speech that encourages religious...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution protects freedom of conscience, including freedom of thought and religion. The criminal code prohibits the publishing and sale of blasphemous language; however, the code is not enforced. The government continued to fund public schools administered by long-established Christian groups...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: MILWAUKEE - Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Milwaukee Field Office within the Chicago Field Division and the Milwaukee Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a person of interest involved in the arson at the Milwaukee Harley Davidson located at 11310 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee. The fire was reported at 1:19 am, Monday morning, June 1.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) grants residents freedom of religious belief, freedom to preach and participate in religious activities in public, and freedom to pursue religious education. The law protects the right of religious assembly and the rights of religious organizations...
