News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The Basic Law declares Islam to be the state religion but prohibits discrimination based on religion and protects the right of individuals to practice other religions as long as doing so does not “disrupt public order or contradict morals." According to the law, offending Islam or any other Abrahamic...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes a secular state and provides for freedom of religious thought, expression, and practice. All religious groups must register with the government. On Feb. 15, President Patrice Talon led a meeting to reconcile dissenting factions in the leadership of the Islamic Union of Benin.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitutions of the union government and of the semiautonomous government in Zanzibar both prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religious choice. Since independence, the country has been governed by alternating Christian and Muslim presidents. Twenty-two members of the Association...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during an oversight hearing to examine the crisis of racial profiling, police brutality and lost trust between police departments and the communities they serve...
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 State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution and other laws prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religion and worship. The law requires faith-based organizations (FBOs) to obtain legal status before beginning operations. It also calls for legal representatives of FBOs and preachers with supervisory responsibilities...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, subject to limitations to ensure public order, health, and safety or to protect the rights of others. The law does not provide a means for religious groups to acquire legal status. The Kosovo Assembly (parliament) ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and worship. The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and prohibits state institutions from behaving in a manner incompatible with Islam. The law grants all individuals the right to practice their religion if they respect public order...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Joseph Kyle Sanders, age 20, of Cleveland, was sentenced to 128 months imprisonment after being found guilty of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was arrested today and charged in connection with advertising the sale of a firearm on Snapchat.
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 provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief. It grants religious groups autonomy and the right to teach their religion. Religious groups must register with the government. Groups of unknown assailants vandalized houses of worship of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in October and one adolescent died when police clashed with crowds.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: Ukraine →. In February 2014, armed forces of the Russian Federation seized and occupied Crimea. In March 2014, Russia announced Crimea had become part of the Russian Federation. A UN General Assembly resolution declared continued international recognition of Crimea as part of Ukraine. The U.S. government...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution establishes the country as a “secular state" but defines secularism as “protection of the age-old religion and culture and religious and cultural freedom." It provides for the right to profess and practice one’s own religion. The constitution prohibits converting persons from one religion...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: This separate section on the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is included given the scope and severity of reported religious freedom violations specific to the region this year.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
Release: The constitution states freedom of conscience and belief is inviolable, and it provides for the free exercise of religious beliefs. The constitution prohibits federal, state, and local governments from either supporting or hindering any religion. In March the Federal Supreme Court (STF) ruled animal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: Operators of California Charity Plead Guilty to Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Tax Evasion.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man made his initial court appearance by videoconference today on charges that he enticed a minor over the internet to engage in sexual activity and traveled to the Philippines to engage in sex with the minor, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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...
